- A renowned Oil & Gas company in Abu Dhabi - UAE is looking for a Lifting Equipment Supervisor to supervise the maintenance and operation of all Lifting Equipment and related accessories and loose gears, and to ensure that these activities are carried out in accordance with correct procedures and to the required standards.

Responsibilities and Duties :

Job Responsibilities :

a.) Supervises the activities of assigned contracted personnel to ensure that their work is carried out correctly and to the required standards. Personally supervise and participates in the preventive maintenance and repair of all Lifting equipment and prepare for planned major overhauls, in close liaison with Senior Supervisor in order to minimize downtime and cost.

b.) Drafts work orders for approval and consult with Senior supervisor, to determine priorities in order to prepare a detailed daily work schedule.

c.) Liaises with relevant personnel in Production and Safety Departments to obtain work permits, and inform Senior Supervisor of any deviation from plan. Liaise with other sectioned involved in the work.

d.) Diagnoses complex faults, analyze breakdowns and malfunctions in order to decide on equipment, tool and material requirements and to subsequently direct technicians.

e.) Assists in the development of preventive and routine maintenance plan.

f.) Identifies the need for spare parts, consumable and tools, and drafts and follow up material requisitions as required to ensure that adequate supplies are maintained for the task. Make recommendations concerning changes in stock levels or materials used depending on equipment performance.

g.) Ensures that all maintenance and technical documentation is completed correctly. Prepares regular work reports and specific technical reports when required.

h.) Supervises and organizes lifting operation as per maintenance activities requirement and boats movement and ensure that assigned personnel perform their work safely and according to standards and regulations.

i.) Keeps and maintains record of all maintenance activities on lifting equipment and loose gears and maintain an updated listing of all loose gears related to different sites. Such records and listing should be of easy access to any internal and external auditors and surveyors.

j.) Prepares for statutory inspections such as half yearly, yearly and quadrennial inspections, assists the dedicated inspectors and perform all required jobs related to these inspections.

- Diagnoses of faults, analysis of breakdown/malfunction.

- Prepares maintenance program.

k.) Ensures that all corrective actions related to statutory inspections are carried out without any delay and coordinates with other trades for implementation of same.

l.) Ensures that all loose gears used on different sites are in conformity with safety requirements, withdraw from use all suspected items and draft replacement requisition.

m.) Keeps a proper filing of certificates for all lifting equipment and loose gears. Coordinates with Inspection Services for any certification of new equipment and statutory inspection certificates.

n.) Monitors the performance of subordinates and appraise their performance on a quarterly and annual basis.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications :

a.) Completion of secondary technical education (12 years) plus 2 years full-time advanced vocational education in mechanical engineering.

b.) 8-10 years mechanical maintenance experience on Hydraulic Cranes & Electricity Gantry Cranes.

c.) Good command of English, written and spoken.

This job opening was posted long time back. It may not be active. Nor was it removed by the recruiter. Please use your discretion.