Job Description
This position is responsible to provide Engineering Support to Minopex SA Operations. This will include but not be limited to the role out and standardisation of a maintenance management system. The role will have a strong focus on supporting the operational sites in terms of safety, quality, standards, auditing, and service objectives using continuous improvement methodologies.Duties and Responsibilities
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Engineering
- Technical Lead for maintenance management and associated utilities to support Minopex SA Operational sites and ensure appropriate maintenance standards are formulated and rolled out
- Be a reliability subject matter expert to understand the critical aspect of condition monitoring requirements and be the point of reference for audits
- Leads continuous improvement processes
- Evaluates maintenance strategies to ensure the effective design and implementation thereof across all the sites
- Maximizes equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs
- Develops, reviews, and improves documentation such as Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions etc.
- Leads repair programmes on equipment
- Ensures that the QA and QC policies, inspection techniques are implemented for all equipment repair types.
- Critical analyses of all site equipment and spares requirements. Operational Management
- Adheres to all regulatory requirements and participates in audits to enhance maintenance efficiencies. Monitors and follows up to ensure timely completion of all commitments
- Participates in and writes quality investigations and Change Controls as required and is the Owner of applicable action items
- Provides technical support for maintenance requirements to the sites as required
- Optimizes maintenance strategies (preventive and corrective) for the system
- Works in conjunction with team members to ensure that the system provides a computerized maintenance management system, spare parts inventory, planning and scheduling
- Works with quality, operations, and engineering to support the Sites
- Leads technical troubleshooting efforts to determine the root cause of equipment failures and underperformance and implements timely and effective corrective actions
- Drives implementation of continuous improvement actions Financial
- Manages personal and project budget man-hours
- Ensures maintenance requirements are in accordance with capital budget and quantities
- Ensures proper change management procedures are adhered to
- Assists with the budget process for the maintenance function Client Relations
- Ensures that all interactions with Clients are conducted in a professional and respectful manner
- Ensures that Clients are kept informed and up to date on the status of project technical aspects
- Ensures that Minopex Operations remains the Clients Engineering service provider of choice
Qualification Requirements
A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical or a related technical field)Experience and Skills Requirements
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At least 8 -10 years’ experience in a similar role is required with:
- Maintenance excellence experience in a mining operations environment, including implementing upgraded processes
- Experience addressing site infrastructure needs
- Processing, mining, and/or machine control systems experience
- Good knowledge of CMMS, Lean techniques, statistical analysis, and automated systems
- Exceptional oral and written communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent problem identification, solving, and analytical skills
- Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
- Excellent Computer skills, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Strong engineering project management skills