Maintenance Engineer

Job Description

• Follow strict maintenance and repairs procedures as per specified standards to ensure integrity and safety of mechanical systems and equipment.
• Responsible for installation and or modifications of mechanical equipment for use in hazardous and non-hazardous locations, ensuring all safety regulations have been followed.
• Reviews project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem, and possible solutions, such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
• Responsible for implementing effective equipment maintenance / overhaul of specified equipment in accordance with all relevant company and vendor procedures so as to facilitate maximum reliability, availability and safety of the equipment.
• Implement the safe and efficient preventive, and corrective maintenance of mechanical systems and equipment in accordance with the agreed maintenance and safety procedures to ensure smooth operations.
• Perform daily maintenance checks on operating equipment and report any abnormities.
• install and calibrate the machine based on work need to make sure that machines are working in proper way
• Develop preventive maintenance schedules for plant, machinery and equipment to ensure that these continue to operate at optimum levels.
• Monitor the performance of plant and equipment and revise maintenance schedules as necessary to ensure their continued effective performance.
• Assist in the preparation and monitoring of budgets to ensure that maintenance is carried out within agreed costs.
• Determine the optimum level of spare parts to be held in stock to ensure that availability is maintained at minimum cost.
• Maintain comprehensive records of stocks and maintenance carried out.
• Maintain contact with other departments to ensure that any plant shutdown is carried out at minimum cost and inconvenience.
• Maintain knowledge of new developments in maintenance practices and procedures to ensure that there is continuous improvement in maintenance standards.

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or a related field of study.

Minimum Experience:

• 2 – 4 with experience of mechanical maintenance

Job specific Skills:

• Good communication skills
• Analytical dexterity, mathematical and technological acumen and problem-solving aptitude
• strong critical thinking skills
• Good Organizational skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills