The Junior Engineer will be responsible for assisting in the establishing of preventative and responsive mechanical maintenance and development within the processing plant; to learn how operational performance is achieved in a safe and cost effective manner, while being trained how to archive compliance with relevant procedures, polices, legal requirements and consent conditions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist and learn regarding; the installation of new mechanical systems, replacement of old, faulty or redundant mechanical systems as per the Company and vendor’s safety and quality specifications.

• Assist and learn regarding; the correct hardware interlocking and safety parameter settings for effective and safe operation of all Mechanical equipment.

• Assist and learn regarding; the companies planned and preventative maintenance schedules and procedures.

• Report all incidents immediately to the Supervisor.

• Assist and learn regarding; the completion of how safety logbooks are completed, checked and signed according to the procedure.

• Assist and learn regarding; management of stock levels for mechanical spares and necessary sub-assemblies, which are used on site, to be maintained in the warehouse and report all defective or substandard equipment to your direct supervisor.

• Assist and learn regarding; maintaining of the correct and safe usage of all hand tools within your section.

• Assist and learn regarding; reporting of all defective tools; record keeping and control replacement of tools.

• Assist and learn regarding; identifying of needs; for specialised training requirements within your area of responsibility.

• Any other duties as directed by your direct Supervisor.

• Works with Section Head to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.

• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans.

• Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.

• Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria.

• Participates in the final check out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.

• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.

• Works with Optimization to perform analyses of assets including:

  • Asset Utilization

  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness

  • Remaining useful life

• Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability and costs of assets

Qualifications & Experience:

• Grade 12 Certificate.

• BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).

• Valid Zambian driver’s license.

• Solid computer skills including use of MS Office (Word, Excel, Power-point, MS- Projects), with a willingness to learn new software programs.

• Knowledge of standard maintenance reliability processes – five whys, FMECA etc.

• Knowledge of the use of computerized maintenance management systems (Pronto) would be an advantage