MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A Honours Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering (NQF Level 8)
• A Postgraduate qualification in Management (NQF Level 8).
• A minimum of eight (8) years' technical experience in infrastructure asset maintenance.
• A minimum of five (5) years' operational experience.
• A minimum of five (3) years' management experience.

ADDED ADVANTAGES:

• A Government Certificate of Competency.
• A Masters Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering (NQF 9)

JOB DESCRIPTION

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy Implementation:

• Contribute to the development of the NWU Facilities functional strategy and take co-responsibility for the implementation.
• Work with the office of the Chief Director: Facilities to implement and execute the Facilities Functional Strategy on Campus
• Develop and implement a maintenance operational plan for the assigned campus properties and estates.

Policies, Practices and Standards:

• Implement NWU Infrastructure Management Policy and other applicable NWU policies.
• Identify campus specific asset maintenance standards and work with the office of the Chief Director: Facilities to design and implement the said standards.
• Implement approved NWU infrastructure standarised maintenance procedures, processes, guidelines and standards on campus and over the infrastructure/equipment life cycle.
• Lead develops, implement and oversee infrastructure asset reactive and unscheduled or emergency maintenance plans.
• Work with the central Planned Maintenance office to identify and implement preventative and scheduled maintenance needs for each asset class on campus.
• Work with and support the central Planned Maintenance office to identify, plan and execute risk based and condition-based maintenance need for the assigned campus.
• Ensure there are clearly defined procedures and processes for maintenance of campus power distribution systems and internal load management in case of power outages.
• Execute reactive maintenance from work orders according to the defined service delivery timelines and customer service level agreement.

Infrastructure Asset maintenance:

• Co-ordinate campus condition assessments to inform Macro- and deferred maintenance plans
• Lead and oversee the establishment of condition monitoring and inspection plans as per the operating and maintenance manuals to check, test or replace infrastructure systems, subsystems, assemblies or components
• Lead and ensure optimal utilisation of NWU computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) to ensure timeous execution of maintenance work requests, tracking and reporting within agreed service priority levels across campuses.
• Ensure that the campus has robust response procedures in place to respond to critical equipment (diesel generators, water systems, aircon plants etc.) downtime and re-installation of service within agreed timeframes.

Contracts management:

• Develop campus annual procurement plans and participate in procurement process ensuring timeous submission of procurement documents to the central Planned Maintenance office and Procurement Division.
• Manage all active contracts on campus and ensure the day-to-day hard and soft facility services are executed efficiently, and contractors’ performance is measured and reported against performance specifications and service levels.
• Ensure that contractual performance by service providers is adhered through the implementation and monitoring of agreed Service Level Agreements
• Ensure timeous renewal of service and maintenance contracts to ensure continuity of service.

Specialised Technical Support Service:

• Jointly responsible with Director Infrastructure Designed and Construction to oversee the design, planning and execution of infrastructure projects
• Provide technical specialist service for maintenance and/or facility services needs over the project life cycle.
• Lead, oversee and ensure the compilation of technical specialist service needs for maintenance and/or faculty services resource allocation

Energy and Water Efficiency Plan:

• Translate energy and water efficiency strategy into implementation action plans for short, medium and long term to achieve the targets in support of NWU Environmental sustainability policy
• Work with Smart Campus department to monitor campus energy and water usage efficiency and water usage efficiency and performance against targets and propose interventions for improvement
• Develop and implement mitigation plans to manage energy and water outages on campus
• Develop and implement Business Continuity Plans for critical equipment to ensure services continuity in case of failure of municipal provision of services

Management and Leadership Result Areas:

• Ensure optimal team composition and equitable resource allocation, effectiveness and efficiency across campuses.
• Stakeholder relationship development and effectiveness
• Corporate governance conformance, reporting and risk management business continuity
• Integrated budgeting, cost management and cost effectiveness
• Unit processes and systems design, utilisation, effectiveness and efficiency in support of the digital business strategy.
• Personal effectiveness, wholeness and development
• Value-based leadership behaviour and personal compliance.

KEY FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

• Strong knowledge of and experience in infrastructure Asset management value chain, including development of maintenance policies, processes and plans.
• Strong knowledge of and experience in facility services management including use of CMMS
• Strong knowledge of applicable legislation, standards municipal by-laws and regulations
• Contract management
• Project and program management
• Leadership, coaching and mentoring
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

• Analytical and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Proactive and innovative technical problem solver.
• Customer centric.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• High-performance-driven.

REMUNERATION:

The annual total remuneration package will be commensurate with the level of appointment as advertised and in line with the NWU policy guidelines.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING JOB CONTENT MAY BE DIRECTED TO: Dr. Corrie Rheeder on 018 285 3005

ENQUIRIES REGARDING RECRUITMENT PROCESS MAY BE DIRECTED TO: Lionel Eksteen on 018 285 2104

CLOSING DATE: 28 October 2026

PLANNED COMMENCEMENT OF DUTIES: 1 January 2027

Kindly take note: applications must be submitted online through the official NWU vacancy website. Incomplete applications and those submitted through any other platform will not be considered.

The University subscribes to and applies the principles of Employment Equity (EE) Act and is committed to transformation. Preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups, in accordance with the principles of the EE Act and NWU Employment Equity Plan.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment. Communication will be limited to shortlisted candidates only.

If you are not contacted within two months from the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

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