Site Maintenance Engineer at Alstom

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Plan and maintain Alstom Ubunye equipment according EHS rules, RCM and according to manufacturer’s specifications. Manage sub-contractor on daily maintenance, investigate breakdowns and analyse the root cause. Minimise down time and make sure production is not affected by either planned or unplanned maintenance. Maintain a 98% availability on all equipment, plant and tools.

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

• Within Alstom Ubunye – refer organisation chart.
• Located in Gauteng area, the job involves some mobility to suppliers and equipment manufacturers.

ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTING

Direct report to the Site Maintenance Manager

MISSION

Responsibilities

• P lan, supervise, and monitor the execution of planned and unplanned maintenance activities (including calibrations and other interventions)
• Ensure that maintenance schedules are detailed, documented and implemented correctly.
• Ensure minimum disruption of manufacturing activities through effective planning, communication, and coordination with other stakeholders.
• Investigate breakdowns and interruptions through the application of root cause analysis and other techniques.
• Plan for maintenance consumables and spares, and ensure availability of spares through effective stock control
• Monitor and record plant availability, utilization and other KPI’s (MTBF, MTTR etc)
• Ensure records such as status labels, certificates, reports, pressure vessels certificates, lifting device certificate, firefighting equipment, certificates of compliance are kept in a traceable manner
• Maintain meticulous records of all maintenance, calibration & inspection interventions.
• Ensure all maintenance activity complies with quality procedure and safety regulations
• Ensure that contractors are inducted, supervised, and disciplined to adhere to quality and safety requirements
• To establish together with the equipment maintenance contractors the planning of the maintenance activities
• To participate and be involved in APSYS actions (actions like TPM, work instructions for equipment preventive maintenance) to guarantee overall equipment availability and effectiveness
• To manage and follow up the optimum functioning of equipment installations maintenance team.
• To report the required data of equipment in conformity with the industrial needs: availability of equipment and follow-up of the linked indicators.
• To ensure the follow-up of all the equipment documentation (paper and informatics support)
• To perform periodic training of Level 1 maintenance for production operators
• To supervise, follow-up performance, availability and quality and all major equipment
• To undertake other duties as specified by the Facility Manager
• To carry out such work in accordance with strict Health & Safety procedures as laid down by legislation and the Company Health & Safety policies.

MEASUREMENT

• Achievement of QCD Commitments and EHS
• Respect of HSE and Quality policies.
• Respect of OPEX budget on maintenance
• Saturation of main critical tools and equipment
• Respect of target task time in compliance with Industrial & Project planning
• Availability of tools to perform the maintenance &/or repair activities
• Autonomy, Spirit of “Agile Inclusive Responsible”

Candidate Requirements

BEHAVIOUR

• Flexible and Adaptable. Can adapt to new ideas, new issues
• Conscientious. Meets proposed deadlines with ability to work under pressure
• Team Player. Supports team members, Spirit of “Agile Inclusive Responsible”
• Desire to learn and develop
• Analysis capacity
• Ability to Coach Others. Occasionally has to share skills/information to others
• Self-Motivation. Is inspired by the job in hand and inspires others to achieve agreed goals
• Logical and organized
• Planning and organization skills
• Communication skills efficient at all levels of organisation
• Autonomous

Educational Requirements

• Technical university education – Mechatronics/Electrical/ Machanical degree
• IT literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• English fluency

Desired Knowledge / Experience

• Maintenance background with minimum 5 years’ experience in activities of operation and maintenance preferably in manufacturing
• Technical background with minimum 5 years’ experience
• Management experience
• Experience related to follow-up of subcontracted activity
• Ability to read and understand schematics, drawings, and software specifications
• Working knowledge of Quality and Health & Safety standards and systems preferable