We have an excellent and exciting opportunity for a Technical In-Charge who holds professional qualification and practical abilities in general technical/engineering areas. The position shall be based in Mombasa.
Responsibilities
Planning:
- Annual Planning for technical activities in line with the budget and strategic plan.
- Preparation of the technical budgets including capex
- Long term planning for the replacements of the major technical assets.
- Task allocation to department staff.
- Plan for weekly activities through performance dialogues.
- Report of a weekly basis on technical asset utilization.
- Keep pace with key stakeholder developments ie post and operations.
- Research on best practices in management of technical assets.
Equipment and property management:
- Develop and maintain a preventive and corrective maintenance schedule.
- Report urgent maintenance tasks to management for approval.
- Monitor usage of company equipment and property
- Diagnose equipment malfunctions and performing repairs.
- Coordinate technical stock purchase and utilization
- Manage technical costs.
- Conduct regular inspection on all company assets as required.
- Ensure proper branding of company assets as per brand guidelines
Operations Coordination:
- Ensure all port equipment are ready for use.
- Monitor technical assets to minimize on operations downtime.
- Ensure timely mobilization of equipment.
- Monitor trimming operations and ensure set target hours are not exceeded.
- Ensure safety of operators and third parties using machines and equipment.
- Ensure operational cost are controlled and within budget.
- Timely renewal of port pass
- Facilitate the acquisition of Port approvals e.g., Security, fire and safety, hot work permits, specialized equipment use, etc.
- Map and manage key technical stakeholders.
Record Management:
- Proper documentation of all equipment, preventive and corrective maintenance works, technical manuals and technical costs (invoices and payment made.
- Keep an inventory of maintenance tools, materials, and parts.
- Ensure efficient documentation of valid OSHA and NTSA inspection reports.
- Ensure all technical documents are inline with the Quality Management system.
Risk Management:
- Identify and manage risks within the technical and operations scope of work
- Ensure compliance to safety and security regulations and standards when undertaking maintenance.
- Ensure compliance to all related equipment and property laws
- Conduct root cause analysis for all incidents, accidents, misses or near misses.
Other duties:
- Any other duty assigned by supervisor.
Key Competencies and Skills
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or any related Engineering course.
- 3-5 years of experience in heavy plant repairs.
- A valid driver’s license
Skills & Competencies:
- Knowledge of machine diagnostic software.
- Tech savvy
- Team management skills.
- Management and leadership skills.
- Professionalism
- Project management
All interested persons to submit, through email, their application, CV, academic certificates, training certificate and testimonials to [email protected], with the attention TECH-IN/2024. This advert runs for 7 days effective 10th July 2024 to 16th July 2024. Canvassing in will lead to automatic disqualification.