Job Description
BASIC INFORMATION Position Name Directors – Engineering
Job Band 5
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Job Purpose/Objective
- To maximize the efficiency by ensuring equipment reliability and minimum breakdown Time
- Drive key performance indicators and ensure all projects are on time and within the required standards of quality, cost, time delivery and safety parameters.
Key responsibilities
- Ensure equipment reliability and performance meet required production levels by maintaining preventive maintenance programmes and equipment performance statistics and adopting total quality management techniques.
- Preparation and implementation of planned maintenance programs for all equipment and civil works.
- Prepare annual maintenance capital and expense budgets.
- Identify and evaluate new equipment, machinery, technology and systems available world-wide.
- Ensure maintenance standards required by internal/external customers and manufacturer’s standards are complied with by, for example, the development and implementation of maintenance policies, programmes and appropriate information systems.
- Manage the cost of inventory by implementation “just in time” stock levels based on replacement evaluation of replacement parts for plants and equipment.
- Manage and minimize labour costs associated with operational plant maintenance activities by effective control and utilization of labour resources.
- Monitor, assess and process warranty claims on equipment.
- Ensure the environmental and occupational health and safety work practices comply with statutory and corporate policies and procedures.
- Responsible for evaluation and recommendation of tenders and management of contract work.
- Training of workshop supervisors and personnel in container terminal maintenance skills.
- Maximize the utilization of infrastructure and equipment resources to meet required service levels both now and in the future.
- Monitor, assess and process warranty claims on equipment.
- Advice CEO as required on equipment needs and specifications.
- Liaise with external suppliers, service providers.
- Ensure the Quality Health Safety and Environment and Security policy and procedures are observed.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement process and to the meeting of relevant objectives and targets
QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES Skills and Competencies
- Well developed oral communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to prepare well-structured and comprehensive written submission.
- Minimum of 15 years senior Maintenance Management experience in Materials Handling industries preferred of which minimum 5 years at a Senior Management Level.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to identify, analyze and solve maintenance problems.
- Good understanding of modern engineering and maintenance management practices and planning skills.
- Management of multi-disciplined teams (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil) within a highly regulated workplace.
- Understanding of modern engineering and maintenance management practices
Stakeholder
Internal: Other Departments Operations, Finance, CFS, People
External:
- Educational Qualification (min)
- Graduate in Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical & Electronics) or a Class One Marine Engineer.
- Preferred Certifications if any
- Range/ Min no of years - of overall Experience required
- Min no of years of Industry specific experience required, if any & the industry type
- 10 Years of similar experience
