Performance and Efficiency Engineer

Job description / Role

• Tracking and monitoring the technical performance of the plant.
• Tracking and monitoring the procedural performance e.g. maintenance effectiveness.
• Proposing and implementing performance improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with all performance related aspects of the contracts.
• Ensuring that technical input to invoices is correct and can be justified by additional data.
• Assisting Operations and Maintenance departments in cross-departmental activities, improvements and investigations
• Tracking long-term lifetime, and advising on lifetime lengthening / shortening activities, on major components such as: GTs, HRSGs, STs, Generators.
• Undertaking short-term and long-term tests and investigations in support of maximising plant performance, increasing asset lifetime and integrity, and / or reducing the long-term costs and risks associated with the project.
• Make decisions, or assist others to make decisions, to resolve plant maintenance problems with immediate, medium and long term consequences
• Lead and motivate the team by setting appropriate people and plant performance targets
• Deliver outcomes, in all areas of work, consistent with the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental policies
• Ensure Company Health, Safety, and Environmental policies and procedures are followed.
• Participate in internal / external Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental audits and implement relevant findings
• Help ensure all procedures, documentation, drawings and manuals are kept up to date and necessary training is completed in a timely manner
• Participate in suitable training programs, both for individual development and engineering competence
• Support an environment and mechanism where communication and cooperation between the Maintenance and Operation teams, as well as with Admin Staff, is maintained at excellent levels
• Ensure CMMS is used properly.
• Submission of required report/s.
• Continues improvement in the process of work.

Requirements

• An accredited degree in any engineering discipline (or)
• Demonstrated competence at engineering level supported by sufficient experience
• At least 5 years of experience at a SCE level (if Operations background) or Lead Engineer level (if Maintenance background) at a CCGT power station.
• Experience in Siemens Vx4.3A gas turbines, steam turbines and generators is an advantage
• Multiple years of performance monitoring and compliance with performance sections of contracts
• Experience of participation in, and analysis of, formal performance tests
• Experience of planning, undertaking and analysing long-term tests and monitoring in order to determine performance weaknesses and propose improvements
• Experience of complex investigations in recurring and / or major faults, and cross-departmental coordination in finding and implementing solutions
• Experience of dealing directly with OEMs to identify station weaknesses and improvements / upgrades
• Experience in the Middle East would be an advantage

About the Company

SUR Power Station consists of a new high technology 2000MW Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCGT). The plant has a high level of automation and is controlled using and advanced computerized controls Phoenix Operation and Maintenance Company (POMCo) has full responsibility for all aspects of the power plants safe and successful operation. Safety is our number one priority, you will be working in a challenging environment were team working is essential to achieving both business and personal aims. POMCo will provide excellent power plant training and offers talented Omanis a great opportunity to achieve success and develop their career in the Power Generating sector.