Overview

PUMA Energy Tanzania is a subsidiary of PUMA Energy International, a vertically integrated midstream and downstream Intercontinental Oil company operating in 49 countries worldwide including Africa, Latin America, North East Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The Group employs more than 9,000 people across five continents. PUMA Energy is committed to continually serve the Nation with quality products and services through environmentally friendly and safe practices. PUMA Energy Tanzania Ltd is now seeking a suitably qualified candidate to join its family in Tanzania as Engineering & Maintenance Manager

Job Title: Engineering and Maintenance Manager Operations

Department: Operations

Reports to: Country Operations Manager

Location: Head Office, Dar Es Salaam

Function:

To provide an effective and efficient Project Management and Capital Expenditure process, interpreting user need and marketing concepts and translating into the functional requirement to give the business competitive advantage through project formulation, contractor selection, cost and time management

To lead the Maintenance function to achieve maximum equipment availability and reliability, at minimal cost. Position manages the planning, scheduling, and preventative maintenance programs.

Key responsibilities

1. Coordinating design consultants, engineers, and quantity surveyors with the compilation of design layout of the project to ensure conformity with Puma standard of quality, design, and safety.
2. Appointing necessary contractors to perform Puma specific requirements on projects and to ensure their cooperation in working with local authorities and other contractors.
3. Carrying out safety induction meeting with contractors before commencing work and follow up adherence to the safety guidelines
4. Monitoring expenditure of sanctioned items against budget and to compile monthly reports on such expenditure
5. Obtaining competitive quotations for work done by engineering contractors and for items to be supplied for the work.
6. Ensures the establishment of suitable lists of potential bidders in accordance with vendor management policies and procedures
7. Establishes and maintains a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders, spare parts, and maintenance history of plant equipment
8. Coordinating engineering manpower plans and training to meet the engineering skills and knowledge requirements of Puma Tanzania
9. Under instruction from the Operations Manager, prepares Scope of works for approved work programs ensuring that all relevant regulations, especially those governing the safety and health of personnel, are complied with.
10. Ensure that the Project Engineer and Maintenance Engineer submit all deliverables on time and check it regularly.
11. Checks and approves engineering deliverables received from Project Engineer, Maintenance Engineer and third parties
12. Ensures that all activities are carried out in accordance with the established individual job/task procedures in strict compliance with the safety regulations and procedures contained therein
13. Liaising with local authorities in respect of fit for purpose legislation and regulation Leading and controlling of the Engineering and Maintenance team Introduction, measuring and controlling the Engineering Core Offer

Requirements:

Skills, Competencies, qualifications required:

Educational Background, Technical and Professional skills.

• Graduate Engineer with Professional Engineering and/or Mainte­nance certification
• Solid knowledge and experience in Project and Maintenance Management
• At least 8 years’ experience in construction/Petroleum Industry including supervision of contractors

Skills

• Ability to identify and perform basic cost analysis to determine the profitability of doing business with customers
• Ability to identify concerns in the engineering function and improves existing standards & levels of service
• Ability to manage the performance of self, business and others within agreed limits
• Ability to solve complex problems where requirements are not always clearly defined
• Effective cost control with skillful application of available funds and high standard of resource allocation and utilization
• Able to plan and execute major site construction projects involving complex engineering and environmental problems
• Understand laws, regulations and legislation sufficiently well to protect Puma interests
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Understanding of procurement practices as relates to the procurement of technical services
• Ability to apply conceptual project development principles through to project sanction; able to provide technical, costing and schedule definition/direction for projects to allow evaluation of project economics

Competencies

• Ability to maintain a high level of credibility and integrity
• Able to meet frequent deadlines by good time management and deal with conflicting demands and properties where regular pressure is a feature of the job
• A strong team – player
• Ability to generate new ideas and transferring them into the wider context
• Strong influencing and persuading skills
• Sound decision-making ability
• Good networking skills

How to Apply 

Applicants can email their application through infotanzania@pumaenergy.com or physically submit their application not later than 15th February 2019 at 16:00 addressing their application to:

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

PUMA ENERGY TANZANIA LTD

BANDARI ROAD KURASINI

P.0 BOX 9043,

DAR ES SALAAM

The company will conduct primary screening of submitted applications then the qualified candidates will be contacted for interview

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, tribe, belief, disability, gender or any other status protected by the laws of Tanzania