Operations Maintenance Manager Millwright

Job Purpose and Summary:

The Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Manager is responsible for overseeing the safe efficient and

reliable operation and maintenance of company sites and customer sites (including KZN). This role

ensures that all equipment and systems function optimally minimizing downtime and maximizing

efficiency while complying with industry regulations and safety standards.

Main Responsibilities:

• Planning and Administration:
• Implement existing routine maintenance programmes on all the companies’ assets.
• Provide monthly reports each month on the status of all assets considering maintenance
• done to be done and the condition of assets and update on programmes to be
• implemented.
• Ensure all systems files and procedures are up to date and in line with the relevant legal requirements.
• Set out a roster and action plan in conjunction with the General Manager for the work programmes and staff that will be doing such programmes training and staff development requirements.

Service and Maintenance:

• Responsible for maintenance and Health & Safety aspects in the companies / on customer sites and the main site. This will include performing the daytoday activities directing technicians and interns in all aspects that are required in the maintenance of the equipment utilized.
• Assist with all installations of all equipment and ensure that installations adhere to suppliers’ standards as well as prescribed South African and International standards and Acts.
• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain PRPs Compressors Boosters
• Dispensers piping (high pressure/ low pressure) electrical on natural gas equipment and ensure the full installation including civils is maintained upgraded when required and a clean pristine (immaculate) nature at customer sites (including all sites) and the company site.
• Ensure emergency/unscheduled repairs of natural gas equipment during operation and scheduled maintenance repairs of allnatural gas equipment during machine service is carried out.
• Perform mechanical skills including but not limited to mechanical electrical pneumatic hydraulic troubleshooting PLC and repair of natural gas equipment.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on natural gas equipment.
• Handson approach required on troubleshooting problems with various equipment.
• Oversee all aspects relating to individual customers.
• Understand all aspects of equipment for operations and projects.
• Lead and direct a team of Technicians and Interns.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
• Perform all other duties as assigned or needed.
• Track and maintain electronic records on all maintenance and repairs on natural gas equipment and send monthly reports to the General Manager.
• Direct and delegate workload to Technicians and Interns.

PLC:

• Develop and or understand realtime control system software for automated assembly systems including the programming of PLC’s Servo Controllers Robotics Vision Systems and Point of Sale.
• Develop and or understand human machine interfaces (HMI) using commercially available industrial products SCADA nodes or custom GUI’s written in Visual Basic or Visual C.
• Work with mechanical and electrical designers of OEMs to ensure the control system will meet performance reliability and functionality requirements.
• Perform on site commissioning and startup by demonstrating system capability once the equipment has been shipped to the customer’s site.
• Design or able to understand PLC programs specific to customer and project requirements.
• Debug and commission PLC programs at the company site during systems integration stage and then on the customers site during installation.
• Work with team members (project operations etc.) to continuously improve methods of integrating controls technology with the goals being enhanced safety enhanced functionality and reduced cost.
• Work with all internal stakeholders to solve problems and to provide the customer with a complete functional system.
• Provide thorough testing of machine functionality to verify PLC program completeness.
• Provide accurate documentation for each project. Inform the Project department regarding documentation and advise them on solving technical problems.
• Provide technicians and customers with training specific to their current project e.g. machine operation programming principles and program structure.

Company Site and Customer Sites:

• Ensure that the companies and customers’ sites comply with all aspects required relating to
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Major Hazardous Installation (MHI) and Health and
• Safety requirements and that these requirements are maintained and adhered to at all times.
• Ensure that all certification and compliances are adhered to at any installation.
• Ensure availability optimal and efficient rotation of tube trailers.
• Ensure the availability of the SCADA system for the Distribution team for monitoring all installations on a 24/7 basis.
• Do monthly equipment and pipework inspections at all sites (i.e. site audits).
• Be available for emergency call outs to all sites.
• Ensure maintenance of all equipment including pipelines is carried out regularly and perform regular inspections to prevent any gas leaks.
• Ensure that necessary and critical spare parts are kept in stock to deal with routine maintenance and minor breakdowns for all operating companies’ requirements.
• Assist with implementing policies and procedures and ensure systems are in place.
• Liaise with customers’ technical staff ensuring positive working relationships are maintained.
• Company supply control including controlling the stock losses and optimizing trailer rotation of the company.
• To comply with Company regulations regarding any accidents involving staff members company property visitors or customers on Company premises and to immediately report to the appointed person any Health & Safety hazards. Adopt a zerotolerance approach when it comes to safety.
• Ensure that all equipment is calibrated as required.
• Assist with Training of interns and new employees by putting a written plan in place in order to execute the function.

Training:

• The employee will be required to provide regular training for Technicians and Interns and keep a record of it.
• The employee will be required to identify gaps where intervention is required from HR.
• Liaise with customers and various departments (e.g. Ops & Distribution Projects) ensuring positive working relationships are maintained and communication channels and technical requirements are clear.
• Assist with training of new employees (i.e. Interns Technicians etc.).
• Assist with training of customer personnel for emergency purposes.

General:

• Develop and implement KPIs for all Technicians.
• Complete performance appraisals on his/ her staff and ensure that all staff in his/ her department complete performance appraisals and development plans on a quarterly basis in conjunction with the company’s appraisal process.
• Ensure that all staff’s KPIs are reviewed on a quarterly basis as per the company’s policies
• and procedures.
• Assist the team to achieve KPIs through internal and external resources.
• Ensure that quarterly KPIs are submitted every fourth month.
• Ensure that weekly and monthly reports are sent out on time and on preagreed dates for the company departments management and customers.
• Ensure that you are up to date on events relating to the company industry in South Africa and Internationally and provide the General Manager with feedback relating to these activities and competitor activities.
• Any other reasonable request made by the Company that falls within the general daytoday operational running of the technical department of the company.

Health and Safety: