Team Leader: Mechanical

CLOSING DATE: 27 JUNE 2023

POSITION: TEAM LEADER: MECHANICAL

SCALE CODE: 401

POSITION NUMBER: 60017872

DIVISION: LOGISTICAL SERVICES (REAL ESTATE)

DEPARTMENT: BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

REPORT LINE: MANAGER BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

CLOSING DATE: 27 JUNE 2023

MAIN PURPOSE OF POSITION

To manage a planned maintenance schedule, ad-hoc repairs, and installations of all mechanical facilities associated to buildings and all broadcast facilities, in order to ensure the maximum effectiveness of these systems. 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

OPERATIONAL PLAN

• Manage, organize, plan and control operational activities.
• Manage and Oversee the management and maintenance of building mechanical equipment and facilities.
•  Develop short- and long-term maintenance plans
• Set up and control Maintenance schedules in a manner that will benchmark to SABC best practices.
• Ensure maximum plant availability and reliability by leading and directing the maintenance team, ensuring that at all times adherence to safety legislation, relevant SANS codes and SABC standards
•  Drive effective execution of routine, preventative and reliability maintenance schedules
• Develop daily, weekly, monthly and 12 months maintenance plans and execution for SABC Auckland Park
• Provide support on project scoping, execution and commissioning by ensuring that key maintenance resources are part of each stage of the project.
•  Work with Technology to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations and adherence to the life cycle assets management throughout the entire life cycle of new assets
•  Oversee minor Opex projects.
•  Undertake detailed analysis of the plant/assets to develop strategies and recommendation that will improve the reliability and performance of the plant, systems and maintenance effectiveness
•  Routinely produce root-cause analysis reports
• Provide input into the Risk Management Plan thatwill anticipate reliability related and non-reliability risks that could adversely impact on the SABC operations
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.
• Development of SOPs and Policies

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Ensure accurate and sound administration in the
• preparation and control of costs with no wasteful
• expenditure.
•  Budget Management
•  

GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE

• Maintain effective health and safety environment,
• including completion of risk assessments and
• Toolbox talks
• Monitor and enforce safety legal requirements on
• all machinery 

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

• Initiate and prepare relevant contracts
• Maintaining the agreed and signed Service Level Agreements
• Contract Performance management

ADMINISTRATION

• Facilitate payment processes for service providers on SAP
• Prepare Technical reports
• Implement effective workflow processes
• Manage purchasing for new equipment and repairs.
• Prepare Business cases

LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Work closely with the team to resolve any issues that arise out of work process and to ensure that solutions meet business requirements.
• Effective contracting and evaluation of Performance Management.
• Effective management of Employment Relations issues within the Business Unit.
• Manage the workload of the team.
• Effective briefing and communication with departmental staff.
• Personnel Development Plans (PDP) for all staff members.
• Provide direction on the attraction and retention of staff.
• Ensure the relevant Job profiles are prepared and are available for the Business Unit.

QUALIFICATIONS

• National Diploma S4/T4/N6 Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification. · Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification (NQF 7/8) is an advantage

EXPERIENCE

• 8 years’ experience in a maintenance and building environment with 5 years in a supervisory position.
•  Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including HVAC systems, chillers plants, Air Handling Units, water reticulation, pumps, compressors, valves, actuators, dampers, sensors (ultrasonic, float type, pressure & temperature), instrumentation, BMS and controls
•  Basic knowledge of electrical equipment and standby generator systems will be advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of preventative maintenance programs and tools associated with failure detection (vibration analysis, thermography, X-rays, inspections)
•  Maintenance Management Systems – ideally SAP
• Knowledge of employee and industrial relations processes
•  Ability to develop and manage good working relationship- with internal departments (Broadcasting, SCM, Finance, projects) and contractors and suppliers.
•  Ability to interact with effectively with people of different cultures.
• Communication skills, including the writing of technical reports

KNOWLEDGE

• Financial management
• Business planning
• Management information systems
• Financial reporting
• Project Management and Contract Management
• HR Business Processes and Systems understanding.
• Understanding of Procurement Policy(Liited) and safety Policies 
• Building environment Technology related Systems 
• Technical Knowledge
• Microsoft office knowledge

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