• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on furnaces, slag handling systems, cooling systems, and other mechanical components.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical failures in equipment such as electrodes, hydraulic systems, pumps, conveyors, fans, compressors, bucket elevators, screw conveyors, cooling towers, and valves.
• Replace and align bearings, shafts, pumps, gearboxes, and motors.
• Identify root causes of equipment failures and recommend corrective actions.
• Work with the operations team to optimize furnace performance and minimize mechanical downtime.
• Assist in emergency breakdown repairs to ensure minimal production disruption.
• Ensure modifications comply with engineering and safety standards.
• Follow all plant safety protocols, including working with high-temperature equipment and hazardous materials.
• Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations.
• Participate in safety drills and emergency response training.
• Facilitate team collaboration and provide solutions.
• Maintain excellent analytical skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Possess a strong mechanical background with good organizational and planning skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to write and provide clear and accurate instructions.
• Read and understand standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.
• Understand and apply maintenance processes, including work order systems, planning, and scheduling.
• Manage a backlog of work orders that require significant shutdowns.
• Follow up with supervisors to ensure timely completion and improvement of work job packets.
• Provide job estimates based on craft skills, sequence, and required workforce.
• Solve complex problems in collaboration with production departments, subcontractors, suppliers, and customers.
• Oversee conveyor belt maintenance, including alignment and tracking.
• Manage work control status and backlog for work order submission and completion.
• Verify material, information, tools, and labor availability before starting work.
• Work with maintenance supervisors and planners to determine resource availability.
• Conduct shaft alignment and bearing assembly and dismantling with lubrication.
• Monitor and control contract technicians for labor and asset maintenance.
• Contribute to the training of trainees to ensure the availability of competent technicians.
• Maintain lubrication systems and change oil and filters as necessary.

Education:

• Degree with 8 years of experience or Diploma with 10 years of experience in a related field.

Experience:

• 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in heavy industry, preferably in the smelting industry.
• Extensive experience in pump and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair is critical.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Strong experience in mechanical maintenance, including work on furnaces, pumps, compressors, and other plant equipment.
• Proficiency in diagnosing and repairing mechanical failures and conducting preventive maintenance.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, machine and process drawings.
• Familiarity with work order systems, planning, scheduling, and inventory management.
• Strong understanding of occupational health and safety regulations in an industrial environment.
• SAP proficiency for work order management and tracking.

Technician, Furnace Mechanical (50096093-7) position available in Middle East, Middle East. This job position was posted by MECS Africa. The job has been posted as a char8000 ad on 2025-04-25 at 01:27:09 in the Engineering category

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