Service Technician - Rustenburg, Roodepoort at FLSmidth

Role Purpose:  

• To effectively Manage the On-site activities of the Site Maintenance Team.
• Carry the Responsibility of the Legal Appointment (MHSA 2.6.1 / 2.9.2. or equivalent on OSHACT). 
• Ensure the Timeous, Safe, Efficient and Economic Effective Execution of the On-site Work Activities, in strict accordance with the Contract Scope of Works which includes Client Specifications, Breakdown-Maintenance, Planned Maintenance Schedules and Inspections.
• Identify and Manage Site Risks by implementing and maintaining an Effective Site Safety System.

Accountabilities:

• Safety and Risk Management. Ensure the Identification of Hazards and Risks directly relevant to the Site Conditions and Work Activities.  Preparation of a Risk Management Plan to control, monitor and review all identified risk and hazards.
• Manage the Reliability Maintenance function.
• Meeting the contractual maintenance KPI’s in terms of availability, MTBF, MTTR and Pro-Active Ratios.
• Client relationship and liaison.
• Supervise site team in their execution of work tasks related to the maintenance of the equipment.
• Quality control of maintenance activities. Mentoring of site supervisors and development of team skills.
• Troubleshoots maintenance problems and providing guidance in fault finding to team.
• Controlling of inventory.

Requirements:

• Awareness of financial implications through ensuring site costs are within the estimated value by the Control of labour costs, sub suppliers site costs, managing site instructions and extra claims.
• To ensure equipment is maintained as per OEM specification and QCP.
• Assist with Commission equipment after outages to ensure operations are within design specifications and safety standards then handover to client with necessary documentation and provide the necessary close out reports.
• Evaluates machinery, equipment, systems and processes performance to make decisions regarding the need for operational maintenance in a technically highly sophisticated environment.
• Troubleshoots operational maintenance problems of machinery, equipment, systems and processes to secure continuous proper functionality.
• Makes suggestions for upgrades of machinery, equipment, systems and processes to ensure continuous functionality.
• Performs tests of machinery, equipment, systems and processes to ensure their functionality.
• Performs inspections/service assignments of materials/processes to assess the need for maintenance.
• Be willing to perform work extended working hours.
• Be willing to travel locally and international.
• Implementation and management of CheckProof App.

What you bring

• Trade certificate Mechanical, engineering Diploma/Degree in Mechanical Engineering/Project management.
• Experience in maintenance and operation of mining plant. Thorough knowledge of equipment, products, site operations and maintenance especially mills, crusher, thickeners, pumps, cyclones and floatation cells,.
• 10 years’ working experience in the engineering discipline.
• At least five years of supervisory experience and interaction with client.
• Strong commercial and financial understanding.   
• Good communication skills and ability to liase with clients and internal stakeholders in different levels.
• Computer literate in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS Projects.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Maintenance operations. Managing ongoing maintenance operations, ensuring optimization of team performance in a dynamic environment.
• Technical expertise. Applies specialized technical knowledge, skills and judgement to improve overall engineering processes.
• Conflict resolution and management.
• Time management and priority setting.
• Process management and facilitation.
• Stakeholder management.
• Risk assessment and management.
• Strong attention to detail