Electrical Maintenance Assistant Engineer, LVDB | alfanar Electric

Job description / Role

Group Overview

Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we operate construction and manufacturing businesses, design and development centers, and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries.

Alfanar is involved in:

• Electrical, electromechanical and civil engineering construction
• Manufacturing and marketing electrical construction products
• Allied engineering services

Our Main Divisions:

• Alfanar Electric
• Alfanar Construction
• Alfanar Building Systems

Alfanar Electric

Alfanar Electric is the industrial arm of Alfanar, manufacturing a variety of low, medium and high voltage electrical construction products.

Alfanar Electric operates industries in:

• Riyadh and Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• Dubai, UAE
• London, UK

Alfanar has a development and engineering center in Chennai, India.

Industrial Complex, Riyadh

The center of Alfanar's industrial activities is Alfanar Industrial Complex situated in the Third Industrial Zone on Al-Kharj Road, Riyadh. Spread across 700,000 square meters, the Complex houses Alfanar's facilities.

The Complex has a comprehensive infrastructure including a data and communication center as well as a commercial zone.

Job Purpose

This position exists to perform engineering tasks efficiently, in a timely manner and quality standards as per the defined policies and procedures to achieve departmental operational plans and developments.

Key Accountability Areas

Equipment Maintenance:

• Understand, operate, and maintain a variety of Trumpf equipment, including CNC punch machines, laser machines, CNC bending machines, air compressors, dryers, powder coating plants (automatic and manual spray), and hydraulic systems.
• Oversee automation controls using PLC and SCADA systems to ensure proper functionality and integration within production processes.

Downtime Minimization:

• Focus on keeping plant and machinery maintained to achieve near-zero downtime, ensuring smooth and continuous production.
• Collaborate with production functions, such as fabrication and assembly, to schedule and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs that reduce unplanned downtime.

Documentation and Process Improvement:

• Systematically document all maintenance activities and keep accurate records using the SAP program to ensure transparency and track machine performance.
• Provide support to other departments by helping implement improved process layouts. Contribute to organizational goals such as enhancing productivity, reducing costs, minimizing waste, maintaining 6S standards, and ensuring adherence to health and safety standards.

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency:

• Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.
• To have a vision and a plan for the career path and how to achieve it.

Delivery:

• Perform the planned activities to meet the operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide a periodic report formatted by detailing the deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-Solving:

• Solve any related problems that arise and escalate any complex operational issues.

Quality:

• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products or processes or related activities.

Business Process Improvements:

• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities as much as possible.

Compliance:

• Comply with related policies and procedures and work instructions.

Health, Safety, and Environment:

• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within the defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products/services.

Academic Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Work Experience

2 to 4 years

Technical / Functional Competencies

• Work under pressure
• Teamwork
• Time management
• Communication
• Creativity
• Physically fit
• Initiative
• Equipment maintenance
• Employee records maintenance
• Maintenance management
• Maintenance scheduling
• Maintenance training programs
• Preventative maintenance
• Preventative and predictive maintenance
• System maintenance and enhancement

About the Company

alfanar builds efficient energy systems & solutions of the present and sets up infrastructures for a brighter future.

We assist utility sector partners & customers in transforming cities into sustainable, habitable, and inclusive Smart Cities by harnessing renewable energy resources from wind, solar, and waste heat energy. Promoting the transition to a sustainable eco-conscious future.

Using world-class technologies, we develop unrivaled quality electrical solutions & products from our manufacturing facilities, to solve the world’s major energy challenges and make the world a better viable place.

Diligence, Efficiency, and Innovation are the key criteria our teams adopt in order to continuously provide effective solutions. We’re constantly equipping our teams with the tools they need to expand their horizons and reach higher grounds.

Being in an ever-changing environment with a crucial impact on their surroundings, our employees are nurtured to become keen thinkers with highly refined skills and a consistent outlook on the future, working together on finding the next big innovation.