About Vopak

As a Maintenance & Integrity Engineer, it's an interesting time for you to come on board at Vopak SA! Around the world, we connect the supply of and demand for vital products and resources. Energy that allows people to heat their homes and have transportation. Food for a growing planet and chemicals for companies to use. Products that are vital to people’s lives. We ensure the safe, efficient, and clean storage of such vital products. The global energy transition, the growing world population, and all new possibilities of emerging technologies make this a very interesting time to be doing business.

Your Main Mission

You will build together with all your colleagues on our ambition to be the best in Port. Vopak SA is a growing company and major investments have been done. You will join our motivated team to optimize the use of the infrastructure and contribute to a culture of being proud to work for this growing company.

Purpose of Position

The Maintenance & Integrity Engineer is responsible for continuous improvement and the implementation of maintenance strategies with a future focus on predictive maintenance, asset integrity, and reliability.

The incumbent will be required to support technical projects and the overall technical team with advisory on optimal solutions in line with Vopak Standards and other legal requirements.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Continuous Improvement:

Ensure continuous improvement and improved asset availability of the facilities’ equipment by identifying problems through root cause analysis and providing solutions thereto.
Apply asset management principles to coordinate site maintenance activities
Develop strategies and rollout of appropriate continuous monitoring for site equipment
Develop asset trees / functional location structure and rank the criticality of equipment

Maintenance

Create/ensure that preventative maintenance procedures are in place, planned, and carried out
Create plans on how to move towards more predictive maintenance especially on business-critical equipment
Conduct audits and quality inspections of maintenance work to ensure compliance with Vopak Global standards
Ensure that the contractors adhere to the company SHEQ requirements
Anticipate, plan and initiate replacements of obsolete equipment in order to increase availability and reduce operational and maintenance costs
Update and maintain technical and assets data (Synoptics, drawings, inventory, equipment data)
Analyze audit reports conducted by SHEQ and take corrective action in conjunction with business owners to close findings
Educate and transfer knowledge to site operators on good utilization of equipment
Develop recommendations and action plans in line with Vopak’s commitment to safety and service to our customers

Projects

Assist and develop a clear project definition and thereafter project scope incorporating information from all stakeholders and disciplines and clarifying cost estimates, project risks, and complexities
Assist the Engineering Manager/Project Portfolio Manager with the delivery of project scope requirements relating to the maintainability of equipment and design for maintenance
Maintain and compile work procedures and all related documentation for the optimization and improvements of engineering systems.
Analyze project implementation regarding cost, time, and impact on machinery and ensure work is done in the most cost-effective way with minimal machine downtime and according to standards (Vopak Global, ISO, ASME, API, SHEQ, and good workmanship).
Ensure accurate specifications are provided on a project and work is carried out according to specifications.
Monitor commissioning to ensure that equipment operates according to requirements after installation or repair.
Identify potential threats or risks to project progress and success.
Proactively implement corrective action/give feasible solutions to assist the project team

Innovation

Initiate improvement ideas together with supportive research on different alternatives to further develop and possibly implement.

Qualifications Required:

BTech; BEng or BSc Eng. in Mechanical/Electro-Mechanical Engineering

Experience Required:

5 to 10 years experience required with demonstrable skills in mechanical equipment maintenance execution, site maintenance work, and asset management with an understanding of how to improve integrity and reliability on assets
Preferable experience in petrochemical systems design and construction activities

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies Required:

Skills Required:

Customer orientation
Result orientation
Quality orientation

Knowledge Required:

Industry standards, regulations, and codes pertinent to relevant engineering discipline
Operational environments, including typical SHEQ systems, maintenance management platforms, and SOP’s

Competencies Required:

Work independently and make sound technical decisions
Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills

Are you the Maintenance & Integrity Engineer that we are looking for?

Then apply via the ‘apply’ button. For more information about the vacancy and/or the recruitment process, please contact the recruiter via the below contact details.

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