Maintenance Technician Kimberley

TOTAL Deutschland GmbH; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading oil and gas company in South Africa is seeking a skilled technician for LPG depot operations. You will ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, manage maintenance tasks, and conduct training for staff. The ideal candidate holds a National Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical fields, possesses at least 3 years of experience in the petroleum sector, and is knowledgeable about relevant legislation and unit operations.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion policies

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years working experience in the petroleum/LPG industry.
• Knowledge of cylinder manifold, vaporisers, storage tanks.
• Understanding of OHS-Act and SANS regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage depot operations ensuring compliance with HSE policies.
• Document inspections and maintain query logs.
• Coordinate maintenance work and training for staff.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Compliance with HSE regulations

Technical training

Cylinder management

Education

National Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics

Trade test (red seal)

Job description

Rapidly developing small subsidiary leading to resource and control difficulties.

- Difficult local LPG market with influx of rogue operators (leading to problems e.g. HSEQ, Cylinder Management.)

- Abuse of equipment by customers resulting in frequent callouts.

- Manpower and budget constraints i.e., development and project work.

- High turn over of client staff places increases risk of incidents, frequent training necessary.

- Lack of experienced LPG maintenance contractors.

- Lack of in-house technical staff.

Activities

HEALTH AND SAFETY

To effectively manage and minimise the risk associated with depot operations by ensuring:

• Compliance with all HSE Policies, rules, guidelines, and legal requirements within area of responsibility.
• Promotion of safe working environment and positively contributing to the company’s HSE KPI’s and
• Assist regional depots with technical non-conformances related to One Maestro;
• Perform maintenance work safely – on time and to require standard and quality (with reference to the Sans regulations).

Key result

• Document Client site inspections and breakdowns with supporting photos of the inspection / breakdown. Document to be forwarded IMMEDIATELY to the Snr maintenance engineer/maintenance Engineer /planner for record keeping.
• Ensure customer queries are actioned timeously as per SharePoint log. Maintain regional open queries to less than 10 and not older than 2 weeks (within reason)
• Ensure depot non-conformances are action within allocated timelines as far as reasonably practical.
• Ensure client and depot planned maintenance are actioned as per legislative/OEM/Best practices
• Frequency requirements.
• Inspect Totalgaz installations on a regular basis (at least annually) and report any non-conformances to be rectified.
• Ensure proper storage of recovered assets along with new and revalidated equipment.
• Ensure good stores / workshop management by maintaining housekeeping and proper storage of equipment in an orderly manner.
• Liaise with suppliers and contractors pertaining to maintenance spares and work done on Totalgaz depots and consumer installations.
• Ensure that correct equipment related to maintenance work is procured and installed.
• Assist with technical training of staff and clients on Totalgaz filling depots.
• Submit monthly reports of the following by no later than the 7th of the new month:
• • Vehicle kilometer report
• • Outstanding works report

Candidate Profile

National Diploma, S4, N4-6 in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or successfully completed a trade test (red seal) in any of the above fields.

- A registered industrial maintenance technician or in the process of acquiring registration with the LPGASA (Electrical qualification will be advantageous)

- A minimum of 3 years working experience in the petroleum industry preferably LPG industry.

- A strong knowledge of unit operations e.g. cylinder manifold, vaporisers, storage tanks and fittings

- A good knowledge of all relevant legislation that impacts on the Operations and HSEQ functions, e.g. OHS-Act and all SANS regulations impacting on the LPG industry.

Additional Information

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