Job type: Full-time
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Job Title: MECHANICAL (ROTATING) ENGINEER
Job Type: Full Time, 5 d/w and subject to regular duty weeks
Reports to: N+1: Head of Maintenance and Inspection
N+2: Field Operations Manager
Location: Tanga (primary location during readiness preparation will be Dar es Salaam) – regular visits to EACOP sites.
WHO WE ARE
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a Midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore Marine Storage and Export Terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1,443 km long, electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale-Hoima in Uganda to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to the international markets.
JOB DIMENSIONS / GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
As Mechanical Rotating Engineer for EACOP, he/she will manage, report, and support mechanical activities in 4 perimeters. Objectives will be defined in operation as to optimize asset availability, operating cost, and asset efficiency. The main rotating equipment of assets are:
- 18 export pumps variable speed: 3500 KW each.
- 3 export loading pumps.
- 19 Diesel/Crude Generator packages: Caterpillar 3616.
- 12 Fire water pumps.
- The job holder is the focal point for all EACOP’s rotating equipment. He/she will interface regarding activity planning with other entities.
- The job holder is also accountable for demonstrating exemplary behavior toward HSSE rules & requirements and for ensuring their application within his scope of responsibility.
- The job holder reports to the Maintenance Leader.
- Support to Site Mechanical Technicians: 9 Site Technicians.
- 1 Maintenance Engineer for PS1-Perimeters (Uganda).
- Service Maintenance Contracts: Pump Packages, Genset Packages, Loading Arms, Lubricants.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitors rotating equipment according to maintenance philosophy and will manage maintenance strategy accordingly.
- Ensures condition monitoring philosophy is efficient and develops required tools.
- Verifies contractual parameters and performance standards of mechanical equipment.
- Contributes, under the Service perimeter of responsibility, for the integration of future developments of EACOP.
- Provides Mechanical support to cover the obligations in terms of maintenance strategy.
- Defines, leads/supervises the Discipline studies needed to achieve the objectives in terms of availability.
- Prepares and follows major rotating equipment maintenance.
- Main equipment availability and reliability monitoring: Ensure the management system is up to date and in line with the Area performance objectives.
- Follows Long Lead items required for the execution of the AREA work program are provided on time by the technical contractors.
- Assesses and audits procedures managing material repair in the workshop to ensure reliable tracking systems, follow-up, and progress.
- Ensures stock management by technology in line with criticality study, capability to repair.
- Reports Contractors’ Maintenance performance. Proposes improvements to evaluate availability and feasibility.
- Optimization: Reviews and challenges maintenance plans on rotating equipment and makes proposals to reduce downtime and cost to optimize cost vs. running hours.
- Secures life cycle management of equipment/packages; implements studies and action plans.
- Works closely with the CONTRACTOR Maintenance team to provide supply and services.
- Advises for the diagnosis related to major malfunctions and failures. Comments on Contractor action plans and assess site competencies and processes to solve major malfunctions and failures.
- Participates and updates the REX and recommendation for future contracts as EACOP strategy database.
- Establishes Maintenance Contractors performance indicators, related to Discipline, according to FO objectives and regularly evaluates their performance.
- Influences the 90-day planning and establishes the planned campaigns and the 5-week planning.
HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
EACOP is committed to ensuring that the health, safety, and welfare of workers, communities, and the environment are well addressed and managed. Therefore, the employee is mandated to:
- Fully comply with Company H3SE (Health, Safety, Social, Security & Environment) policies and Life Saving Rules.
- Actively participate in HSEQ and promote this culture to co-workers.
- Remain vigilant and maintain continuous awareness of potential unsafe conditions.
- Communicate to management any HSE-related concerns and ways to improve them.
- Maintain a workplace & workspace that is safe, clean, and always neat – practice good housekeeping.
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Academic Qualifications:
- Engineering Bac +5 level with specialization in Mechanical Rotating Machines, equivalent proven experience (Engineer).
- Languages: English proficiency.
Experience Required:
- Experience in Rotating Machinery (over 8 years), competence in vibration analysis, oil production knowledge.
- Experience in industrial maintenance (over 5 years) and maintenance methods (RCM monitoring machines and CMMS use).
- Experience in team and contractor management.
- Strong reliability, autonomy, analytical, organizational capacity, and leadership.
- ERB Registration as a Professional Engineer.
HOW TO APPLY
The applicant must submit his/her Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a Cover Letter explaining why he/she is the suitable candidate for the position. Applicants are also required to provide details of three (3) referees, one of whom should be the most recent employer. Please submit your application only through ANY of the contact information provided below. Application deadline is on 31st October 2024.
- AirSwift: airsift.com
- ITM: [email protected]
- CCL: [email protected]
- Qsourcing: [email protected]
- IMI: [email protected]
- Seaowl: [email protected]
NOTE: No payment is required at any stage of the recruitment process.
