Job Description
Job Summary
The Lead Engineer, Turbine Controls, is responsible for overseeing preventive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance of turbine systems.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to breakdown/corrective maintenance schedule.
- Ensures all preventive maintenance is duly carried out and documented accordingly.
- Develop and improve breakdown/corrective maintenance culture.
- Ensures all breakdown/corrective maintenance is duly carried out and documented.
- Reviews weekly all breakdown/corrective maintenance processes.
- Monitor the closure of TMs on CMMS
- Liaises with Lead Engineer Turbine field instrumentation to re – assess breakdowns of equipment for preventive maintenance schedule.
- Addresses issues bordering on human resources and personnel issues and escalates it upward if not addressed for further action where necessary.
- Ensures all monthly reports are duly done.
- Ensures all special reports are duly done and documented.
- Periodically assess all staff under him for training needs for optimal performance.
- Ensures availability of material and tools required for the job.
- Supervise control systems with a focus on both efficiency and environmental sustainability.
- Ensures HSE guidelines are adhered to strictly during and on the job.
- Develop plant patrol and monitoring check sheet and to be reviewed periodically as determined.
- Provide support in spare parts planning, budget planning, purchase, and inspection activities.
- Execute documentation according to IMS standards.
- Implements strategies that improves performance and reliability.
- Ensures all risk registers for breakdown/corrective maintenance and the section are kept and reviewed periodically.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Unit Head Turbine systems/Head of Department.
Education & Work Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Computer/ Electrical/Mechanical/Chemical or Systems Engineering
- Postgraduate /relevant professional qualification
- Five (5) - ten (10) years of work experience with at least three (3) years at a supervisory level and direct exposure to I&C systems and power plant maintenance processes
Skills and Competencies
- Good Technical knowledge and understanding of operations and history of I&C systems.
- Sound Technical Trouble shooting skills.
- Good knowledge of computerized Maintenance Management systems or equivalent.
- Good Knowledge in technical discipline
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Knowledge of Engineering Design of I&C systems
- Good knowledge of health and safety regulations and quality standards
- Ability to pay attention to details.
- Sound Communication and Reporting skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites