Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Job Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 30 April 2026
Reference Number: Not Specified
About Pedros
Pedros is South Africa’s fastest-growing chicken franchise, known for flame-grilled products, consistent quality, and customer satisfaction. Beyond restaurants, Pedros operates centralised sauce and production facilities, ensuring top-quality products reach every store safely and efficiently.
Joining Pedros means being part of a dynamic, high-energy environment where innovation, operational excellence, and career growth are prioritized.
Position Overview
The Maintenance Manager leads and manages maintenance, reliability, and utility performance at Pedros’ centralised sauce manufacturing plant in Durban. This role ensures safe, compliant, and efficient plant operations, including preventive maintenance, breakdown management, engineering improvements, contractor oversight, and long-term asset care.
The ideal candidate has strong engineering expertise, experience in maintenance leadership in food or beverage manufacturing, and a focus on compliance, reliability, and cost-effective operations.
Key Responsibilities
Maintenance Strategy and Execution
- Develop and implement maintenance plans for high equipment reliability and plant uptime
- Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across processing equipment, utilities, filling lines, and packaging systems
- Ensure timely breakdown response and root cause analysis to prevent repeat failures
- Establish shutdown plans, service schedules, inspection routines, and maintenance standards for critical assets
Utilities and Site Services
- Manage plant utilities and services, including boilers, softener plants, compressors, chillers, cooling towers, diesel systems, pumps, valves, fillers, and packaging lines
- Monitor equipment condition, service performance, and energy usage to improve reliability and reduce costs
- Support plant commissioning, equipment installation, handovers, and start-up activities
- Manage engineering contractors, service providers, and technical support partners
Compliance and Safety
- Ensure all maintenance activities comply with OH&S, safe work procedures, permit systems, and lockout requirements
- Support food safety and quality through hygienic maintenance practices
- Maintain statutory inspections, calibration, maintenance records, and asset documentation
- Ensure engineering readiness for audits, inspections, and compliance reviews
Team Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop maintenance staff and technical support teams
- Implement maintenance planning systems, work order control, spare parts management, and engineering reporting
- Manage maintenance budgets, contractor spend, and asset lifecycle planning
Minimum Requirements
- BEng, BTech, or National Diploma in Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, or Process Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in maintenance leadership within food, beverage, or liquid processing manufacturing
- Practical knowledge of boilers, water treatment, compressors, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, valves, piping, rotary filling machines, packaging equipment, HVAC, and cold storage facilities
- Experience in preventive maintenance systems, breakdown analysis, and reliability improvement
- Knowledge of food safety, FSSC22000, GMP, HACCP, and OH&S in a manufacturing environment
Core Competencies
- Plant maintenance and reliability management
- Preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance
- Utilities and mechanical systems expertise
- Compliance with food safety, GMP, OH&S standards
- Contractor management and cost control
- Team leadership and development
Personal Attributes
- Professional, detail-oriented, and organized
- Energetic, proactive, and solution-focused
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal competence
- Committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence
Why Join Pedros?
- Lead a state-of-the-art centralised production facility
- Be part of South Africa’s fastest-growing chicken franchise
- Work in a dynamic, high-energy, and collaborative environment
- Drive maintenance excellence, reliability, and operational efficiency
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development
POPIA Compliance
By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Your details will be used solely for recruitment purposes.
How to Apply
Submit your application before the closing date via the official Pedros careers portal:
👉 Apply Here for Maintenance Manager – Durban
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