Maintenance Coordinator

Roles and responsibilities

Co-ordinates maintenance and operations requirements to ensure optimum plant availability and to maximize plant operation efficiency, flexibility, reliability and safety.

Key Accountabilities

Planning and Supervision

• Reviews and advises on maintenance strategies, including preventive maintenance and prepares operational inputs for routine and non-routine maintenance, planning schedules, and Turnaround.
• Determines maintenance resource requirements and ensures availability as required.
• Reviews the performance and maintenance costs for the Operations Department plant and equipment and ensures that technical assistance is provided for equipment problems when necessary.
• Determines priorities for maintenance work and ensures that maintenance is completed before it becomes high priority.
• Reviews reliability reports and coordinates requirements in liaison with Reliability Engineers.
• Screens and approves all work requests to ensure they are clear and safe and that preliminary investigations have been undertaken to justify the request.
• Confirms the priority of work requests and ensures equipment return dates are justified. Develops a periodic (i.e. two weeks) rolling plan and reviews and adjusts it on a daily basis.
  

Coordination

• Coordinates with supervisors, managers and employees at all levels to ensure commonality of purpose and direction, ensuring coordination between shifts.
• Coordinates the routine and non-routine maintenance requirements of the assigned Operations Department to optimize plant availability and operations, including mechanical (stationary and rotating), instrument and electrical equipment.
• Communicates daily with the Maintenance, Turnaround, Integrity and Engineering and Process Assurance and Quality Departments regarding maintenance and inspection activities and schedules, and plant reliability issues.
• Coordinates the Utilities Department Shut down and Start-up operation for Turnaround, or as required.
• Liaises with the Maintenance Department to reduce maintenance activities that do not add value to the concerned Department operations.

Desired candidate profile

• Monitors work execution and provides guidance to ensure statutory and company guidelines and standards are followed.
• Studies, evaluates and recommends proposals for plant modification or improvement, including the preparation of appropriate scheduling.
• Reviews modifications requests and comments on the same at different stages.
• Undertakes audits to ensure contractor compliance with company safety procedures.
• Ensures that timely, accurate and regular reports on maintenance activities, equipment availability and permit requirements are prepared and submitted to the Operations Department Manager and other relevant personnel
  

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma in an Engineering discipline or equivalent.
• At least 4 years’ experience in a major processing plant.
• Familiar with international and UAE refinery industry standards and protocols.
• Have knowledge of the Oil and Gas Industry
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build relationships with staff and contractors with a focus on collaboration.
• Excellent organizational, management and planning skills
• Strong decision making ability
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to engage in technical discussions
• Leadership and training experience
• Knowledge of business applications including MAXIMO
• Good verbal knowledge and written English. Knowledge of Arabic is preferable