Maintenance Engineer

Scope and responsibilities:

Scope

Organize timely preventive, condition based and corrective maintenance and efficient maintenance engineering services to the plant to ensure 

optimum production, minimum downtime and maximum asset life.

Identify engineering problems, analyze and propose solutions to resolve these problems in order to improve efficiencies related to the plant and equipment.

Key Responsibilities

Supervision

• Plan and supervise all activities in the assigned area to meet all performance objectives

• Participate in programs for innovation and continuous improvement in pursuit of greater productivity and better efficiency

• Train, motivate and build a successful maintenance team to ensure delivery of services to the full standards of proficiency

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)

• Promote and follow all relevant HSE policies, procedures & guidelines

• Follow safe and efficient work methods using proper equipment, tools and protective clothing specified for the job to avoid personal injury, equipment and product damage

Total Productive Maintenance

• Initiate and implement Total Productive Maintenance methodology and Reliability Centered Maintenance concepts to assure reliability and optimum utilization of the assets

• Support development work e.g. process improvement, machine upgrades etc. to enhance productivity

• Conduct studies to identify areas for improving equipment efficiency

Preventive Maintenance

• Plan and support the implementation of planned preventive maintenance programs to reduce maintenance costs and maintain planned operational productivity

Integrate the master maintenance plan, preventive maintenance schedules with the production plan to optimize machine reliability

Condition Based Maintenance

• Implement condition monitoring programs on applicable assets to predict potential failure of machinery and equipment

• Plan and supervise the implementation of condition based maintenance followed by corrective maintenance in order to minimize downtime of 

machinery and equipment

Spare Parts

• Liaise with stores for the procurement of spare parts to ensure adequate availability of the spare parts

Outsourced Services

• Liaise with contractors for maintenance services outside the scope of in-plant services

• Identify the most suitable contractors, in coordination with Asset Management, for outsourcing maintenance activities to ensure the best quality service is delivered at the best cost

ERP system

• Oversee the maintenance of records in Asset Management software in line with the Internal, ISO and BASEC standards and requirements to provide required data for decision making

• Organize the Maintenance Database on the ERP to track all maintenance actions

• Ensure purchase requests are raised through the ERP system to ensure timely processing

General Maintenance

• Plan, organize and implement maintenance schedules and procedures to ensure all required work is done to all Ducab Assets on time and delivered to the required standard

Root Cause Analysis

• Guide the conduct of trouble shooting and root cause analysis to study maintenance failures and prepare recommendations to avoid recurring failures

• Investigate potential problems to find cost effective solutions 

EDUCATION:

EXPERIENCE:4 years of relevant professional experience in Maintenance Engineering Operations in the manufacturing industry preferably in an ERP environment e.g. SAP

WORKING HOURS: Five days week from Monday to Friday from 8am to 4:30 pm