Mechanical Engineer (Road Construction)
Job Categories:
Mechanical Engineering
Date Posted:
2020-08-18 02:00:00
Employment Type
Full Time
Website
Location:
Lusaka
Salary:
Negotiable
Phone:
Description:
Job Purpose
The Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for supervising technical jobs on site and ensuring high standards of the company’s machinery and equipment repair works including planning of routine, scheduled preventive maintenance as per the assigned location.
Summary of Key Responsibilities;
- Developing and measuring standards for business process and identifying improvement opportunities
- Delivering improvements to the business, sometimes over more than one site
- Managing the implementation of improvement initiatives possibly across more than one site
- Planning and scheduling both electrical and mechanical works such as planned maintenance activity, reacting to breakdowns, finding out and eliminating the root-cause of problems and working on continuous improvement projects.
- Introducing and supporting the notion of continuous improvement within the company
- Collaborating with internal and external partners in order to make sustainable improvements along the entire supply chain
- Utilising a variety of business improvement techniques in order to successfully carry out your role
- Monitoring and reporting on the progress of projects to Senior Management
- Managing changes as these occur during the delivery of business improvement projects
- Recommending and developing Mechanical improvements
- Training and development of technical staff on new processes
Job Purpose
The Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for supervising technical jobs on site and ensuring high standards of the company’s machinery and equipment repair works including planning of routine, scheduled preventive maintenance as per the assigned location.
Key Responsibilities
• Developing and measuring standards for business process and identifying improvement opportunities
• Delivering improvements to the business, sometimes over more than one site
• Managing the implementation of improvement initiatives possibly across more than one site
• Planning and scheduling both electrical and mechanical works such as planned maintenance activity, reacting to breakdowns, finding out and eliminating the root-cause of problems and working on continuous improvement projects.
• Introducing and supporting the notion of continuous improvement within your company
• Collaborating with internal and external partners in order to make sustainable improvements along the entire supply chain
• Utilising a variety of business improvement techniques in order to successfully carry out your role
• Monitoring and reporting on the progress of projects
• Managing changes as these occur during the delivery of business improvement projects
• Recommending and developing improvements
• Ensuring that progress is maintained on an ongoing basis
• Training and development of staff on new processes
Primary Areas of Accountability:
Qualifications and Experience
- Diploma or Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Must have a minimum of 3-4 years working experience in Mechanical Engineering with a construction company
- Must be a member of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ)
- Working Experience with a Road Construction Company in the same capacity will be a plus
If you meet the minimum hiring requirements for the above position, please email your CV and Cover letter clearly stating your salary expectations to : jobs@bemconsult.com and Copy-in bemconsult@outlook.com
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