Maintenance and Construction Engineer

• Design, Construction and manage of various petroleum projects. Ensuring timely and satisfactory completion of plans and specifications
• To provide an effective and efficient Management Service translating these into functional requirements, technical specifications, project formulation, design, tender formulation, change management, standard setting, search and selection of vendors, installers and supports, construction and budget.
• Providing efficient leadership and management to the construction and maintenance field operations and ensure that Puma’s standards and policies are complied with.
• Improve equipment availability and reliability. Align equipment availability and reliability according with the operation needs. (Increase MTBF and decrease MTTR).
• Approve the Annual Maintenance Plan and the Annual Maintenance Budget (Opex)
• Cost Control based on equipment budget. Correct deviations from budget based on the analysis of the cost structure; i) Materials, ii) Outside Services Providers, iii) Tools and iv) Labor.
• Ensure contractor management for projects and Maintenance to reflect quality of work in a lower TCO of equipment/components, to sustain equipment performance over the assets’ lifecycle.
• Drive Key Performance Indicators across all functions to ensure all Retail, Terminals, and Business-to-Business projects and maintenance programs are timely executed and delivered to the highest workmanship and standards.
• Maintain an updated "5 Year Replacement Program" of equipment and components.
• Ensure compliance with Puma HSE Standards.
• Develop maintenance goals and KPI’s for contractors and track performance periodically.
• Reporting.

• Produce, agree and manage, with all relevant parties, a realistic design program and information required schedule to satisfy design, procurement and construction requirements
• Coordinating design consultants, architects’ engineers and quantity surveyors with the compilation of design layouts of projects to ensure conformity with Puma’s standards of quality, design and safety.

• Manage CAPEX budget with consultation from business segment leads
• Be responsible for the communication between the lenders and their technical advisors and the project team. Be responsible and follow up the CAPEX and budget of the project.
• Monitoring expenditure of sanctioned items against national budget and to compile monthly reports on such expenditure.

• Coordinate project execution activities to ensure that projects are implemented within budget and schedule.
• Ensure compliance of codes, standards, regulation and practices applicable to the design and construction (e.g API, ASME, ANSI, AGA, ISA, etc.)

• Manage Maintenance OPEX budget with consultation to business segment leads
• To approve the Annual Maintenance Plan and the Annual Maintenance Budget. The Annual Maintenance Budget has to prepare using the Zero-Based Budget method. (Costing the resources of the Job Packages).
• Continuous improvement activities control derived from performance analysis (KPIs analysis), proactive tasks effectiveness assessment and from root cause analysis to overcome “bad-actors” performance.
• Maintain an updated program of the turnaround, overhaul and major maintenance of equipment of the facilities.
• To Implement the Standard Maintenance Policies and Processes defined by the Global Maintenance department.
• To evaluate (technically and economically) the need to continue repairing or buy a new one (equipment /component).
• Monthly report of main KPIS, MMTR, MTBF, Maintenance Budget (Actual vs Target).
• To control the WO Backlog on a weekly basis to ensure that schedule includes up-dated priority work.
• To define the criticality of the equipment and components, as well as the criticality of spare parts; in order to define maintenance strategy and prioritize the planning and scheduling tasks.
• To determine proactive maintenance tasks effectiveness.
• To control the execution of the Annual Maintenance Plan and the Annual Maintenance Budget. (monthly basis).
• To control and reduce the level of corrective work, using Failures Analysis and developing actions to address the “bad-actors” of the equipment performance.
• To control the contractor performance based on SLA, MTBF and Failure rates.
• Investigate the root cause of the asset failure and put mitigations to eliminate re-occurrence
• Ensure that local business segments are aligned with the Puma Maintenance Strategy.

• Providing guidance to customers / dealers and staff where applicable of Puma’s specific standards and project requirements.
• Coordinating project definition workshops and design meetings during the currency of the project.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance.
• Lobbying local authorities in respect of fit for purpose legislation and regulation.

• Lead, motivate, communicate, develop, appraise and performance manage staff to ensure they are motivated to achieve best performance in order to meet company’s business needs.
• Coordinate the Dealer responsibility matrix
• Train business segments leads and terminal Managers on effective maintenance execution and compliance

• Contract negotiation, contact administration and claims management.
• Contract holder for Maintenance contracts.
• Set up Contract management team for contract performance review with (Contractor, procurement, Operations and HSSE)
• Monthly report of main KPIS, MMTR, MTBF, Maintenance Budget (Actual vs Target).
• To ensure that all construction and maintenance staff and contractors undertake their duties in compliance with company policies and procedures at all times.
• To ensure that a safe and healthy work environment exits by adhering to company Environment, Health and Safety policies and ensure compliance with relevant legislations and statutory requirements.

• Responsible for maintenance of records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance-related matters.
• To ensure that the Equipment Hierarchy is based on ISO 14224.
• To ensure that the Failures codes are based on ISO 14224.

• University Degree in Mechanical Engineering / other Engineering discipline or 10+ years of experience, preferably related to project management and construction related.
• Proven experience in an industrial capacity with proven record of contract negotiation.
• Experience establishing and promoting best practices to help improve project visibility and predictability.
• Previous supervisory and management experience is preferred.

• Working knowledge of Project Manager system (AutoCAT, TAG) etc,
• Financial Acumen is required.
• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills is required
• Knowledge and understanding of project monitoring and reporting systems; practical experience with documentation
• Knowledge of the international codes and standards in petroleum depots and products as well as knowledge of marine principles
• Project Finance experience and Build Operate and Transfer concept
• Operation experience in petroleum depots, jetties and offshore mooring systems
• Knowledge of high value contract negotiation in the petroleum industry, with firsthand experience of large CAPEX or OPEX contract implementation

• Creative, and highly motivated individual; ready to work in a challenging work environment.
• Effective team building and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers.
• Able to build relationships, develop consensus among key stakeholders, and influence behavior.
• Ability to motivate and lead others; high level of commitment to projects even during difficult or uncertain times.
• Proven team leadership in a matrix management environment.

• Internal – Retail p, Business Support Managers (Regional, Local), Senior Management, General Managers, Operations, Transport, Commercial, Lubricants and IT
• External – Translation vendors, Government Agencies and others as required

Puma Energy