About the Role
As a Mechanical Engineer, you will work under the direction of the Section Head - Mechanical/Maintenance Manager, planning and supervising all preventive and corrective maintenance, as well as conducting monthly/annual outages and overhauling work activities on plant mechanical equipment. Your role will involve ensuring that maintenance tasks are executed efficiently and in alignment with the scheduled maintenance plan while maintaining high standards of safety and compliance.
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Roles & Responsibilities
- Assign preventive and corrective maintenance jobs as directed by the Maintenance Manager, supervise, and coordinate activities of maintenance staff. Maintain records, prepare reports, and compose correspondence related to work.
- Execute work orders through CMMS (SAP) and coordinate with planning engineers for job completion and technical matters.
- Maintain communications necessary to report on the status of matters requiring action and ensure that corrective action is undertaken.
- Assist the Maintenance Manager in executing corrective and planned maintenance with due regard to the annual scheduled maintenance plan.
- Perform technical evaluations of quotations received from the purchasing department and recommend appropriate choices.
- Prepare purchase requisitions for spare parts and consumables ensuring adherence to budgetary constraints and arrange strategic spares availability to meet maintenance requirements.
- Review and recommend new maintenance procedures and work instructions.
- Supervise, direct, and coordinate the activities of all personnel assigned to your area.
- Carry out any other duties assigned by management from time to time.
- Ensure Environmental Aspect-Impact and Hazard Risk Assessments are carried out, controlled, and updated.
- Implement, monitor, and report Integrated Management System (IMS) objectives, targets, and programs.
- Provide necessary resources for effective implementation and sustainability of IMS.
- Report IMS performance to management periodically.
- Ensure legal compliance concerning scope of activities.
- Identify root causes of non-conformances/deviations and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Identify competency gaps in subordinate personnel and implement necessary actions.
- Conduct annual performance evaluations of reporting employees.
- Ensure compliance with legal, contractual, and organizational requirements.
- Provide on-the-job training to new employees and evaluate their performance.
- Identify, document, and control hazards in assigned work areas.
- Ensure identified aspects are monitored and operational controls are adhered to.
- Report deviations in the IMS, identifying root causes and implementing corrective and preventive measures.
- Report emergencies, incidents, and near misses.
- Ensure effective resource utilization.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Specifications
- Educational Desired: Bachelor’s engineering degree (B.E.) in Mechanical from a four-year college or university.
- Minimum Experience:
- Minimum: 4-8 years of related experience and training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Preferable: More than 8 years of related experience and training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Skills
- Awareness of Quality, Occupational Health & Safety, and Environment Management System principles.
- Knowledge of applicable legal requirements.
- Hazard Risk assessment.
- Aspect Impact assessment.
- Investigating skills.
- Knowledge of spillage containment.
- Knowledge of managing HSE emergencies.
- Knowledge of identification, classification, and disposal of waste.
- Knowledge of Emission Monitoring.
- Ability to lead the maintenance group.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
- Computer literate, able to use MS Outlook for correspondence.
- Proficient in using SAP as an end user.
Work Condition
The employee may occasionally work near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions. Exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic chemicals, and electrical shock risks may occur in high or precarious places. The work environment may have moderate noise levels, with instances of very loud conditions.
