VTTI operates a network of bulk petroleum
Terminals in eleven countries across five continents. As a result of its
ongoing continued growth, VTTI has expanded its operations to Kenya.
VTTI Kenya is completing its state of the art Terminal in Mombasa and will soon be operational.
Applications are invited from qualified and experienced Kenyan citizens for the following positions at our state of the art Petroleum Terminal in Kipevu, Mombasa:
Maintenance Manager
Location: VTTI, Kenya
Job Description
Responsible for the preventive and corrective maintenance, repairs and
modifications to all terminal facilities which include Tanks, Pipelines, Pumps,
Meters, Manual and Electrical control systems, Buildings, equipment and minor
work related to the LAN at the Terminal and is the point of contact for
Information Technology (IT) solutions. VTTI Kenya is completing its state of the art Terminal in Mombasa and will soon be operational.
Applications are invited from qualified and experienced Kenyan citizens for the following positions at our state of the art Petroleum Terminal in Kipevu, Mombasa:
Maintenance Manager
Location: VTTI, Kenya
Job Description
Organisational Position
Reports to the General Manager of VTTI Kenya. Manages the M&R department staff and the work related aspects of contracted third parties.
Result Areas
Maintenance strategy
Responsible for the continuous development of a maintenance strategy for the terminal;
- Drawing
up annual and long term plans for technical maintenance, repairs and
modifications to buildings, installations and equipment at several
locations so that the technical operating resources remain in a good
condition
- Discusses
requirements with the competent authorities with regard to feasibility and
tests the functionality of the proposed plans
- Assesses
technical proposals, Gathers and analyses data to validate the maintenance
strategy.
- Schedules
audits, reviews and implements corrective actions.
- Draws
up budgets, priorities and planning schedules for review and approval by
the General Manager.
- Management
of M&R activities
- Plans
and manages the required M&R activities and resources to guarantee the
continuity of operational processes;
- Ensures
the execution of preventive and corrective maintenance, repairs and
modifications to buildings, installations and equipment to keep technical
operating resources in good condition.
- Discusses
the planning and assignment of work with the Maintenance technicians.
- Delegates
authorities with regard to the performance of the relevant work.
- Discusses
bottlenecks, contributes solutions and takes action as required.
- Decides
about the implementation of emergency repairs and is responsible for the
correct completion of orders.
- Works
closely with the Operations Manager to ensure proper communication of
equipment outage and work completion schedule.
- Communicates
the same with the Customer Service Manager so that customers have advanced
information on equipment outage that impacts their business.
- Minor
maintenance work on the LAN systems at the Terminal.
Project Management
- Manages
and controls maintenance projects, draws up project plans and planning
schedules and ensures the timely and correct execution of projects.
- Manages
a project team as required.
Environment Health And Safety (Ehs) Compliance
Ensures that all maintenance and repair activities are carried out safely and in compliance with the organisation’s EHS policies as well as statutory requirements;
Ensures that all maintenance and repair activities are carried out safely and in compliance with the organisation’s EHS policies as well as statutory requirements;
- In
coordination with the Safety officer, Ensures safety induction of all
contractors and personnel involved in M&R activities.
- Carries
out risk assessments and Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) for all works to be
carried out, determines safeguards required to carry out the work safely
- In
consultation with the Operations Manager, reviews and approves Safety
Method Statements (SMS)
- Carries
out regular visual checks and inspections of works carried out to confirm
compliance to documented work methods and safety provisions and intervenes
to stop and correct any unsafe conditions.
Contractor Management
Manages supplier relationships and acts as a point of contact for contracting third parties for terminal maintenance matters:
Manages supplier relationships and acts as a point of contact for contracting third parties for terminal maintenance matters:
- Responsible
for evaluation, selection and recommendation of suppliers.
- Monitors
contractor performance; gathering information about the progress of work,
bottlenecks, anomalies and performance of work based on agreed terms.
- Periodically
discusses work and performance of third parties and makes proposals to the
General Manager with regard to contract continuation.
Supervision and Personnel development
- Initiates
action for defining individual personnel requirements, is aware of the
required personnel capacity and makes proposals to adapt the existing
staffing levels if required.
- Provides
training and supervises M&R activities.
- Identifying
additional training needs and ensuring that required training is carried
out.
- Sets
performance targets for M&R department and monitoring through regular
appraisals.
- Ensures
regular planning and review meetings with M&R team.
- Manages
performance through counselling and discipline as required
Budget control
- Plans
and monitors the annual budget, project budgets and future maintenance
budgets.
- Is
responsible for the financial contract management for contracted third
parties and for ensuring periodic maintenance reports.
- Manages
the M&R maintenance budget and reports progress and finances to the
GM.
Reports, Communications and Social interaction
- Forms
part of the Management Team and the management of VTTI Kenya and consults
with these periodically; makes proposals to improve processes and
contributes to the development of vision and policy aimed at the
continuity of the organisation.
- Disseminates
decisions taken to M&R staff and translates these into specific
actions; discusses commencement of work, progress, quality and results
with supervisors and staff and contractors.
- Training,
transfer of knowledge and understanding to supervisors and staff, third
party fitters, foremen and internal staff.
- Discusses
/ coordinates with the General Manager, Operations, Safety Officer,
Customer Service, Finance Manager and contractors about the execution of
the work, contract agreements, performance, equipment and materials.
- Maintains
contact with colleagues in the Engineering and IT departments at VTTI
Headquarters.
- Maintains
external contact with the competent authorities, various government
bodies, department of the Environment, local authority, provincial authority,
inspection bodies and material suppliers.
Performance Indicators:
- Compliance
to Corporate and Statutory Engineering Standards.
- Facilities
and equipment downtime.
- IT
systems performance and availability.
- IT
systems security.
- Timely
completion of scheduled Audits, Reviews and corrective actions.
- Quality
and quantity of maintenance undertaken.
- Quality
and effectiveness of projects executed.
- Reliability
of the terminal installations.
- Incident
free hours for M&R activities.
- Quality
of M&R activities documentattion.
- Achievement
of plans within the set targets, budgets and guidelines.
- Performance
of M&R team and third party contractors.
- Level
of M&R staff satisfaction and team development.
- Quality
and timeliness of the various reports.
Qualifications & Experience
- University
Graduate, Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum
5 years work experience gained in a comparable job preferably in the
petroleum industry.
- experience
in the field of maintenance management in a technical industrial
environment.
- considerable
experience of managing staff and teams.
- considerable
project management experience
- Some
experience in computer systems and LAN.
Competencies
- Exceptional
technical understanding of terminal facilities.
- Planning
and organisation capability.
- High
level of integrity.
- Analytical
with good decision making skills.
- Good
communications and negotiating skills.
- Responsibility
and leadership.
- Thorough,
results focussed with ability to work under pressure.
- Social
empathy with ability to work across organisational and cultural
boundaries.
- Team
orientation, supervisory and relationship management skills.
For the
above vacancy, kindly send your CV to hr@mtt.vtti.com
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