Job Description
Carry out scheduled planned and unplanned maintenance ensuring minimal downtime and optimal asset performance in alignment with the Asset Care Plan and towards the achievement of the Engineering department's KPIs, improving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and enhancing overall asset performance through proactive and data-driven maintenance practices.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Business Intelligence - Complete job-cards correctly and accurately with respect to time, asset classes, sub-classes and failure causes. Submit Asset Care Change suggestions for Continuous Improvement purposes. Liaise with Planning personnel to ensure that workorder feedback is captured correctly.
• Functional Strategy and Planning - Perform proper job and spares planning.
• Execution of Maintenance - Perform metalworking, machining and fabrication activities. Perform planned and un-planned maintenance activities (as per CMMS) in a timeous and cost-effective manner to the correct standard. Provide feedback to the Foreman on the execution of work for Continuous Improvement and for the enhancement of future planning. Perform preliminary failure diagnostics on equipment failures in order to take remedial action. Identify pro-active maintenance opportunities. Create requests for spares and materials and interact with stores issuing personnel. Perform periodic, scheduled Asset Health Checks. Maintain housekeeping standards.
• Operational Control - Ensure that Operational Best Practices (OBP) is adhered to. Complete intangible and tangible time booking accurately. Complete daily checklists for tools and areas of responsibility. Perform capturing of operational data.
• Communication and Reporting - Participate meaningfully in the departmental INVOCOMs. Achieve engineering Key Performance Indicators. Provide input into interdepartmental INVOCOMs. Report factors, incidents and accidents that pose a business risk.
• Governance and Risk Management - Adhere to SHE, legal, statutory and regulatory requirements. Minimise environmental non-conformances. Comply with disciplinary rules, regulations and procedures. Operate Mobile Equipment as required (FEL; Bobcat; Fork-lift; Telecon Tractor; Loco etc.). Operate all plant equipment from field switches. Maintain coal feed bin level.
• Inventory Management - Submit requests for non-stock, direct purchases or emergency spares to the Foreman. Minimise working material inventory.
• Contractor Management - Liaise and interact professionally with external service providers and contractors as required.
• Risk Management - Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and standards. Assist with investigations of incident & accidents and implement required corrective action. Escalate Non-conformances to supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience
National Certificate in Machine Shop Engineering (Apprenticeship trained)
4 years or more in Heavy industry or mining environment
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