Planning and Scheduling Supervisor

Job description / Role

Job Responsibilities:

Maintenance Scheduling
• Coordinate with Technical Managers on all port equipment and facilities that need maintenance and assign (based on the criticality of the issue) relevant personnel to perform maintenance activity to ensure that all cranes and mobile equipment are functioning to support smooth, efficient and safe operations.
• Coordinate with technicians within the department and check their availability to carry out maintenance activity so that all maintenance activities are performed timely.
• Organize with relevant personnel at the port the availability of the equipment to be able to carry out maintenance activities.
• Communicate with operations team regarding all equipment/ facility breakdown and all maintenance activities that might affect their day-to-day operation.
• Reach out to supplier when required to provide any maintenance activity to port equipment or facility so that day-to-day operation is not affected.

Strategic Contribution
• Ensure effective cascading of the divisional strategy into sectional business plans to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing strategies.
• Oversee the physical verification of items in the equipment list to ensure its accuracy and the Master Equipment List is up to date.
• Conduct failure mode analysis and publish and implement the results/corrective actions and modifications.
• Monitor performance indicators and ensure achievement of targets relevant to maintenance activities (Department KPI's).

People Management
• Manage the effective achievement of assigned objectives through the leadership of the assigned section by setting of individual objectives, managing performance, developing and motivating staff to maximize sectional performance.
• Lead the talent development initiatives for the assigned section, collaborating with technical/discipline experts and thereby ensure the availability of talent to fit business requirements.

Requirements

Qualification
• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Relevant years of experience in heavy industrial equipment maintenance including minimum years of maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Middle East experience is preferred.
• Good working knowledge of maintenance practices and principles.
• Good knowledge of support equipment, Cranes is required.
• MS office literacy.
• Experience with EAMS.
• Technical knowledge of maintenance and repair of Ship to Shore Cranes, Rubber tyred gantry Cranes, and Spreaders, handling equipment in general.
• Advanced decision-making skill.
• Proficiency in English (must) and in Arabic (preferred).
• Ability to work with key stakeholders and external partners/advisors through collaboration & teamwork in a non-hierarchical relationship framework.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Outstanding organizing and planning skills.

About the Company

We know how important people are to a business. We understand what's needed to match highly skilled technical and engineering candidates with some of the largest organisations and engineering projects around the globe. We have supplied talent to the energy, infrastructure, life sciences and IT sectors for over 30 years and we're incredibly proud of our reputation.

Now an international organisation with offices in Europe, Asia, America, Australia, Russia, Africa and the Middle East, we lead the way in supporting worldwide technical and engineering talent and we work with an enviable network of clients. In 2011, we achieved sales of 383 million British Pound.

With more than 4,400 contracted personnel on assignments globally, our position is set to grow stronger as the world looks to develop safer and more sustainable energy resources. The promise of our future lies in our unrivalled insight into the industry: and the talent that works in it.