Maintenance Engineer Mechanical (Richards Bay) TSSSA Maintenance Engineer (Electrical) (Richards Bay) TSSSA

  • Full Time
  • KwaZulu-Natal
  • Applications have closed

Alstom

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

Plan and maintain equipment according EHS rules, RCM and according to manufacturer’s specifications.
Manage sub-contractor on daily maintenance, investigate breakdowns and analyse the root cause.
Minimize down time and make sure production is not affected by either planned or unplanned maintenance.
Maintain a 95% availability on all equipment, plant and tools.

KEY NETWORK & LINKS :

Support Functions, eg ; Supply-Chain, production, quality
Sourcing & Tooling Suppliers
Maintenance subcontractors

MISSION & RESPONSIBILITIES :

Plan, supervise, and monitor the execution of planned and unplanned maintenance activities (including calibrations and other interventions)
Coordinate forecasts emerging as an output from the Maintenance Management System of customer.
Ensure that maintenance schedules are detailed, documented and implemented correctly by Customer.
Ensure minimum disruption of maintenance 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 Locomotive availability, utilization and other KPI’s (MTBF, MTTR etc)
Ensure records such as status labels, certificates, reports, 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 undertake other duties as specified by the Service Engineering 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/ Mechanical degree 
IT literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
English fluency

EXPERIENCE

3-5 years of experience in Railways system/Application engineering
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

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