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Planning Superintendent

Planning Superintendent

Sappi Southern Africa
Country:  South Africa
City:  Ngodwana
Location:  Mill Ngodwana
Department:  Engineering
Posting date:  3 Feb 2026
Closing date:  17 Feb 2026

We Are Hiring: Planning Superintendent

The Planning Superintendent is responsible for establishing and sustaining a robust maintenance planning, shutdown planning, failure analysis, and maintenance performance reporting infrastructure at Ngodwana Mill, supporting the mill’s journey toward becoming a World Class Business.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Shutdown Planning & Execution: Coordinate and maintain the mill shutdown schedule, ensuring effective forward planning and strict compliance with the Shutdown Business Process by managing planners and coaching engineers.

  • Work Management & Planning: Establish and sustain effective weekly and daily planning processes to ensure optimal control of work in progress.

  • Preventative Maintenance Management: Maintain and continuously improve preventative maintenance plans in SAP R/3 through regular audits and schedule optimisation.

  • Failure Analysis & Reliability Improvement: Implement and manage structured failure analysis frameworks, including documentation, flowcharts, and supporting tools.

  • Corrective Maintenance & Quality Control: Develop and manage repetitive task lists, Quality Control Procedures (QCPs), Bills of Materials (BOMs), and SAP R/3 master data to improve job quality and spares availability.

  • Performance Measurement & Reporting: Provide accurate weekly maintenance and engineering performance reports to Engineering, Maintenance, and Planning & Development management.

  • Training & Systems Coaching: Act as an SAP PM coach by training and advising users on best-practice system usage, including rotable control and the rotable repair cycle, and auditing compliance.

  • People Development & MDT Support: Build, develop, and maintain competent, motivated teams while providing effective support to multidisciplinary teams (MDTs).

 

Essential Qualifications

  • Diploma (NQF Level 6)

  • Recognised Trade Certificate (Manpower/SETA accredited)

 

Minimum Experience & Requirements

  • 5–8 years operational experience

  • Minimum of 3 years planning experience

  • Proficiency in MS Project

  • Strong SAP knowledge (PM, PS, and MM modules)

  • Valid driver’s licence

  • Pulp and Paper industry experience will be an advantage

 

If you meet the above requirements and are ready to advance your career in a dynamic and high-performance environment, we encourage you to apply.

We Are Hiring: Planning Superintendent

The Planning Superintendent is responsible for establishing and sustaining a robust maintenance planning, shutdown planning, failure analysis, and maintenance performance reporting infrastructure at Ngodwana Mill, supporting the mill’s journey toward becoming a World Class Business.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Shutdown Planning & Execution: Coordinate and maintain the mill shutdown schedule, ensuring effective forward planning and strict compliance with the Shutdown Business Process by managing planners and coaching engineers.

  • Work Management & Planning: Establish and sustain effective weekly and daily planning processes to ensure optimal control of work in progress.

  • Preventative Maintenance Management: Maintain and continuously improve preventative maintenance plans in SAP R/3 through regular audits and schedule optimisation.

  • Failure Analysis & Reliability Improvement: Implement and manage structured failure analysis frameworks, including documentation, flowcharts, and supporting tools.

  • Corrective Maintenance & Quality Control: Develop and manage repetitive task lists, Quality Control Procedures (QCPs), Bills of Materials (BOMs), and SAP R/3 master data to improve job quality and spares availability.

  • Performance Measurement & Reporting: Provide accurate weekly maintenance and engineering performance reports to Engineering, Maintenance, and Planning & Development management.

  • Training & Systems Coaching: Act as an SAP PM coach by training and advising users on best-practice system usage, including rotable control and the rotable repair cycle, and auditing compliance.

  • People Development & MDT Support: Build, develop, and maintain competent, motivated teams while providing effective support to multidisciplinary teams (MDTs).

 

Essential Qualifications

  • Diploma (NQF Level 6)

  • Recognised Trade Certificate (Manpower/SETA accredited)

 

Minimum Experience & Requirements

  • 5–8 years operational experience

  • Minimum of 3 years planning experience

  • Proficiency in MS Project

  • Strong SAP knowledge (PM, PS, and MM modules)

  • Valid driver’s licence

  • Pulp and Paper industry experience will be an advantage

 

If you meet the above requirements and are ready to advance your career in a dynamic and high-performance environment, we encourage you to apply.

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

ABOUT SAPPI

Sappi is a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.

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