Mechanical Engineer

ACS Sofala based in Dondo, Mozambique, is recruiting a Mechanical Engineer with the following responsibilities:

Responsibilites

• Lead, coordinate and control all activities inside the MCC

• Coordinate and support to implement and maintain a Reliability Centred Maintenance

• Responsible for the analysis of daily EAM-PM Notifications (or Work Orders) and creating EAM work orders (daily scheduling) in cooperation with the Maintenance Managers and the Production Manager.

• Support for elaboration and improvement of the preventive maintenance plan for spare parts from the Warehouse

• Coordinate and support for the investment projects.

• Responsible for controlling the correctness of all information recorded into EAM-PM by Maintenance Departments

• Coordination and support for identification of the “bad actors” using the EAM-PM software and proposing improvements / investments to eliminate them

• Responsible for searching the new maintenance technologies and methods in order to increase the reliability and reduce the maintenance costs for all pieces of equipment.

• Coordinate and support for improving the predictive and preventive maintenance plan

• Responsible for the correctness of all reports sent to the Maintenance Manager

• Coordinate and support for the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and decision

• Improving packing plant performance and eliminate dust emission.

• Ensure compliance requirements are met through organizational and procedural measures including implementation of Group guidelines.

• Proactively ensure the application of the plant’s rules of conduct and health & safety protocols during production procedures to minimize injuries and lost time incidents.  Participate in weekly safety meetings and provide feedback on unsafe working conditions or signs of equipment breakdowns.

• OSHA compliance with the company requirement

• Perform any other related tasks and duties that may be assigned by his/her

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required, Mechanical engineering discipline strongly preferred.

• Minimum of 2 years experience working in a plant environment in a maintenance capacity

• Experience working with large rotating heavy industry machinery and equipment

• Knowledge of the principles of predictive, preventive, corrective maintenance and RCFA

• Willingness to provide coverage during off-shift hour and weekends as required

• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage projects

• Ability to communicate with all levels in the organization to achieve plant goals

• Must be able to supervise and troubleshoot all different kinds of technical, operational problems