Maintenance Manager

Essential Responsibilities 

• Ensuring compliance in all areas of Health, Safety and Environmental programs and procedures as applicable to the Power Station and General Electric requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with all maintenance aspects of the O&M Agreement between General Electric and the Customer including allstatutory requirements.
• Leading a team of reliable and qualified personnel within the Maintenance department through strategic recruitment, succession planning, training, development and motivation of individuals and the team
• Continuous development, improvement and auditing of a comprehensive site maintenance strategy utilising a CBM philosophy, within
• quality framework accreditable to internationally recognized standards and consistent with protecting the Customers investment
• while achieving maximum Power Plant availability at the lowest heat rate in a safe, reliable, economical and environmentally friendly manner.
• Establishing, maintaining and auditing routines, for all maintenance aspects of the Power Plant, within a quality framework accreditable to internationally recognized standards.
• Use of 6 Sigma tools to drive quality & enhanced customer value through all maintenance activities.
• Initiate an FMEA and implement a strategy to avert operational risk on all plant and equipment.
• Developing the functionality of the site CMMS package
• Developing an overall Gas Turbine/Steam Turbine outage management package covering differing scopes, planning, quality & cost.
• Managing the site spares warehousing facility
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with the site Operation Team & other stakeholders
• Participating with the O&M management team in developing & implementing a world class O&M strategy
• Managing the site maintenance & engineering budget
• Developing, proposing, implementing and managing capital scheme projects on behalf of the Customer
• Providing expert technical guidance on engineering standards and repair techniques to minimize production losses.
• Development and draw down of various support contracts for effective operation and maintenance of the Power Plant
• Effectively controlling the selection and placement of new and current contractual agreements with contracting firms and contractors on site.
• Managing and implementing GE EHS procedures within the area of responsibility.
• Managing and monitoring the effectiveness of initial and refresher EHS training provided to all maintenance personnel.
• Provision of support services to the Operations Department for completion and recording of routine maintenance activities.
• Management of complex issues within functional areas of expertise
• Establishing and sustaining within the Maintenance team a culture that promotes a safe and positive work environment
• The Maintenance Manager will be available on a call rotation with the other members of the Management Team at all times.
• Deputise for the Plant Manager as required.

Qualifications/Requirements   

• Recognised formal qualification in an engineering discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Production is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Power Plant management or supervisory role.
• A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required.
• Must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in Nigeria

Additional Eligibility Qualifications   

Desired Characteristics:   

• Master's Degree in an Engineering discipline or working towards one preferred 
• MBA or working towards MBA preferred o GB certified (GE employees only). 
• Exposure to and participation in, Lean manufacturing initiatives. 
• Ability to apply statistical methods for process improvement. 
• Ability and willing to travel from time to time as required by the Business. 
• Fluent in written and spoken English. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of an organisation. 
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. o Prior experience of GE Turbines is preferred.