SMP1 Shift Senior E&A Technician

Responsible for carrying out Electrical Maintenance function in Steel Melting Plant during day shift to ensure that electrical corrective and preventative maintenance activities are performed to the correct standard and in a safe timely manner so that plant utilization is maximized at minimum cost. Works and integrates with other technical & production disciplines as a ‘Team worker’.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Key Accountabilities)

• Work Planning: Works to Safety Rules and regulations, electrical maintenance work inspection reports & work orders. Follows job risk assessment and job work procedures. With Superior Uses condition monitoring techniques as a basis for prevention of failure and diagnoses complex equipment failures.
• Analysis and Reporting: Analysis of previous day & shift activities with Supervisor so that action plans specific to skills can be developed to address line stoppage and fault analysis issues and hence improve maintenance service to internal customers.
• Team supervision: Guide, monitor and assist in training new team members so that the employees have the appropriate skills and behaviors required to deliver required levels of service to internal customers.
• Problem Solving: Personally provide technical input to the resolution of major maintenance problems so that line down time is minimized and direct reports are accurate for technical understanding.
• Spare parts management: Assist Supervisor in ensuring proper spare parts management.
• Production Liaison: Meet with production personnel on a daily basis to discuss and finalize machine shut down schedules and obtain feedback on historical standards of service provision.
• Job Inputting: Ensure that job details are correctly completed and entered onto maintenance systems to ensure that accurate performance trends can be identified and electrical maintenance jobs are handled in a timely manner.
• Performance Review: Review outstanding jobs and trend analyses on a weekly basis to address underlying reasons for service non-compliance and put in place appropriate action plans to effect correction.
• Budgeting: Assist Supervisor in preparing data and reports to input into the annual budgeting process.
• National Development Program: Assist in developing U.A.E. national trainees/employees to prepare them ready for acquiring targeted positions in line with IDP developed as per company policies.
• Health, Safety & Environment: Directs, maintains and follows ESI Integrated Management System procedures and guidelines.
• NQA Job Responsibility: Shall be responsible for execution of scheduled preventive maintenance, calibration of processing equipment and instruments, corrective maintenance, troubleshooting and major repair of equipment and facilities for steel making plant in compliance with Emirates Steel Nuclear QS Program requirements.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Plant cleanliness: Implements programs and procedures required to ensure plant cleanliness.
• Plant expansions: Assists with planning and implementing plant improvements and expansions.

Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities (attributes) required

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.

• Fully conversant with Steel Melting and Billet casting process.
• Fair knowledge of Level 1 Automation systems related to Steel Melting and Billet casting process.
• Experience on maintenance of processing equipment (Medium Voltage Substations, Transformers, Switchgears, PLCs, Drives, and Motors etc.)
• Familiar with basic office computer software, e.g., word processing, email etc.
• Ability to work effectively with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), preferably SAP, and instruct others on its operation.

Minimum Education Qualifications (Must Haves) Any preferred professional training (Nice to have)

• Diploma / Trade Certificate (ITI) in Electrical / Electronic Engineering.
• Trained on Electrical & Automation Systems pertaining to Steel Melting and Billet casting plant.

Professional Experience (Must haves) Previous Experience/exposure Recommendations (Nice to have)

• 5 years (for Diploma holder) or 8 years (for Trade Certificate holder) in Electrical maintenance in steel plant preferably in Steel Melting and Billet casting plant with higher level of automation.
• Working experience in any of the Middle-east countries (familiar with rules and regulations, climatic conditions…)
• Health & Safety compliance systems experience.

Key Performance Indicators

• Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Establish and maintain development programs for the UAE national trainees/employees as per company policies.