Stellenbosch University
Facilities Management – Property Services
Maintenance Scheduler (Ref. FAS/153/0517)

Duties:

• Ensuring all work is aligned to the maintenance strategy to attain property services objectives
• Allocating, assigning, and coordinating all maintenance activities (reactive, proactive, planned, and preventative) to ensure optimum workforce utilisation
• Supporting the work management process by scheduling approved work by the required date
• Assigning all resources (labour, equipment, spares, etc.) to approved schedules
• Ensuring schedules are timeously communicated and all deviations addressed
• Ensuring collaboration with supervisors, workforce, clients, and service providers
• Coordinating and ensuring compliance with latest health and safety, environmental, and related building regulations
• Liaising with procurement for stock related purchase orders as well as external purchase orders
• General administrative duties
• Ensuring all tasks are captured in the maintenance system for reporting purposes
• Ensuring all work is aligned with upgrade, capital and small projects, as per the university’s master plan
• The maintenance scheduler will report directly to the manager: planned maintenance

Requirements:

• Relevant degree or national diploma
• Five years’ experience in a relevant role or seven years’ experience in building maintenance supervision, coordination and/or contract/project management will be advantageous
• Experience in developing and implementing risk maintenance programs and strategies
• Supervisory experience
• Computer literacy with regard to the use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Basic language and numeracy skills
• High reasoning and good decision-making skills
• Effective time management and good interpersonal skills

Commencement of duties: 1 July 2017

Closing date:  30 May 2017

Enquiries regarding this post: Mr Sello Molapo, Manager: Human Resources, on 021 808 4648, or at

az.ca.nus@mds

Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Division, Tygerberg Campus on 021 938 9636

The university will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity plan, which acknowledges the need to diversify the demographic composition of the staff corps, especially with regard to the appointment of suitable candidates from the designated groups.

The university reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and e-mail address of at least three referees), must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post.

Apply online at www.sun.ac.za/english/careers

Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.

The university reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.

Should no feedback be received from the University within four weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.

Posted on 16 May 12:40