Senior Crane & Marine Equipment Engineer at Maventeq Systems Limited

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Objectives

• To ensure cranes and marine equipment reliability and availability according to safety standards.
• To ensure operational engineering processes, inspection and maintenance are efficiently carried out in strict compliance with safety policies and procedures on all lifting and marine equipment.
• To ensure lifting and marine equipment support, as technical authority to the JV field operations, is in accordance to Company rules and statutory regulation.
• To analyse mechanical maintenance activities and lifting/marine equipment performance from the technical and economic perspective and take action necessary to achieve company set objectives regarding efficiency, cost optimization and savings.

Job Descriptions

• To prepare all methods support and implementation of practice documents regarding preventive maintenance, inspections and testing to be performed on fleet cranes based on recognized best practice and applicable regulations.
• To prepare and develop specifications for new cranes and lifting equipment based on recognized international standards.
• Co-ordinate planned crane maintenance activities fleet-wide.
• Manage specialized crane maintenance vendors interventions and contracts (BLM, Hydralift, Aero, Sparrow, Mape) within SMC frame agreements (including technical scope of work) where applicable.
• Ensure the implementation and assurance of Company integrity management system compliance.
• Liaise with classification societies/third party design offices where applicable.
• Support JV asset installations for all related crane issues (specifically for new cranes, specification for upgrades and heavy lift works on cranes).
• Liaise with crane manufacturers when required.
• Participate in and/or lead investigations for all crane related incidents across the fleet.
• Interface with JV asset HSEQ Department for all crane related issues.
• Liaise with JV asset staffing regarding all related training issues and certification for crane operators.
• Supervision, until completion, of 5-years major overhauls in all JV asset installations cranes.
• Follow spare parts stocks with Warehouse and Procurement.
• For all cranes, Winches (Food, Turbines, boat, etc.) & Work boat, Survival Craft, Lifeboat, life rafts, davits:
  • Review/Produce Maintenance Plan as per Vendor recommendations.
  • Review/Correct/Create corrected BOMs in SAP, establish MRP parameters.
  • Ensure equipment are certified by third parties.
• To assist sites with routine troubleshooting, local emergency procurements.
• To assist Procurement Department with clarifications.
• To coach and train junior engineers in all aspect related to the maintenance of lifting and marine equipment.

Working Condition:

• Resident with standard working hours, 5 days a week.

Job Qualifications

• Formal education: B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (2.1).
• Professional experience (number of years): 15 years experience with:
  • Technical knowledge and experience in hydraulic power transmission and control systems.
  • Proven experience working with heavy machinery/equipment.
  • Extensive experience within maintenance, fault finding, build and procurement of equipment projects.
• Team management skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Proficiency in English language.