The Role
Responsibilities:
1. Ensure that the maintenance and repair of cranes and ancillary plant equipment, ensuring compliance with OEM and legislative requirements and all company policies and Regulations are adhered to.
2. When required, take the lead responsibility for Cranes and associated equipment support across the responsible sites.
3. Manage Health, Safety and Environment within the department.
4. Respond to asset breakdowns and resolve the cause of faults/defects to minimise downtime.
5. Communicate maintenance progress updates to the relevant stakeholders and keep accurate records of your department's tasks.
Additional Responsibilities:
1. Ensure all duties are completed in line with RAMS and Company Health & Safety policy - Be active in Risk Assessments compiling and reviewing.
2. Assist management in direct sight of department's daily operation.
3. Ensure an effective and efficient use of an asset management system.
4. Proactively monitor performance within the team, evaluating training needs, labour levels and qualification opportunities and addressing areas of underperformance, where necessary.
5. Participate in assigned long-term preventative maintenance programs and projects.
6. Co-ordinate activities of the engineering team, providing clear, concise direction to maximise employee contribution, e.g. Continuous Improvement and ensure delivery of the maintenance plan as agreed.
7. Liaise with the Crane Manager and Operations management team to prioritise both reactive and planned maintenance to ensure that service and repair levels are maintained.
8. Conduct communication events to the engineering team frequently, and with individuals when required.
9. Ensure that the PM schedule is complete, and any issues are communicated and take ownership in closing out on time and in full.
10. Liaise with suppliers to ensure that we are receiving quality equipment/components that are cost effective.
11. Manage contractor management issuing work permits, ensuring all 3rd parties are working safely and accordingly in line with PD's processes and procedures.
12. Manage positive customer and employee relations.
13. Motivate and drive the team forward with Continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
14. Ensure all statutory examinations are in line with current legislation and Company procedure.
15. Ensure workshop is operating effectively, efficiently, and good housekeeping is always maintained.
16. Provide technical support to teams to resolve complex faults.
17. Assist operational colleagues with solving operational problems through innovative engineering approaches.
Physical Demands:
1. Primarily office-based with computer use, occasional presence in operations and on port assets.
2. Role will demand: Climbing, lifting, bending, carrying.
Requirements:
1. Good technical knowledge of plant and machinery.
2. HNC in Mechanical Engineering or technical equivalent.
3. IOSH certified.
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