Container Reach Engineer at ConnectRail Service Limited

Key Responsibilities

The Container Reach Engineer has the following specific responsibilities:

• Ensure the safe and correct running of the main engine, auxiliary engines, and all such primary/secondary equipment and systems, in accordance with manufacturers' instructions and in keeping with Company procedures.
• Understand the parameters to ensure efficient maintenance and operation of engine plants, i.e. fuel efficiency, power analysis, and systems heat balance.
• Ensure that the engines are correctly tuned to achieve maximum fuel efficiency
• Monitor and optimize fuel consumption
• Control and coordinate all engineering activities within the container terminal and provide technical support to all engineering personnel.
• Ensure that the engineering department provides a fully functional, effective and flexible workforce, maintaining high standards of workmanship.
• Ensure that engineering personnel conduct all work in accordance with site and company safety procedures and regulations.
• Ensure that all container-handling equipment is maintained to the highest possible standards in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations and that equipment availability is maintained at an optimum level.
• Implement and continually develop all necessary maintenance programmers, systems and procedures to enable the department to function effectively.
• Attend daily meetings with Engineering Superintendents /Terminal Manager to review all relevant issues.
• Produce appropriate statistical and financial reporting for terminal manager and senior management.

REQUIREMENT

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position
• Must have extensive experience in a heavy industrial engineering environment incorporating large capacity cranes and drives, several years of which should be at managerial level.
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
• Excellent man management, organizational and supervisory skills
• Ability to function effectively under pressure and use initiative in problem solving.
• Computer literate and familiar with typical office applications including database applications.