Mechanical Supervisor (Nuclear Outage)

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an experienced Mechanical Supervisors with a background in nuclear outages on a contract basis, to be located in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Job Purpose

The Mechanical Supervisor (Nuclear) provides advanced supervision, technical guidance, and expert knowledge to maintenance activities, troubleshooting, engineering evaluations, operability determinations, Operational Decision-Making Issues, and temporary modifications. The role involves planning, executing, and post-close-out tasks for valve inspections and overhauls at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to meet regulatory requirements and standards for nuclear safety, industrial safety, and environmental protection, ensuring optimal business performance.

Key Accountabilities

Operational Supervision:
- Guide maintenance activities to enhance reliability, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Provide technical expertise in investigating and resolving equipment issues to support safe operations and maintain equipment integrity.
- Lead assessment of component performance using predictive maintenance technologies for improved reliability.

Technical Support:
- Manage maintenance windows for shutdown management.
- Optimize preventive maintenance programs based on as-found conditions to improve resource use and reliability.
- Evaluate components against regulatory requirements and industry best practices for enhanced reliability.
- Prioritize and manage maintenance work backlog for optimal resource use, reporting results to component engineering management.

Safety and Quality Assurance:
- Conduct toolbox talks, pre-job briefs, and safety communications.
- Ensure adherence to quality standards, coordinating with quality engineers to resolve procedural issues and uphold workmanship standards.
- Oversee maintenance activities performed by contractors to ensure procedural compliance.

Engineering and Troubleshooting:
- Lead complex troubleshooting, engineering evaluations, operability determinations, and ODMIs.
- Develop and implement temporary modifications for short-term needs, enabling the Design Department to focus on scheduled work.
- Support World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) reviews.

Shutdown and Emergency Response Support:
- Provide support during shutdowns or emergency response situations, which may involve shift work.

Staff Training and Qualification:
- Offer feedback on training programs and evaluate operator performance to improve training and qualifications.

Health, Safety, and Security:
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and security policies, taking reasonable care of personal and others' health, safety, and environmental impact.
- Support Crisis Management and Business Continuity adherence to continue critical activities.

People Management:
- Contribute to developing UAE National employees in line with corporate Emiratization strategy.
- Share knowledge to build internal capabilities and improve UAE Nationals’ effective performance.

Excellence and Quality Management:
- Foster a continuous improvement culture by following operational procedures, practicing innovation, and problem-solving to meet quality standards.

Why We’re Different:
- Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients’ mission critical objectives.
- Smarter, faster, more agile – we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them!
- We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.

Powering a Diverse Nuclear Future:
- As an equal opportunities business, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.

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