Job Description
Job Description
The Senior Artisan/Charge hand is responsible to ensure a safe, efficient, and productive engineering maintenance on all machinery and equipment. This is achieved through the supervision of a team of artisans and aides. This must be done according to regulations and all laws relevant to the tasks.
Duties and Responsibilities
Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
Plan and coordinate daily, weekly and monthly work requirements and priorities with operational team (planned work and projects)
Allocate labour resources and equipment to scheduled and priority activities to maintain and ensure high levels of labour, equipment and operational performance standards
Stop and repair equipment as soon as possible after problem identification
Ensure standards and procedures are followed – doing planned task observations from time to time
Liaise with the other supervisors to ensure that any problems that could overlap with other sections are proactively identified and discussed
Monitor the process to identify any possible problems or risk areas to the section and schedule remedy actions
Ensure availability for after-hours standby duties
Allocate multi-task team members to Artisans when required to perform and ensure effective maintenance
Accompany the Engineers on regular inspections and audits
Take charge during urgent and major overhauls/maintenance
Capturing data to be used for analysis to ensure better maintenance
Find the cause of breakdowns and correct
Conduct regular inspections on all works (over inspections on planned jobs, repairs and safety systems to set standards/legal requirements) to ensure safety and maintenance of technical standards
Quality maintenance tested by random inspections
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications
5 O Levels
Apprentice qualified as Diesel Mechanic
Diploma in Diesel Mechanics or equivalent
Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Five years post-trade qualification experience
Supervisory experience would be advantageous
Experience with Fermel equipment would be advantageous
How to Apply
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