Plant Engineer (Chemical Manufacturing)

SUMMARY:

An established agrochemical manufacturer is seeking an experienced Plant Engineer to ensure the technical availability of assigned assets by managing maintenance/reliability activities and ensuring regulatory compliance regarding inspection and obligations in the area of responsibility.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Must have a Degree in a Technical discipline and a GCC factories qualification
• 5-10 years combined experience in engineering and/or manufacturing will be required
• Must have a proven track record of working in Project and/or Maintenance roles within the chemical industry
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) and knowledge of CMMS are important
• Good communication, project management, leadership skills is essential
• Must have a good understanding of supporting processes associated with operations and maintenance

• Implementing the maintenance strategy and availability policy on the site to ensure the operability, reliability, and integrity of the assigned assets and oversees the maintenance budget.
• Planning and executing, directing and supervising the technical activities and functions in the plant in order to meet the objectives as agreed with the Site Technical Manager.
• Assisting the production manager in evaluating and achieving plant performance goals related to capacity, operability/availability, economy, integrity, quality, health, safety, and environment.
• Implementing standard procedures, processes, systems, tools and KPIs to drive continuous improvement for Asset Utilization in all facilities on site.
• Taking responsibility for an effective plant technical team, empowering its members, and fostering their cooperation.
• Ensuring people development in the site's reliability/maintenance community and identifying and providing resource needs and skill sets required in achieving availability targets and goals.
• Identifying, evaluating, and implementing knowledge and good practice transfer between the Maintenance Technicians.
• Taking responsibility for troubleshooting and analytical problem solving of critical/repetitive problems of assets and processes by doing Root Cause Analysis.
• Managing the maintenance activities related to inspection and repairs of the assigned assets through initiating, monitoring, and tracking of work orders.
• Ensuring that all maintenance activities are being completed within the scheduled time.
• Ensuring that maintenance materials and spare parts are properly inventoried and available.
• Prioritising and coordinating maintenance activities between maintenance and production team.
• Preparing and adapting maintenance plans on CMMS and assisting production and technical teams to establish/improve preventive maintenance plans.
• Operating the SAP (DMS) system to ensure that work orders are processed and completed as scheduled.
• Creating and maintaining plant technical documentation and updating the technical documentation and records.
• Optimising equipment/process steps and unit operations related to production, utilities and logistics with regard to safety, environmental, economical, quality and regulatory aspects.
• Ensuring up-to-date knowledge about relevant internal regulations, legislation, SOP’s and Technical Good Practices.
• Communicating to the maintenance team to assure compliance in the field of asset reliability/maintenance/HAZOP’s etc.
• Ensuring that ‘Permit to Work’ and other relevant procedures (lock out system) are being followed.
• Coordinating and managing the internal and external service providers.

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