Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Job description / Role

Job Purpose

Perform preventive, breakdown and shutdown mechanical maintenance activities of plant equipment to support production, quality, and safety requirements.

Key Accountabilities

Mechanical Maintenance

• Carry out assigned routine and preventive maintenance, including replacing worn or damaged parts and arranging for test runs as necessary to ensure safe operations.
• Carry out major overhaul of equipment, check clearances precisely and determine the usage/replacement of parts for continuous equipment availability.
• Participate in the diagnosis of faults of a more complex nature. Inspect and test completed work to ensure equipment efficient performance in accordance with requirements.
• Verify and issue comprehensive daily activity reports outlining the cause of the fault, the nature of the work and the materials, labour and time taken to complete the task to ensure that the job is performed as per requirement.
• Identify and obtain spare parts and the necessary tools to meet maintenance requirements.
• Carry out new installations, modification and testing of equipment through various stages as per plan and in line with supervisor's instructions and check adherence to all parameters.
• Identify areas for improvement in the activities performed and assist the senior section personnel to carry out modifications and improvements to the system.
• Complete necessary records in the system to provide work order failure history reporting. Provide input for the preparation of method statements and initiate near miss reports.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or Secondary School Certificate with a vocational trade certificate in the relevant field.
• 4 years of experience in installing, maintaining and repairing of static and rotating equipment within a large industrial plant, preferably in the oil and gas industry.
• Good working knowledge about repairs, maintenance servicing and overhaul of mechanical equipment in oil and gas background.
• Conversant with usage of measuring and testing instruments.
• Knowledge of HSE procedures and practices.
• Planning and organising, scheduling and coordinating, checking, examining and recording.