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

If you meet the above requirements and are ready to advance your career in a dynamic and high-performance environment, we encourage you to apply.