Maintenance Supervisor - Buildings & Infrastructure

Maintenance Supervisor - Buildings & Infrastructure

Location: V&A Waterfront

Date: 2023-08-08 Cape Town CBD

Job Ref # : VAWMSBI2403

Industry: Property

Job Type: Permanent

Positions Available: 1

The essential purpose of the job is to provide the V&A Waterfront with maintenance support, technical and engineering input so far as (a) it contributes to the V&A's overall achievement as a world-class mixed-use destination, (b) maintains the V&A Waterfront's physical assets, and (c) ensures appropriate, timely and thorough responses to the needs of the V&A Waterfront community.

Job Description

Reporting to the Services Manager: Civils and Structural, the purpose of the job is the implementation of maintenance to all building fabric and external infrastructure within his/her area. The individual will supervise a direct line report and effect and direct outsourced contractors by assigning works, giving instructions, observing, and inspecting works, ensuring that work orders are completed. The buildings and infrastructure will include but not be limited to all roofing, masonry, shop fronts, facades, drainage, plumbing, carpentry, windows, doors, iron-mongery, walkways, wall, and floor cladding, plastering, painting and fixed furniture.

The individual will be required to carry out repairs, maintenance, or works not exceeding more than 3 hours, otherwise directing and briefing contractors, observing, and inspecting works ensuring that work orders are completed, plans followed, and schedules met.

Job Requirements

The following job objectives are relevant to this job:

Reactive Maintenance

1. Prioritise and expedite all maintenance work orders allocated on PlanON CMMS, specific to the building fabric and infrastructure within an allocated budget.
2. Inspect and determine method and sequence of operations to locate, install, test, repair or modify issues raised in work orders.
3. Manage contractors' output and supervise in-house repairs.
4. Communicate breaks, repairs and time frames to clients and Services Manager: Civils & Structural.
5. Co-ordinate and arrange all access and/or permits with tenants, security, traffic and/or the health and safety department.
6. Inspect all repairs/fixes to plumbing or infrastructure.
7. Close PlanON CMMS work orders, capturing all detail, as well as signing off/annotating contractors' invoices.
8. Build and maintain PlanON CMMS database of all building fabric and infrastructure repair costs.

Planned Maintenance

1. Prepare, monitor, and follow up that PlanON CMMS planned service schedules are adhered to by planned maintenance contractors.
2. Inspect building fabric and infrastructure after works carried out.
3. Close work orders, capturing all detail on PlanON CMMS as well as signing off/annotating contractors' invoices.
4. Co-ordinate and arrange all access, permits for planned maintenance contractors with tenants, traffic, security, or health and safety department.

Liaison and Monitoring

1. Liaise between Services Manager: Civils & Structural, TI Installations Team and/or project appointed contractors.
2. Inspect works carried out by TI Installations Team and/or project appointed contractors.
3. Attend site handovers for new plant/installations/buildings added to V&A Waterfront property portfolio.

Inspection and Audits

1. Carry out regular inspections of building fabric and infrastructure, quayside jetties, bridges, and infrastructure within his/her area.
2. Carry out regular condition audits of all building fabric and infrastructure within his/her area.
3. Assess, determine, and undertake steps to prevent possible catastrophic failure.

General Support

1. Monitor on-site spares, materials, and inventory for the building fabric discipline.
2. Provide a standby service for emergencies, special events, functions, or construction teams.
3. Stand in for Services Manager: Civils & Structural with full delegated authority for limited time periods, when required.
4. Undertake any reasonable instruction given by the Senior Manager, Services Manager or Project Manager within Civils & Structural.

Educational Requirements:

1. Artisan with minimum NTC3 (NQF Level 4 / 3) OR deemed equivalent AND having served an apprenticeship with successful completion of a recognised industry trade test.

Knowledge Requirements:

1. Occupational Health and Safety Act
2. Extensive skills at artisan level with emphasis on building maintenance and repair procedures including preventative maintenance.
3. Building maintenance and construction knowledge
4. A general knowledge of maintenance and repair processes and procedures for building and utility equipment, systems, and components is required.
5. Ability to supervise, instruct and communicate with out-tasked contractors.
6. Discipline-specific troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
7. Ability to independently follow through and prioritise workload, meet deadlines while working in a service-oriented environment with frequently changing priorities.
8. Carrying out inspections and audits of all infrastructure and plant
9. Procurement Processes
10. People and Project Management
11. PlanON and other relevant project management software
12. Methods, materials and equipment used in various building trades
13. Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Skills Requirements:

1. Diagnostic/Tactical thinking
2. Logical problem-solving
3. Mechanical/Technical aptitude
4. Verbal reasoning (written and verbal)
5. Numerical/calculation ability
6. Practical and detailed
7. Planning and organizing
8. Time-management
9. Multi-tasking

Experience Requirements:

1. 5 (five) years appropriate experience, after completing trade test, in plumbing, carpentry, building construction and/or maintenance.
2. Working on weekends and public holidays as well as overtime will be required at times.