Maintenance Engineer at Vantegral Consulting

Locations: Abuja, Kogi and Kaduna (Akk Project)
Department / Unit:Operation and maintenance
Job Grade: Supervisor
Dimension: All Maintenance related activities at all Operational Bases.

Job Summary

• Our client is recruiting for a Maintainace Engineer that is capable to ensuring the availability and reliability of all heavy duty and Light Duty equipment deployed to project sites and at Base.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Have general overview of the repair, overhaul, and modification of vehicles and equipment within the DIVISION
• Exercise significantly more judgment and independence in determining the methods and techniques required to solve unusually complex maintenance and repair problems.
• Plan and improvise repair procedures, find ways to mechanically and physically adapt or alter items to fit and mesh into systems for which the items were not specifically designed, or find ways to diagnose and correct defects when existing methods and procedures do not give the desired results
• Collate required data on the activities of their team which includes but not limited to availability and reliability of equipment under them, issue all applicable reports and utilize the reports to effect improvements on equipment availability
• Improve the mean time to repair by proactively ensuring the required spares are available for their team
• Ensures the quality of work meets the required standard and improves on the mean time between failures of repaired equipment.
• Independently determines work methods, sequences, tools, and equipment to use in making the extensive and complex repairs to the vehicles and equipment.
• Select and comply with technical manuals, illustrations, specifications, diagrams, schematics, and similar guides to make repairs and modifications according to specifications and procedures
• Determine the cause of malfunctions and advice the Foreman towards the repairs of a variety of heavy mobile equipment and vehicles, such as bulldozers, graders, excavators and similar heavy construction and earth moving vehicles; mobile cranes; heavy equipment; and heavy special purpose vehicles which have mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electric systems.
• Maintain job work orders; keep record of labor; material, parts, supplies and other records necessary in the repair and maintenance process; control and release of serviced and repair vehicles
• Carry out any other assignments as may be instructed by the Assets, Logistics and Maintenance Manager.

Key Performance Indicators

• Zero LTI and zero Fatality - 5%
• Unscheduled Down time(< / = 20% of total monthly WOs) -30%
• Scheduled Downtime (> / = 80% of total monthly WOs) - 20%
• Maintenance cost per Equipment (< / = 5% of RAV) -15%
• % of work orders requiring rework (< / = 5% of total monthly WOs)-30%

Job Specification

• Academic qualification: B.Eng in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• Experience: Minimum of 9 years experience.
• Professional Qualification: COREN, NSE and must have at least Nine years experience in the same role.

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work as a team player.
• Skills in diagnosis, repair and maintenance of buses and heavy-duty equipment.
• Skill in the use of diagnostic equipment, including computer-controlled test equipment, to identify problems which are difficult to locate and repair
• Ability to exercise professional judgment with respect to vehicle/equipment repair and maintenance
• Ability to apply greater skill and knowledge than Foremen in the repair, overhaul, and modification of vehicles and equipment which are substantially more complex
• Considerable knowledge of the standard methods, materials, tools and equipment of the motor mechanic and/or heavy-duty mechanic trade.
• Considerable knowledge of the operating principles of diesel engines.
• Considerable knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the job
• Ability to plan, assign and supervise the work of subordinates.
• Ability to diagnose difficult or unusual vehicle and equipment conditions or malfunctions and to determine effective corrective measures.
• Ability to develop or improvise methods, alter parts, and make repairs in the absence of technical guidelines.
• Ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions.
• Good in the use of SAP PM module.