Maintenance Manager at Wartsila Marine

We are looking for a reliable Maintenance Manager to join our West Africa Operational Organization and based in Ewekoro, Nigeria, and you will be reporting to the Agreement Manager .

Main responsibilities:

•  Plan, lead and manage daily maintenance activities at the plant and/or assigned team in order to ensure customer satisfaction and to reach set contractual quality, financial, cost and time targets.
•  Ensure maintenance reliability and availability of the plant according to contract.
• Ensure that the performance targets of the plant are reached according to the contract in own responsibility area.
• Ensure competent resources and competence development of the maintenance resources and/or assigned team.
• Ensure that the condition of the plant and equipment are according to applicable guidelines and policies and take corrective actions when needed.
• Ensure that the work is executed at plant according to Wärtsilä Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental guidelines and customer site procedures as well as assigned maintenance plan.
• Implement Contract Management action plans, processes and guidelines in the assigned responsibility area.
• Prepare reports, maintenance plan and budget as instructed by the Contract Manager.
• Identify and actively seek to improve maintenance reliability and availability of the plant.
• Follow-up and optimize the maintenance costs of the plant.
• Develop the maintenance working routines at the plant.
• Maintain good internal and external stakeholder relationships.
•  Negotiate and purchase materials and services for maintenance according to the plan.

Development Responsibilities:

• Develop the maintenance working routines at the plant
• Development and improvement of the maintenance plan and all resources to its right implementation and administration.
• Develop and train maintenance team members and ensure optimum performance at all times.

Requirements for the position

MSc. / BEng. / B.Sc. in Mechanical, Marine, Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Desired Behaviours

•  Achieving results
•  Making change happen
•  Decisiveness and action orientation
•  Planning and target setting
• Situational and cultural sensitivity
• Business and Customer focus

Management & Leadership Competencies:

• Team building
• Communication
• Coaching
• Management skills
• Problem solving and decision making
• Strong work-related experience as project Maintenance Manager with reliable years of field service experience OR Proven job experience in power plants/ marine/industrial at managerial level.
• Several years of relevant working experience on Wärtsilä engines or similar 4-stroke engines.
• Several years of experience on Wärtsilä W18V50DF Engines is an added advantage.
• In-depth understanding of maintenance management procedures.
• Cost awareness & effectiveness Local legislations and labour laws Wärtsilä quality, safety, environment skills Workplace ICT equipment & applications skill.
• Professional Skill Contract Planning, Operation Management and Maintenance Management.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities
• Team building, Communication, Coaching Management skills
• Understanding of Cyber security, Engine knowledge and Scheduled maintenance Auxiliary system.
• Ability to provide guidance and feedback and training to team members to strengthen specific knowledge / skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem,
• WECS, UNIC and Engine Fine tuning experience is an added advantage.
• Problem solving and innovative mindset and maintain positive working relationships with customers, peers, subordinates, and vendors in a fast-paced Customer environment.