Maintenance Engineer - Durban at Bidvest Tank Terminals

Minimum Requirements

• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Diploma/ Btech/ Degree or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years Maintenance/Engineering/Project experience – preferably in the chemical/Petro-chemical industry
• Experience in project management
• Experience in maintenance systems
• Preparation and management of budgets (OPEX & CAPEX)
• Good understanding of SHEQ systems (OHSAS 18001, ISO14001 & ISO19001)
• Good understanding API 653/650 standards

Duties and Responsibilities

• Effectively and efficiently implement and update maintenance strategy for the business unit
• Submit monthly projects reports as per departmental requirements
• Provide input from a maintenance perspective into the engineering department’s business plans
• Conduct feasibility studies as and when required
• Plan and execute planned and unplanned outages/shutdowns with agreed time, cost, quality and scope
• Ensure that projects take into consideration ease of maintenance and operation
• Ensure that a plan is developed and tracked for each project and regular feedback given to management on all projects
• Lead project/shutdown post mortems meetings for each project and close identified gaps
• Lead root cause analysis of repetitive failure and recommend improvement actions
• Contribute to site optimisation program by focussing on innovative solutions for continuous improvement
• Ensure that the service providers limit of authority is strictly adhered to within the contractor’s area of responsibility
• Drive the MOC process and ensure that timeous feedback is given to relevant stakeholders
• Ensure timeous receipting and TECO of completed projects
• Identifies risk exposure and risk mitigation measures
• Ensure all safety files for service providers are reviewed and approved prior to starting of the project site work
• Ensure equipment availability is maximised through implementation and management of maintenance strategies
• Partake in all investigations relevant to maintenance activities and record learnings
• Ensure new assets are captured on the system and preventative maintenance plans are developed and implemented
• Facilitate close out of all departmental internal and external audits
• Assist in development and management of maintenance OPEX and CAPEX budget for the business