Operations and Maintenance Sector
Maintenance Workshops and Garages
Maintaining CMWU vehicles, heavy plant and mechanical equipment, and managing fleet movement and task allocation across operational directorates.
Objectives
What this directorate works to achieve within the utility plan.
Fleet readiness
Keeping vehicles and plant ready for field response.
Less downtime
Repairing faults in-house instead of waiting on external providers.
Movement control
Allocating plant to tasks by priority and recording its movement.
Cost control
Tracking fuel and spare-part consumption and curbing waste.
Duties and responsibilities
The main roles carried out by the directorate.
- Maintaining CMWU vehicles and heavy plant.
- Maintaining mechanical equipment and running repair workshops.
- Managing vehicle movement and daily task allocation.
- Tracking fuel consumption and spare-part stock.
- Bodywork, painting and vehicle electrics.
- Maintaining service records for every vehicle and machine.
Units and sections
Organisational units within the directorate.
Vehicles and equipment maintenance section
Scheduled servicing and repair of vehicles.
Movement section
Allocating plant and tracking its movement.
Mechanical equipment section
Mechanical equipment and field tooling.