Engineering Manager: Mechanical

Duties & Responsibilities

Delivering Mechanical Preventative Maintenance Plans

• Compile a mechanical machinery preventative maintenance strategy and plan for the business unit
• Benchmark machines, fittings and systems with leading development trends and make recommendations for the improvement of current processes and standards
• Identify and investigate new development, environmental and energy-saving opportunities for the property
• Communicate with all relevant Stakeholders internally at a unit and Group level and externally
• Conduct regular building and grounds walkabouts as required to inspect and audit mechanical supplies, machinery and systems and address any risk areas
• Manage and facilitate mechanical equipment maintenance and upgrades according to 10-year plan and assist in developing condition assessments
• Manage mechanical equipment maintenance and repairs in line with preventative maintenance plan
• Establish and enforce testing programs; scheduling repairs; coordinating shut-downs and installations

Maintaining Mechanical Systems & Repairs

• Oversee the inspection and testing of different mechanical equipment and systems to ensure compliance with safety regulations
• Establish design criteria and prepare specifications, design computations, drawings, models, and bills of material in accordance with basic project requirements
• Develop and participate in reviews, in collaboration with maintenance team, with regards conceptual drawings, layout process flows, process flow diagrams and, piping and instrumentation diagrams
• Lead mechanical equipment-maintenance and repair resources and team
• Manage the investigation, diagnosis and resolution of any escalated issues, risk areas and repairs to various machines and equipment across the complex
• Conduct quality assurance on mechanical machinery work and repairs
• Support the team with troubleshooting and resolution of queries relating to work completed
• Conduct business continuity planning
• Manage staff appearance and floor appearance/ functioning of equipment and systems
• Oversee the processes of storage and control of mechanical equipment and machine assets; stock and parts
• Manage the development and maintenance of equipment history records
• Report on maintenance downtime, cost, availability, manpower utilization and report
• Update site plan layout thus ensuring building capacity planning & monitoring

Mechanical Compliance Standards & Governance

• Oversee the development and updating of policies and procedures for all mechanical equipment.
• Oversee the development, communication and auditing of mechanical system and equipment maintenance and engineering standards and processes for the business unit on a regular basis
• Align practices with new legislative compliance around health, hygiene, safety and the environment
• Implement efficient control measures (including systems and processes) & checks within each department to mitigate any financial risk to the business.
• Conduct weekly walkabouts of all front of house and back of house areas to monitor compliance
• Drive a waste management culture and ensure all staff are trained.
• Work with internal stakeholders to identify risk areas and address these

Budget Management
Collaborate with the entire Mechanical Management team to manage the budget for the function including:

• Cost management
• Capex
• Financial reporting on project expenditure and progress
• Monitor and approve all budgeted project expenditures
• Assess the impact of deviations on the project and overall programme, and report results to key stakeholders.
• Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase

Stakeholder Management

• Engage with internal customers to understand challenges; issues; development and repair related requirements
• Provides internal stakeholders with updates of mechanical systems and equipment outages and scheduled shutdowns
• Engage and manage the performance of suppliers and contractors
• Engage with management with regards security, health and safety and critical technical breaches or anomalies
• Communicate plans, objectives and results to complex operation and maintenance teams
• Engage with and collaborate with clients and engage in meeting client objectives, programs and events

Skills and Competencies

• Requires specialised theoretical knowledge and processes relating to mechanical system and equipment maintenance practices, processes and regulations
• Short-term planning involves conducting the planning of activities to support new business targets and growth
• Organise, plan and prioritise tasks for self and team to ensure that work gets done profitably and efficiently.
• Effective scheduling to ensure that team is adequately resourced to achieve targets/meet job requirements.
• Interact with stakeholders and team - influencing, motivating and encouraging specific behaviour
• Motivating others / gaining co-operation
• Sound problem solving and decision making ability
• Training; coaching; keeping abreast of new developments in field
• Analysing / Diagnosing performance
• Reviewing - Assessing feasibility; assessing compliance; efficiencies
• Appraising / Developing Others including evaluating for recruitment, performance, coaching and training
• Controlling people and non-people resources
• Influencing & negotiating skills
• Attention to detail and quality
• Building Positive Working Relationships
• Customer Centricity & Stakeholder focus
• Drive for Results
• People Management

Qualifications

• 4-Year Degree in Mechanical Engineering plus a GCC in mechanical engineering
• Apprenticeship in engineering with 5 years practical experience
• Registered with ECSA and accredited engineering institutions
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a mechanical engineering management environment

• Good working knowledge of the following systems

• HVAC systems with specific experience of large centralised comfort cooling systems comprising chillers, cooling towers

• Hydraulic systems (oil and water),
• Bore hole operations
• Pneumatic systems
• pump stations and pumping systems,
• elevators and escalators and associated equipment
• Driven machinery and belt operated systems
• Welding and welded infrastructure
• Ducting and ducted systems
• Pipes and pipework

• Fountain and water features

• Project management experience

• Experience in managing contractors / suppliers