Maintenance Manager at Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä Eastern Africa Ltd has an existing O&M Contract with Gulf Power Limited up to Dec 2024 for the 80 MW Athi River II Power Plant, Kenya. WEA is looking for a Maintenance Manager with the following duties and responsibilities, skills and qualifications;

• Planning and implementation of all Maintenance activities related to the power plant with precision.

• Implementing preventative maintenance programs with Maximo (Wärtsilä developed maintenance program).
• Managing Spare parts planning and follow up with Nairobi office.
• Leading training programs and handling the training and development needs of new hires/ related to subordinates as well Customer employees.
• Enhance zero injury concept within the team and adhering to safety regulations.
• Strict enforcement of PPE within the members of the team.
• Enforcing industry regulations and requirements.
• Assessing technical risks related to the plant.
• Maintain good housekeeping in conjunction with maintenance activities.
• Responsible for all activities relating to the daily maintenance management of the power plant inclusive of planning and implementation of plant maintenance.
• Communicates effectively with the plant team relative to the condition of the plant equipment and performance and to provide suggestions for improvements.
• Administration and training of a skilled and motivated maintenance personnel to assure good teamwork. Setting and maintaining the qualification and training standards for the plant maintenance personnel.
• Responsible for implementation of plant safety policy.
• Establish and implement standard WOM (Wärtsilä Operation & Maintenance) policies and procedures.
• Identify and actively seek to improve maintenance reliability and availability.
• Leadership and good seller of ideas.
• Builds a competitive and motivated team of maintenance personnel.
• Develops the maintenance working routines at the plant.
• Ability to use all resources - material and human - to effectively carry out assigned tasks.
• Approves time sheet for personnel.
• Prepares reports, plans, budgets and any other responsibility requested by the Plant Manager.

Education

• BSc in Engineering or equivalent combination of education with relevant experience.
• Knowledge of English compulsory, knowledge of local languages and its culture.
• Computer literate