Description:
• Manage the staff, processes, and activities for maintaining all plant machinery, equipment, and other physical assets to ensure safe, continual and efficient operation.
• Select and implement the maintenance strategy and activities necessary to improve or maintain efficient operations, such as:
• Assessing the current production processes and equipment used and providing a report on findings making recommendations where necessary.
• Manage the mechanical performance of plant and equipment.
• Working closely with outside contractors when necessary and provide them with all necessary support.
• Establishing and directing the implementation of approved maintenance procedures.
• Developing, guiding and following-up the implementation of work safety procedures and practices within the plant as it pertains to the general maintenance of the plant and in accordance with industry standards.
• Implementing established policies and procedures for purchasing or requisitioning of material/spare parts from stores. Offering adjustments where necessary.
• Maintaining appropriate records of maintenance activities.
• Implementing training programs for the Maintenance Department employees.
• Ensuring that periodic predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance of all plant, equipment, machinery, facilities and other physical assets are appropriately scheduled and accomplished and that emergency troubleshooting and maintenance support are readily available as needed.
• Improve the reliability of plant and equipment.
• Maintain communications and relations as are necessary to report on the status of matters requiring action and to ensure that corrective action is planned and undertaken.
• Responsible for oversight of plant electrical resources to maintain the facility and to support productions efforts, as needed.
• Seek to troubleshoot and solve electrical and electronic problems that arise.
• Assess the electronic and electrical state of the plant and equipment.
• Oversees maintenance goal setting, activity scheduling, work performance, and performance management to ensure measurable goals, proper workload distribution, goal satisfaction, and effective staff performance management.
• Monitors and continually improves maintenance processes and maintenance personnel performance to achieve enhanced levels of efficiency.
Requirements:
• Minimum bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years management experience with heavy machinery, production lines and/or chemical industry
• GCC / GMR2.1 compulsory
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation, and basic HR)
• Ability to take accountability and lead by example
• Strong team building, decision-making, and people management skills
• Identifying problems and implementing preventative strategies to minimize risk
• Familiarity with industry standard equipment and technical expertise
• Be knowledgeable of health and safety regulations
• Ability to manage a variety of cross-functional team members
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills
• Competent in problem solving, team building, planning, and decision making
• Ability to coach and motivate employees
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of performance evaluation
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