RELIABILITY & MAINTENANCE ENGINEER (PAARL / JHB) (Water Treatment)

Southey Contracting Offshore Division

  • Cape Town, Western Cape
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 16 days ago
Reporting to the Group Operations Strategy Manager, this position is required to provide effective support to the Operations & Maintenance teams, providing the necessary technical expertise and implementing appropriate actions to ensure efficient maintenance activities and enhancing overall plant reliability.CRITICAL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
  • Enhancing the overall reliability and availability of the Operation and Maintenance contracts
  • Providing Maintenance and equipment expertise
  • Analysing equipment failure data and conducting Root Cause Analyses with the assistance of the Maintenance Teams
  • Developing and Implementing procedures and processes to increase reliability
  • Understanding the cost of equipment maintenance and developing reliable budget and forecasting
  • Taking part design reviews to increase reliability of new plant/equipment
  • Taking part in HAZOP studies to improve on maintainability of plants/equipment
  • Tracking plant maintenance KPI’s and utilising Maintenance Data from the CMMS to inform strategies and tactics
  • Provide leadership to enhance Maintenance Activities, Strategies and Tactics
  • Analyse data to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the Maintenance Departments
QUALFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
  • Engineering degree (B.Eng Industrial/Mechanical)
  • >3 years’ experience as a reliability engineer in an industrial/mining environment
  • Experience in water treatment equipment will be an advantage
  • Experience with Root Cause Analysis, RCM principles,
  • Experience with CMMS systems, Maintenance Planning and data analysis
  • Computer literacy
  • The successful candidate must be a fast learner and able to work with little supervision
Own transportIn addition, the successful candidate should be/able to:
  • Solution and improvement focused (initiative and motivation).
  • Effective time management skills with a sense of urgency.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
  • Ability to multi- task. Working under pressure.
  • Proactively work within a team with the ability to work unsupervised

Southey Contracting Offshore Division