Maintenance Planner-Mombasa at WTS Energy

Job Responsibilities:

Maintenance Planning and Execution:

• Handle all maintenance planning and execution functions in manufacturing plants, equipment, utilities, and facilities, ensuring compliance with ISO standards.
• Oversee installation, commissioning, operations, and maintenance activities

Plant Operations and Process Improvement:

• Establish, plan, and optimize plant operations, identifying and implementing process improvement initiatives and activities.
• Lead innovation management efforts and direct initiatives to create value internally (operations efficiency/productivity) and externally with contractors/clients.

Effectiveness and Efficiency Monitoring:

• Measure and monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of operational and maintenance processes.
• Provide advice on areas of improvement both internally and externally.

Maintenance Efficiency Drivers:

• Identify, plan, develop, recommend, and execute key maintenance efficiency drivers.
• Support the establishment and optimization of day-to-day operational activities, including planning, directing, and overseeing maintenance operational policies, rules, and strategies.

Maintenance Procedures and Quality Management:

• Develop and execute maintenance procedures and processes to support Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Production Practices (GPP), and the quality management system.
• Develop maintenance systems and strategies to drive a LEAN manufacturing and improvement culture, aiming to exceed customer expectations, reduce cycle time, and improve quality outcomes.

Quality and Preventive Maintenance:

• Implement a proactive Quality by Design approach to all manufacturing and maintenance processes, services, and premises.
• Implement preventive maintenance systems and controls throughout the value chain to avoid problems and variability.

Team Coordination and Development:

• Train, supervise, and coordinate an effective maintenance team, working cross-functionally with all departments.
• Implement tools, protocols, and reports to document maintenance activities thoroughly.

Overall Equipment Efficiency:

• Ensure the availability, reliability, and efficiency of plant and equipment by focusing on overall equipment efficiency.
• Develop cost-saving proposals, conduct maintenance and operational costing and efficiency analysis.

Preventive Maintenance and Scheduling:

• Formulate and establish a preventive maintenance master plan for all plant, equipment, utilities, and systems.
• Schedule, coordinate, and control all maintenance activities to ensure effective planning and execution.

Maintenance Procedures and Software:

• Improve maintenance procedures and enhance the effectiveness of maintenance activities.
• Establish standard operating procedures, documentation, and work instructions related to maintenance functions.
• Utilize maintenance management software to optimize maintenance processes.

Equipment Reliability and Monitoring:

• Reduce equipment breakdowns, extend equipment life span, and improve overall equipment efficiency.
• Conduct routine checks and monitoring of equipment, track anomalies, and control process parameters accordingly.

Progressive Maintenance Outlook:

• Foster a progressive outlook in the maintenance department, adopting the latest techniques and advancements in production and maintenance technology.
• Strive to reduce or eliminate breakdowns and implement measures to keep pace with technology advancements.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic, or Mechatronic Engineering with a specialization in project planning.
• Minimum of 5 years of continuous experience as a maintenance/engineering planner in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge and experience in maintenance planning and execution, including installation, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of manufacturing plants, equipment, utilities, and facilities.
• Proven ability to establish, plan, and optimize plant operations and drive process improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency in developing and executing maintenance procedures to support quality management systems and regulatory requirements.
• Candidates must reside in Kenya and be eligible to work in the country.