Jobs Available at NECSA

Key Performance Areas:

• Understand and study Maintenance work instructions.
• Reduce re-work and break downs to meet maintenance targets.
• Ensure quality maintenance activities/work.
• Perform work according to specific work instructions.
• Ensure the plant is well maintained and defects are raised for defective equipment or structures.
• Order spares in time. 
• Assist with problem solving on maintenance problems as a team.
• Conduct trouble shooting during break downs and/or shutdowns.
• Conduct daily inspections.
• Report all failing equipment.
• Identify safety and production issues and report.
• Ensure volume of expectable work.
• Control meantime between failure by good continues work.
• Use contact time productive, inspections, preventative maintenance etc.
• Ensure effort in cost saving and manage usage of maintenance spares.
• Ensure all statutory training is up to date.
• Ensure plant knowledge by studying maintenance procedures and work instructions.
• Ensure good discretion on decision making.
• Ensure compliance to all SHEQ regulations.
• Ensure compliance to SHEQ audits.
• Ensure compliance to BBS contact rate.
• Oversee safe maintenance according to work instructions
• Control Totally injury rate
• Control disabling injury rate

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• N3 Mechanical Engineering plus Trade test certificate.

Experience: 

• 3+ years’ (post qualification experience).
• Experience in chemical plant/environment will be advantage.

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Key Performance Areas

Knowledge Dissemination

• Capture research work done in written format; at least as co-author in regular progress reports, annual progress reports, local conference publications.
• Report research results orally at organizational level (internal colloquium).
• Co-author of technical reports.

 Human Capital Development Local and International

• Train colleagues and students in identified subjects/skills.
• Contribute to research activities as part of a research team with specific responsibilities.
• Take action for own professional development with Necsa support.
• Identify further development opportunities, and contribute to definition of own Masters level studies.

Contribution to NECSA business processes

• Execute research tasks with limited supervision.
• Participate in creation of know-how that is of commercial and or strategic value to Necsa.
• Contribute as researcher in defined projects to improve divisional key performance areas.
• Reviews internal published work such as technical reports, operating procedures and processes, etc.

Internal Necsa (SHEQ) and other audits

• Participate in activities as required by the Business Process Management System.
• Engage in processes aimed at improving safety, quality and security.
• Complete all work according to SHEQ requirements under supervision.
• Adhere to SHEQ requirements independently.
• Ensure all activities of a system are integrated and comply with SHEQ requirements.

Financial Management

• Perform work in accordance with project budgets or portions of assigned budget.
• Work in a cost-effective manner, and be cognisant of financial constraints.

 Qualifications and Experience:

Academic

• BSc Honours degree OR B.Eng degree in physics, mathematics, applied mathematics relevant other science or engineering degree.

Minimum experience required

• 0 – 2 years of experience in a scientific working environment.