Mechanical Engineer - Omnia Agriculture

Omnia’s Agriculture division, the market leader in southern Africa, comprises Omnia Fertilizer and Omnia Specialities. The division produces granular, liquid and speciality fertilizers for a broad customer base of farmers, co-operatives and wholesalers throughout southern and East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. The division is expanding its influence in Europe, South America and Asia, where it is increasing its sales of speciality products.

The Omnia Agriculture division’s range of specialised products and services are encompassed by its unique Nutriology® offering, which assists customers in optimising crop yield and quality.

Duties

• Ensuring statutory compliance with regards the relevant OHS Acts & Regulations.
• Ensuring compliance to ISO standards 9001, 14001, 18001.
• Initiate, plan, execute and control ad hoc projects as and when required.
• Developing long-term maintenance strategies for plant equipment and pressure piping.
• Overseeing the Equipment Condition Monitoring & pressure piping Inspection program.
• Periodic review and analysis of maintenance measures.
• Improvement of maintenance strategy.
• Preparation of proper SOW for general overhaul activities.
• Preparation and implementation of Safety Procedures & Work Instructions.
• Compilation and control of the maintenance capital replacement budget.
• Supervision of special third-party service providers.
• QA /QC for all maintenance measures.
• Preservation of the plant performance by pro-actively eliminating equipment failures.
• Developing of maintenance procedures, standards and specifications.

Qualifications

• B.Eng. (Mech) preferred
• B.Sc. (Mech) may be considered
• PR Certificated may be advantageous

Experience

• Preferably 5 years’ experience in heavy industry/mining/chemical process environment
• Project management proficiency
• Piping systems and piping standards
• Equipment Condition Monitoring

Job Competencies

• Knowledge of maintenance principles and best practices
• Knowledge of planning & reliability systems and exposure to a CMMS
• Pressure Equipment Regulations proficiency.
• Determining & developing Scopes-of-Work for ad hoc maintenance and General Overhaul activities.
• Quality Control & Quality Assurance
• Able to develop preventive measures necessary to ensure prevention of equipment failures
• Management and leadership skills
• Self-starter
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective in root cause analysis tools
• Detail and quality driven
• High level of overall computer literacy
• Must be able to read and interpret P&IDs
• Must possess excellent time and stress management skills
• Good communication & conflict management skills
• Ability to work with diversified work teams