Maintenance Manager

SUMMARY:
Our Client in the Petroleum, Oil & Gas Industry is seeking a Maintenance Manager.

Key Competencies

• Computer: Essential: Excel, Word, email
• Transport: Essential: Own reliable transport
• Travel: Regular road travels to Tank Terminals facility in Richards Bay.
• Occasional travel to other off-site meetings.
• Other Occasional after hours and weekend work.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements

• Essential: B. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
• Essential: Government Certificate of Competency [GCC] as per the OHSA.
• Preferable: B.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering)
• Experience: Essential: Over 5 years post-graduation experience in same or similar position.
• Preferable: Over 3 years in tank terminals maintenance management.
• Preferable: 5 years chemical processing plant experience.

• Focus on delivering results and achieving business outcomes for DBN and RBY.
• Uphold the requirements of the GMR2.1 as the designated person.
• Promotes cooperation, manage, coach, and develop a high performing maintenance team that meets agreed objectives, and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements.
• Provide technical expertise to the team.
• Perform root cause analysis on equipment failure and apply reliability centred maintenance (RCM) techniques to resolve problems. ·
• Ensure full preventative maintenance is carried, plan in missed activities and lead the team to deliver effectively as per CMMS.
• Manage machine availability, reactively managing dysfunctional machinery with production management.
• Schedule both internal and external work(s) minimising planned down time and reducing unplanned down time.
• Schedule tanks and terminal equipment for statutory inspections, communicate maintenance plans with internal stakeholders and ensure that maintenance is conducted within schedule.
• Support branch and company maintenance and operating strategies. · Manage and control overtime.
• Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department.
• Ensure lockout procedure is followed and equipment is isolated before handing over to maintenance.
• Manage contractors on site to ensure they meet company and legal requirements.
• Ensure that housekeeping is practiced at all sections of the factory.
• Ensure team compliance to all company’s established procedures and HSE regulations.
• Produce written reports and make presentations.

• Leadership: must display strong leadership skills, and an ability to effectively manage, lead and supervise a multidisciplinary team.
• Strategy: think strategically, be open to new ideas, manage innovation.
• Financial management: Ability to set maintenance budgets, and control.
• Excellent maintenance management initiatives, e.g., Reliability Centred Maintenance, Assets Care and Condition Monitoring, etc. · Results driven - proven ability to achieve targets within required timeframes and minimize downtime.
• Decision-making skills: must have superior decision-making skills based on sound principles and 1st principles thinking.
• Delegation: Must have the ability to delegate and monitor outcomes effectively.
• Communication: Influencing skills with the ability to resolve issues, build consensus and have proven skill in negotiating and mediating conflict.