Technical Field Engineer_ Eastern Cape

TotalEnergies Group; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

TotalEnergies Group in South Africa is seeking a qualified Maintenance Engineer to oversee electrical, mechanical or civil systems across our sites in the Eastern Cape. The role focuses on preventive maintenance, project delivery, budget adherence and strong HSEQ compliance with contractors.

You will lead maintenance planning, review reports, manage non-conformances within 24 hours, and drive continuous improvements while coordinating with Territory Managers and site teams to ensure safe,

Qualifications

• Qualification: S4 or BTech in Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineering
• 2 – 3 year experience in petroleum engineering
• Sound experience in the Engineering , Construction and Maintenance
• High level of autonomy and problem solving skills
• Real capability to manage the workload and efficiency in the work done
• Proactive and available at any time
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Ability to work within a team made of customers, purchasers, head-office organisation
• Sound Knowledge of the local legislations, group and International Standards in relation to the oil industry
• Valid Driver’s license

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal management of maintenance activities to improve availability while optimising cost.
• Execute small Campaign projects.
• Maintain HSEQ compliance and ensure contractors follow policy.
• Report on regional performance at Monthly Maintenance Business Review meetings.
• Monitor Preventative Maintenance status and take corrective actions.
• Manage annual technical visits with Territory Manager and tenant.
• Ensure site maintenance is completed within agreed time frames and accurate costing is submitted to business.
• Attend and present at Sales Manager Monthly meetings.
• Control project programs and budgets to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Ensure proper documentation including drawings and asset registrations is maintained.

Education

S4 or BTech in Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineering

Job description

Dominio Maintenance & Inspection

• Optimal management of set maintenance activities to improve availability while optimising cost.
• Execution of small Campaign projects.

In this role, you would be required to carry out the following duties and responsibilities:

HSEQ:

• Compliance with the OHS Act of 1993 (Asbestos, Construction, Electrical Installation, Environmental etc)
• Ensure adherence of TMSA HSEQ procedures by contractors and staff.
• Provide assurance on HSEQ and take corrective action in your area of responsibility.
• Ensure that only contractors with valid contracts are used, including Total Group ICC policy compliance.

Reporting

• Ensure Sales & Marketing adhere to the agreed Maintenance process.
• Ensure Annual Site visit is conducted with Territory Manager for each Service Station.
• Ensure that all site non-conformance are reported to Retail Maintenance Manager within 24hrs
• Own a commanding understanding of the Evarisk / Invariant standards for Sales& Marketing.
• Present your regional performance at the Monthly Maintenance Business review Meeting:
• Number of NFT done / Number of station
• Top 10 flop sites action plan per your allocated region
• Preventative Maintenance Status (number of sites completed per Group / number of Station)
• Allocated Project Status

Maintenance

• Ensures preventive maintenance is carried out as per set schedules.
• Review Preventative Maintenance reports on Daisy WW and take corrective actions
• Develop and drive the Pump replacement project in your respective region.
• Ensure that all contractors’ performance is measured against the contracts on a monthly basis.
• Ensure that the maintenance Policy, Procedure and Processes are adhered to.
• Ensure the effectiveness of the Maintenance strategy is monitored and reviewed frequently (Preventative Maintenance).
• Ensure Contractors adhere to the NEMO contract (PM and CM).
• Ensure improvement plan for your respective NEMO Group is conducted.
• Conducts quaterly random audits and quality inspections of maintenance work to ensure compliance to standards.
• Anticipates the replacement of obsolete equipment in order to promote a preventative maintenance approach (maintenance investments).
• Ensures the overall follow-up and treatment of work requests (curatives) in terms of quality and delay (compliance with SLAs).
• Adapts the maintenance according to the segmentation and the nature of the activities (fuel distribution, washing, shop, ...)
• Follows on monthly basis the budgetary expenditure in relation with the management control to anticipate / justify possible deviations.
• Carries out an Annual Technical Visit (ATV) in collaboration with the Territory Manager and the tenant

Customer Service

• Ensure that all maintenance is completed as per the agreed time frames.
• Ensure that accurate costing is submitted to business within the agreed time.
• Ensure that you meet with business once a month to keep them up to date on their maintenance programs.
• Attend and present at the Sales Manager Monthly meetings.

Maintenance Projects

• Ensure that you have full control over all projects in your project portfolio by following the Total engineering project procedure.
• Ensure that your entire projects are completed on time by creating and managing project programs for all allocated projects.
• Ensure that all your projects are completed within budget by managing your project financials.
• Ensure that the contractors, Project managers, Consultants, architects and equipment suppliers adhere to their performance targets, deadlines and budgetary guidelines.
• Ensure proper management of project documentation including technical drawings, posting of the assets under construction to assets register and control of legal and municipal approvals.

To qualify for this role, you must have the following qualifications and experience:

• Qualification: S4 or BTech in Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineering
• 2 – 3 year experience in petroleum engineering,
• Sound experience in the Engineering , Construction and Maintenance
• High level of autonomy and problem solving skills,
• Real capability to manage the workload and efficiency in the work done,
• Proactive and available at any time,
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication,
• Ability to work within a team made of customers, purchasers, head-office organisation.
• Sound Knowledge of the local legislations, group and International Standards in relation to the oil industry
• Valid Driver’s license