Senior Specialist Quality Assurance II

Ma’aden; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mining company in Saudi Arabia is searching for a Sr. Specialist Q/A E&I. This role involves leading and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure safety and quality in technical operations. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the maintenance field, preferably in the chemical industry, and be a skilled problem solver with strong analytical and decision-making abilities. This position offers opportunities for professional development and is vital for enhancing operational reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years' experience for bachelor degree or 15 years' experience for Associate Diploma in the relevant field.
• Extensive experience and technical expertise in the maintenance in chemical industry.
• Ability to diagnose a situation and solve problems creatively.

Responsibilities

• Lead, organize, and coordinate technical issues and provide maintenance support.
• Supervise critical work and take action on deviations.
• Support in troubleshooting failures and repairs.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Planning and Organizing Skills

Decision Making Skills

Interpersonal & Communication Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Strong customer service orientation

Technical Report Writing

Root Cause Analysis

Education

Diploma in related field

Job description

Job Title

Sr. Specialist Q/A E&I

Reporting to

Supervisor, E&I and HVAC

Business Unit/Function

Central Workshop

Department

Maintenance

Grade

M10

Job Purpose

Lead, organize, and coordinate technical issues and provide technical assistance and maintenance support for maintenance work activities and carry out quality and safety checks to lead repair and maintenance work on all related section equipment and fault finding to ensure that all maintenance activities are accomplished in a safe, effective manner and to improve quality, availability and maintainability of the equipment in all allocated cluster sites.

Key Accountabilities

EHSS Compliance

• Comply with all EHSS regulations.
• Having knowledge of M-SHEMS and being familiar with specific responsibilities related to position and ensure full compliance.
• Implementation of EHSS performance and awareness during day-to-day activities.

People and Organization

• Develop the maintenance team personnel in terms of skills and knowledge in coordination with workshop maintenance supervisors and superintendent.
• Build self-studying ability and learning capability in all subjects pertaining to the work.

Production, Reliability & Integrity

• Support CWS supervisors and technicians in troubleshooting failures and breakdowns and carry out pre-inspection.
• Check and monitor to ensure that the repair and maintenance work is performed as per the applicable SWI, manual and related instructions considering optimum safety and quality to improve reliability of the equipment.
• Perform troubleshooting and fault finding on equipment and suggest corrective measures to eliminate the problems.
• Develop and review safe work instructions and checklists.
• Review maintenance scope of work and procedures for non-routine activities.
• Ensure that the required documents such as manuals, procedures, reports or checklists for the section are available and up to date. Review them from time to time and develop database and files for the section.
• Coordinate with respective maintenance workshop supervisors, planners, technicians, for related technical documentation, spare parts availability for the ongoing maintenance repair.
• Coordinate with the technical departments for related documentation and for preparing job scope for major repair if required.
• Ensure that the special tools required for the specific job activities are available, and they are maintained and preserved in a safe manner.

Problem solving/Decision making

• Identify failure causes of the equipment.
• Identify most suitable actions to be undertaken to resolve the problem considering plant downtime, equipment criticality, materials availability, special tools requirement and others.
• Take immediate action to complete the job with minimum production interruption.
• Supervise critical work and take immediate action by informing the manager in case of variations in drawings and specifications.
• Suggest complex technical solutions, cost-saving methodologies and safe practices to protect people, property and environment.
• Technical expert in the field of specialty with the capability of analyzing and identifying deficiencies and working independently or with others to provide sound recommendations and using technical reporting as means of demonstrating such deficiencies & recommendations.
• Support and respond to inquiries in the area of specialty.
• Deliver knowledge effectively.
• Assess and improve existing practices and develop management systems to sustain best practices.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma in related field

Minimum Experience

• Minimum of 8 years' experience for bachelor degree and/or 15 years’ experience in the relevant field for Associate Diploma mechanical.

Ma’aden High Performance Competencies

• Analytical Skills.
• Planning and Organizing Skills.
• Decision Making Skills.
• Interpersonal & Communication Skills.
• Emotional Intelligence.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Positive leadership style and ability to create a high morale manufacturing environment.
• Self-motivation.
• Demonstrative achievement orientation.
• Ability to facilitate and support growth of team members.
• Works effectively and productively with others.
• Employee development skills.
• Leadership & drive for results skills.
• Developing and empowering skills.
• Extensive experience and technical expertise in the maintenance in chemical industry.

Skills

• Job-specific knowledge to perform the assigned work with competence.
• Ability to interact, communicate and coordinate effectively with the employees at various levels. Ability to diagnose a situation and solve problems creatively.
• M-SHEMS Knowledge.
• Technical Report Writing.
• MS Office Applications.
• Effective Presentation
• Root Cause Analysis.
• Working knowledge of equipment’s drawing and manual.
• Meet deadlines and work with diverse employees.
• Analyzing Overhauling team work performance.
• Familiar with computer applications and programs.