Mechanical Technician

Job title: Mechanical Technician  
Report to: Mechanical Engineer  
Location: Temane

Global Edge is an international firm specializing in project staffing for the Energy sector, with a presence in Mozambique since 2014. We are the game changers and multi-award-winning agency in the global staffing arena, redefining what excellence means in recruitment. 
Our client, an independent power producer operating and developing power projects in Africa, is looking to appoint a successful Mechanical Technician to based in Temane. 

Key Responsibilities:

As a Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for performing predictive, preventive, and corrective mechanical maintenance on plant equipment, such as gas turbines, steam turbines, diesel engines, generators, heat recovery boilers, gas compressors, air compressors, motors, pumps, and other electrical equipment ensure greater plant availability. The Mechanical Maintenance Technician will work under the supervision of the Mechanical Engineer, to whom they will report.

Job Description: 

1. Preventive Maintenance
About preventive maintenance, the Mechanical Technician must: 
•     Participate in minor and major inspections; 
•    perform scheduled maintenance work as planned; 
•    follow the procedures established by the manufacturer and update any changes in the IFS; 
•    Prepare, receive, and evaluate work instructions (obtain diagrams available in catalogs, request additional information from the person requesting the work, such as location, nature of the defect, etc.); 
•    Manufacturing mechanical parts at low cost, always adhering to the relevant quality standards. In this context, the Mechanical Technician will perform the work necessary for manufacturing (machining, cutting, and welding);
•    Work independently, with an Operator, Electrical Technician, or Control and Instrumentation Technician, etc., in power generation units and auxiliary equipment facilities, depending on the type of equipment; 
•    Perform mechanical finishing using machine tools such as drills, grinders, MIG/TIG/arc welding equipment, plasma cutting torches, cutting equipment (multi-cut saw), pneumatic tools, power tools, and/or hand tools;
•    Ensure that all work performed complies with Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) standards and are in compliance with the policies and procedures adopted at the plant;
•    Make proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including safety glasses, face protection, hearing protection, safety boots, gloves, and protective aprons;
•    Maintain and clean tools, parts, and materials, as well as the work area; and cover for any Mechanical Technician in the event of absence due to leave or other reasons.

2.Corrective Maintenance
•    Identify and correct potential malfunctions or unsafe conditions in the equipment and report them to the Mechanical Engineer and the Operators.
•    The priority of equipment intervention activities is determined during daily joint meetings between maintenance and operations teams based on the intervention requests
•    Provided by the Mechanical Maintenance Technician, with the objective of: 
•    ensuring the availability of various materials and parts at the warehouse; 
•    request, through the Operations Department, the lockout and tagout (LOTO) of the equipment using the IFS platform;
•    Perform work on the equipment after receiving a Work Permit from the Operations Department;
•    prepare work reports on the IFS platform for each completed activity;
•    address incidental malfunctions whenever requested by the Shift Engineer or their supervisor. In such cases, analyze the situation and propose possible solutions as quickly as possible;
•    Manage the supply of technical tools and define the respective needs to ensure the availability of budget line items and purchase orders following approval by your supervisor;
•    provide the necessary tools during minor and major overhauls;
•    anticipate and propose solutions to your supervisor to reduce or eliminate recurring failures;
•    participate in the daily work planning meeting identify and correct potential malfunctions or unsafe conditions in the equipment and report them to the mechanical engineer and the operators.

3. Control 
•    The Mechanical Technician will report to the Mechanical Engineer on the progress of his or her activities and will contact the Mechanical Engineer when encountering difficulties. The Mechanical Engineer will visit the site, if necessary, to assess the reported defect or the completed work;
•    The Mechanical Engineer evaluates the Mechanical Technician’s performance and conduct during the individual progress review conducted every two years, based on the evaluation model in use;

Qualifications:

•    Technical Professional High School Diploma;
•    Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CMMS; and
•    Three (3) years of experience in similar positions;
•    Ability to drive continuous improvement in quality assurance,
•    Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE), and organizational management best practices
•    (benchmarking);
•    Practical knowledge of power plant maintenance (routine,
•    preventive, and corrective maintenance; fault diagnosis, etc.) or equivalent;
•    Practical knowledge of maintenance, including minor and major overhauls, in
•    power plants;
•    Practical proficiency in procedures for logging electrical work in power
•    plants or equivalent;
•    Have experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software;
•    Be proficient in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.; and
•    Be fluent in Portuguese (fluency in English is an added advantage).