Plant Manager

For a big marine construction project in Mozambique we are currently looking for an experienced Plant Manager.

To be the functional lead in the management of the equipment (plant and machineries) of the project in order to meet project and company objectives while applying company systems and best practices.

• Be responsible for the mechanics, lubrication, maintenance control, and fuel of the equipment on site.
• Coordinate with the Construction Manager, to monitor the current planning of the works and its respective corrective measures related to plant and equipment.
• Elaboration of the organizational chart of the plant department, definition of the attributions, authorities, and specific responsibilities up to the foreman level.
• Supervise all services inherent to the equipment itself.
• Interact with the production, planning, and commercial areas, identifying needs and acting in proposing technical solutions and methods of execution that best meet the deadlines and costs involved.
• Observe, during the execution of the services, the compliance, only related to the equipment used on site, with the applicable safety, quality, and environmental requirements:
• Be responsible for field inspection of the equipment.
• Ensure the flow of field information, so that the RDO reflects the daily production executed, the resources allocated, as well as all the problems and interferences found, aiming, from early stage till the detection of project problems, for efficient interface with the Employer and the Engineer.
• Define and request the allocation of the equipment necessary for the production of the Works
• Liaise with the Employer's and Engineer’s supervision for all matters related to the equipment.
• Use effective management practice of the norms, procedures, and regulations, as well as general and specific policies established for the SPE, as instruments for improving the agreed results.
• Compliance with the SPE Quality and HSE Plans.

Requirements

• You have a mechanical or electro-mechanical degree (specialized mechanic – mechanical engineer);
• You have gained additional experience in the mechanical and managerial aspects of the job;
• You have at least 10 years of experience on similar jobs
• You are service minded and autonomous;
• You are able to plan and administratively manage the maintenance of the plant under your supervision in collaboration with its operators and the project management;
• You have experience with maintenance software
• You have a very good knowledge of English. Portuguese is a plus;

You are willing to work in a base camp in a remote area (Afungi - Mozambique)