Electrical Advisor

Job description / Role

Role Summary:

Electrical Advisor is responsible for managing all aspects of the maintenance of the power plant electrical equipment by advising and coordinating the electrical maintenance works through Customer's Workforce to ensure safe, reliable and efficient plant operations.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop site specific preventive and predictive maintenance program in coordination with relevant GE and Customer's team members,
• Advise the Customer's team for proper implementation of the maintenance programs through site Computerized Maintenance Management System(CMMS).
• Advise and coordinate with Customer for planned and unplanned maintenance activities of the plant electrical equipment.
• Assist and advise the Customer for trouble shooting of faults and problems on electrical equipment.
• Advise the Customer's team to maintain records and reports related maintenance works.
• Coordinate with O&M Advisor, CMMS/Planning Specialist and Customer for proper planning and scheduling of the outage works with due regard to annual scheduled maintenance plan.
• Assess plant needs for spare parts, tools & supplies, generate material requisitions and ensure timely procurement of the same by close coordination with Sourcing Specialist and GE O&M Advisory Leadership team.
• Co-ordinate with Customer's Warehouse team for adequate inventory management by using CMMS.
• Ensure compliance with GE and Customer's EHS policies, programs & procedures as applicable.
• Advise the Customer for control of all maintenance documents as outlined in site Quality Management System
• Advise the Customer for the set up and operation of site electrical workshop/lab
• Advise and guide Customer team to implement a comprehensive set of maintenance procedures covering all aspects of the electrical maintenance
• Ensure compliance with requirements for environmental, health and safety requirements in applicable plant operation advisory activities.
• Ensure implementation of Log-Out/Tag Out (LOTO) System by the Customer in accordance with the Customer's policies and procedures in line with provisions of the O&M Contract.
• Coordinate with GE O&M Centre of Excellence (CoE) team, GE Engineering and other O&M support team for the resolution of complex issues relevant to plant operations,
• Support optimization of plant maintenance strategies with the aim of achieving lower cost operation and/or increased efficiency and output.
• Ensure preparation and submission of plant maintenance updates as per requirements of the contract.
• Support timely completion of plant root cause analysis for the technical events.
• Support site GE O&M Advisory team to ensure optimal availability, reliability, and budgetary performance while driving Customer value and GE/Customer productivity.
• Conduct the training and qualification of Customer's operations and maintenance team as per guidelines of the contract.
• Recommend Facility modifications and upgrades to the Customer to enhance plant reliability and performance.
• Any other job assigned to him by management.

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Graduate Engineer in Electrical from an accredited College or University.
• Minimum six years of combined cycle power plant O&M experience with minimum three years in team lead position in plant electrical maintenance.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and French languages. Knowledge of Arabic language will be an advantage

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong project management, problem solving and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of an organization.
• Experience of costing, planning and managing plant outages
• Proficiency with computer tools
• Six Sigma training or equivalent quality training is preferred
• Ability to apply statistical methods for process improvement.
• Practical experience of Computerized Maintenance Management System (Preferably COSWIN (v.8i).

About Us:

GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE's mission and deliver for our customers.

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.