Senior Specialist Quality Assurance II

Maaden Saudi Arabian Mining Company; Turayf; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mining company in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Sr. Specialist Q/A E&I to lead and coordinate technical issues related to maintenance work activities. The role requires ensuring compliance with safety regulations and improving equipment reliability. Candidates should have a diploma in a related field with at least 8 years of experience or 15 years with an associate diploma, along with strong analytical and interpersonal skills. This position offers an opportunity to develop the maintenance team in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years' experience for bachelor degree or 15 years' for Associate Diploma.
• Extensive experience and technical expertise in maintenance in chemical industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical issues and provide maintenance support.
• Monitor Workshop activities and coach employees.
• Support CWS supervisors in troubleshooting failures.
• Ensure compliance with EHSS regulations.
• Develop safe work instructions and checklists.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Planning and Organizing Skills

Decision Making Skills

Interpersonal & Communication Skills

M-SHEMS Knowledge

Education

Diploma in related field

Tools

MS Office Applications

Technical Report Writing

Job description

JobTitle: Sr. Specialist Q/A E&I

Reportingto: Supervisor, E&I and HVAC

Business Unit/Function: Central Workshop

Department: Maintenance

Grade: M10

Position Type: Regular

Job Purpose

• Lead, organize, and coordinate technical issues and provide technical assistance and maintenance support for maintenance work activities and carryout quality and safety checks to Lead repair and maintenance work on all related section equipment’s and fault finding to ensure that all maintenance activities been accomplished in safe, effective manner and to improve, quality, availability and maintainability of the equipment in all allocated cluster’s sites.
• Suggest methods to improve and standardize the existing work practices, generate Standard Maintenance Procedures and checklists for the equipment in assigned working area, investigate and propose modifications on related equipment if required to improve performance and reliability of the equipment. And develop maintenance personnel in terms of skills and knowledge.
• Monitor Workshop activities and coach employees to create a winning environment toward achieving CWS goals and objectives with full compliance to M-SHEMS & SWI, in order to achieve the best Quartile in EHSS, reliability and productivity.

Key Accountabilities

EHSS Compliance

• Comply with all EHSS regulations.
• Having knowledge of MSHEMS and being familiar with specific responsibilities related to position and Esurance of 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 the plant downtime, equipment criticality, materials availability, special tools requirement and others.
• Take immediate action to complete the job with minimum affiliates 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.