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Planning Superintendent
Planning SuperintendentSappi • ZA
Planning Superintendent

Planning Superintendent

Sappi • ZA
30+ days ago
Job description

Description

We Are Hiring: Planning Superintendent

  • The Planning Superintendent is responsible for establishing and sustaining a robust maintenance planning, shutdown planning, failure analysis, and maintenance performance reporting infrastructure at Ngodwana Mill, supporting the mill’s journey toward becoming a World Class Business.

Key Responsibilities

  • Shutdown Planning & Execution: Coordinate and maintain the mill shutdown schedule, ensuring effective forward planning and strict compliance with the Shutdown Business Process by managing planners and coaching engineers.
  • Work Management & Planning: Establish and sustain effective weekly and daily planning processes to ensure optimal control of work in progress.
  • Preventative Maintenance Management: Maintain and continuously improve preventative maintenance plans in SAP R/3 through regular audits and schedule optimisation.
  • Failure Analysis & Reliability Improvement: Implement and manage structured failure analysis frameworks, including documentation, flowcharts, and supporting tools.
  • Corrective Maintenance & Quality Control: Develop and manage repetitive task lists, Quality Control Procedures (QCPs), Bills of Materials (BOMs), and SAP R/3 master data to improve job quality and spares availability.
  • Performance Measurement & Reporting: Provide accurate weekly maintenance and engineering performance reports to Engineering, Maintenance, and Planning & Development management.
  • Training & Systems Coaching: Act as an SAP PM coach by training and advising users on best-practice system usage, including rotable control and the rotable repair cycle, and auditing compliance.
  • People Development & MDT Support: Build, develop, and maintain competent, motivated teams while providing effective support to multidisciplinary teams (MDTs).

​​​​​​​Essential Qualifications

  • Diploma (NQF Level 6)
  • Recognised Trade Certificate (Manpower/SETA accredited)

​​​​​​​Minimum Experience & Requirements

  • 5–8 years operational experience
  • Minimum of 3 years planning experience
  • Proficiency in MS Project
  • Strong SAP knowledge (PM, PS, and MM modules)
  • Valid driver’s licence
  • Pulp and Paper industry experience will be an advantage
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