Senior Engineer: Maintenance – SWAKOP URANIUM

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

To lead a competent team of mechanical-trained subordinates for the effective and efficient maintenance of all machinery and mechanical equipment to ensure that production targets are achieved, at maximum workshop availability and optimum cost, including adherence to job safety and good housekeeping standards.

Key Performance Areas:

• Develop, recommend and implement strategies for improving equipment and process reliability.
• Co-ordinate the application of RCM/RCS to minimise costly equipment failure and downtime through precision monitoring of operations.
• Monitor and quantify reliability cost savings, increased production and/or equipment life cycle costs.
• Provide assistance to maintenance and Project teams with processes for effective critical spares analysis, PM optimisation, condition monitoring, etc.
• Investigate and resolve user problems, initiate system corrections, monitor and expedite system changes-in-progress and test corrections and enhancement.
• Draw up and implement RCM implementation plans and objectives.
• Maintain the integrity of the reliability centered maintenance and reliability centered spares management system data and report functions by developing and implementing technical standards, specifications and quality systems.
• Develop and implement audit programs to assess the effectiveness of reliability centered maintenance and reliability centered spares philosophies and techniques.
• Utilize RCM/RCS analysis effectively in the implementation of predictive and preventative maintenance tasks in order to determine service periods with minimum production interruption.
• Identify production losses and abnormal high maintenance cost assets, and find ways to reduce those losses or high costs.
• Adhere to the Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets, by working with project engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.

Requirements and experience:

• B.Sc, B. Eng or BTech Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5 years’ experience in a Mining Maintenance environment/Mining Processing Plant of which 2 years should have been in a managerial capacity.
• Experience in Project management (Feasibility study, Planning phase and risk management, implementation phase, cost control as forecasting, sustainability).
• Experience in managing structural integrity of the processing plant as per legal requirement.
• Exposure in process optimization and improvement of equipment reliability.
• Understand risk management processes.
• Sound experience in quality management principles and processes.
• Registration with Engineering Council of Namibia or equivalent professional body.
• Valid Code B/BE Driver’s License.