Cape Town: RELIABILITY & MAINTENANCE ENGINEER (PAARL / JHB) (Water Treatment) posted by Southey Contracting Offshore Division

Reporting to the Group Operations Strategy Manager, this position is required to provide effective support to the Operations & Maintenance teams, providing the necessary technical expertise and implementing appropriate actions to ensure efficient maintenance activities and enhancing overall plant reliability.

CRITICAL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

• Enhancing the overall reliability and availability of the Operation and Maintenance contracts

• Providing Maintenance and equipment expertise

• Analysing equipment failure data and conducting Root Cause Analyses with the assistance of the Maintenance Teams

• Developing and Implementing procedures and processes to increase reliability

• Understanding the cost of equipment maintenance and developing reliable budget and forecasting

• Taking part design reviews to increase reliability of new plant/equipment
• Taking part in HAZOP studies to improve on maintainability of plants/equipment
• Tracking plant maintenance KPIs and utilising Maintenance Data from the CMMS to inform strategies and tactics

• Provide leadership to enhance Maintenance Activities, Strategies and Tactics

• Analyse data to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the Maintenance Departments

QUALFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Engineering degree (B.Eng Industrial/Mechanical)

• >3 years experience as a reliability engineer in an industrial/mining environment

• Experience in water treatment equipment will be an advantage

• Experience with Root Cause Analysis, RCM principles,

• Experience with CMMS systems, Maintenance Planning and data analysis

• Computer literacy

• The successful candidate must be a fast learner and able to work with little supervision

Own transport

In addition, the successful candidate should be/able to:

• Solution and improvement focused (initiative and motivation).
• Effective time management skills with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Ability to multi- task. Working under pressure.
• Proactively work within a team with the ability to work unsupervised