Maintenance Engineer Mechanical

4 weeks ago

Port Elizabeth, South Africa Alstom Full time

Req ID:468027 

 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

 

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

 

  • Plan and maintain equipment according EHS rules, RCM and according to manufacturer’s specifications.
  • Manage sub-contractor on daily maintenance, investigate breakdowns and analyse the root cause.
  • Minimize down time and make sure production is not affected by either planned or unplanned maintenance.
  • Maintain a 95% availability on all equipment, plant and tools.

 

KEY NETWORK & LINKS :

 

  • Support Functions, eg ; Supply-Chain, production, quality
  • Sourcing & Tooling Suppliers
  • Maintenance subcontractors

 

MISSION & RESPONSIBILITIES :

 

  • Plan, supervise, and monitor the execution of planned and unplanned maintenance activities (including calibrations and other interventions)
  • Coordinate forecasts emerging as an output from the Maintenance Management System of customer.
  • Ensure that maintenance schedules are detailed, documented and implemented correctly by Customer.
  • Ensure minimum disruption of maintenance activities through effective planning, communication, and coordination with other stakeholders.
  • Investigate breakdowns and interruptions through the application of root cause analysis and other techniques.
  • Plan for maintenance consumables and spares, and ensure availability of spares through effective stock control
  • Monitor and record Locomotive availability, utilization and other KPI’s (MTBF, MTTR etc)
  • Ensure records such as status labels, certificates, reports, lifting device certificate, firefighting equipment, certificates of compliance are kept in a traceable manner
  • Maintain meticulous records of all maintenance, calibration & inspection interventions.
  • Ensure all maintenance activity complies with quality procedure and safety regulations
  • Ensure that contractors are inducted, supervised, and disciplined to adhere to quality and safety requirements
  • To establish together with the equipment maintenance contractors the planning of the maintenance activities
  • To participate and be involved in APSYS actions (actions like TPM, work instructions for equipment preventive maintenance) to guarantee overall equipment availability and effectiveness
  • To manage and follow up the optimum functioning of equipment installations maintenance team.
  • To report the required data of equipment in conformity with the industrial needs : availability of equipment and follow-up of the linked indicators.
  • To ensure the follow-up of all the equipment documentation (paper and informatics support)
  • To undertake other duties as specified by the Service Engineering Manager
  • To carry out such work in accordance with strict Health & Safety procedures as laid down by legislation and the Company Health & Safety policies.

 

MEASUREMENT

 

  • Achievement of QCD Commitments and EHS
  • Respect of HSE and Quality policies.
  • Respect of OPEX budget on maintenance
  • Saturation of main critical tools and equipment
  • Respect of target task time in compliance with Industrial & Project planning
  • Availability of tools to perform the maintenance &/or repair activities
  • Autonomy, Spirit of “Agile Inclusive Responsible

 

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
 

BEHAVIOUR

 

Flexible and Adaptable.  Can adapt to new ideas, new issues

Conscientious.  Meets proposed deadlines with ability to work under pressure

Team Player.  Supports team members, Spirit of “Agile Inclusive Responsible”

Desire to learn and develop

Analysis capacity

Ability to Coach Others.  Occasionally has to share skills/information to others

Self-Motivation.  Is inspired by the job in hand and inspires others to achieve agreed goals

Logical and organized

Planning and organization skills

Communication skills efficient at all levels of organisation

Autonomous

 

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

 

Technical University Education – Mechatronics/Electrical/ Machanical degree 

IT literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

English fluency

 

EXPERIENCE

 

3-5 years of experience in Railways system/Application engineering

Maintenance background with minimum 5 years’ experience in activities of operation and maintenance preferably in manufacturing

Technical background with minimum 5 years’ experience

Management experience

Experience related to follow-up of subcontracted activity

Ability to read and understand schematics, drawings, and software specifications

Working knowledge of Quality and Health & Safety standards and systems preferable

 

 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you

 

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

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