Bongiwe Dladla

Responsible for Supervising Maintenance Team. Firmness and hands-on management approach will be to your best advantage. Work closely with Plant Engineer to ensure smooth operation of the maintenance department.

Maintenance Foreman - Rhodes Food Group Johannesburg Aeroton - Johannesburg Aeroton

(2023-05 - 2023-10)

• Responsible for Supervising Maintenance Team.
• Firmness and hands-on management approach will be to your best advantage.
• Work closely with Plant Engineer to ensure smooth operation of the maintenance department.
• Planning of daily, weekly, monthly maintenance activities in accordance with maintenance schedule.
• Drive maintenance strategy. Develop and implement maintenance and preventative plans.
• Contribute and/or take the lead with improvement & upgrade projects.
• Ensure a high standard of housekeeping.
• Assist with breakdowns and after hours call outs.
• Maximize uptime and operational effectiveness of all machinery.
• Administration Function – time sheets, reports, correspondence.
• Liaise with service providers & vendors for technical
• Responsible to drive a culture of adherence to Health and Safety standards.
• Ensure GMP's are adhered to.
• Participate and support Company's food safety and quality objectives.
• Report all problems with the Food Safety to the QA Manager who will initiate and records actions.
• Shop ware management (maintenance system)

Hatchery 1 and 2 Maintenance Manager - Sovereign foods

(2020-01 - 2023-04)

To support the operational staff by providing a fully operational plant that can achieve the required production KPI's through a comprehensive preventive maintenance program for both Hatcheries within budget constraints.

• Ensure that breakdowns are attended to timeously without any negative effect on incubation.
• Preventative Maintenance Experience in Medium size Factories. Management and Maintenance experience in hatcheries.
• Refrigeration system preventative maintenance.
• Computer literacy, with confidence in electronic hardware.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to mobilize and discipline the workforce within the department.
• Working knowledge of aspects related to animal husbandry and Incubation principles.
• Good planning and organizational skills in a dynamic environment.
• Attentive to detail.
• Ability to analyse and interrogate data to optimize performance.
• Cost control and budget adherence.
• Working under pressure.
• Fault finding
• Customer communication skills.
• Limiting and reducing all forms of wastage through optimal utility recording and management.
• Understanding and analysing of the monthly Hatchery Maintenance cost and the impact of the business on the overall day-old chick price.
• Ensuring that all Company Assets are adequately maintained and cared for, limiting abuse and unnecessary replacement and repairs, through preventative maintenance and on the job interventions.
• Preventing rework by applying sound technical and management principles.
• Strive to operate within your cost framework / budget on a monthly basis.
• Custodian of consumables baskets, crates, and trolleys for optimal life expectancy at lowest cost.
• Critical spares, cycle orders for all maintenance spares and satellite stores optimally managed and stock levels documented to manage risk to incubation processes.
• Custodian of a documented, effective preventive maintenance program.
• Maintenance schedules for equipment.
• Check sheets for identified equipment
• Safety compliance and check sheets
• Root cause analysis for all breakdowns with sustainable preventive measures.
• Clearly defined roles and responsibilities
• Ensure breakdowns are attended to timeously and effectively without negatively effecting any incubation processes.
• Ensure that adequate standby rosters are up to date and effective.
• Ensure that all maintenance personnel are fully trained in emergency procedures.
• Ensure that all employees are trained and signed off competent to conduct their respective duties.
• Create a positive work environment through formal and informal, personalized feedback sessions with team members that highlight shortcomings and areas of improvement.
• Manage small projects assigned within budget and on time.
• Where required provide assistance and input on other projects without compromising maintenance effort or service levels.
• Ensure daily checks are done by the drivers
• Communicate any breakdowns to operational staff.
• Liaison person between Sovereign and transport provider.
• Manage transport provider in accordance with contract.

High School - Ferrum High School (2002)

FETC - Engineering - Amajuba College (FETC) (2003-07-16 - 2007-05-01)

Practical Training - Engineering - Newcastle Training Centre (2006-06-26 - 2007-09-21)