Operations & Maintenance Manager - Yanbu

Middle East South and Central Asia and Turkey-Arábia Saudita

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  • Engie Yanbu for O&M company Ltd operates & maintains the SWRO Plant of 450,000 M3/Day net potable water capacity. Engie Yanbu for Operations and Maintenance Company is single shareholder Limited liability company established under the laws of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Engie Yanbu for O&M company Ltd performs services through an O&M agreement for the Owner of the SWRO Plant: Yanbu International Water Company.
  • The project is a Greenfield IWP with a 25 year WPA with single off-taker Saudi Water Partnership Company.
  • The Job Holder will be based at Yanbu 4 SWRO Plant, 140 km West of Medina near the town of Ar Rayis ;
  • The Job Holder leads the Operations & Maintenance Department in a safe and efficient manner. He is responsible for setting Departmental Objectives, delivering targets (quantity and quality) as well as execution of the company strategy.

Purpose of the Job:

  • Manage all operations and maintenance activities to ensure safe and efficient operation through a team of site based shift engineers and operators.
  • Development of the short and long term operation and maintenance strategy for the plant and the development of a capable shift engineers, process engineer, maintenance engineers, operators, maintenance technicians and shift chemists team to support that strategy.
  • Day to day plant operation and maintenance, safely and efficiently, according to good utility practice, dispatch instructions, the company rules and procedures, OEM guidelines, legal, environmental, contractual and other requirements
  • Key role in management of the O&M agreement with the Owner and the WPA with the Off-taker.
  • Ensure that the plant meets safety, availability, reliability, efficiency, generation and budget targets.
  • Establish the appropriate procedures and computerized maintenance management processes as applicable to a prudent operation & maintenance management, in particular the permit to work system.
  • Coordinate operations & maintenance activities with finance and accounting, administration and HSE departments
  • Define, manage and monitor the Operations & Maintenance budget in line with the overall company budget.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Coordinates all operation and maintenance activities safely and efficiently, according to good utility practice, dispatch instructions, OEM guidelines, legal, environmental, contractual and other requirements
  • Delivery of high levels of commercial availability and RO plant efficiency through good operations within HSE limits and budget;
  • Development and implementation of a long term operations and maintenance strategy;
  • Day-to-day management of the operations and maintenance of the plant through a dedicated Operations and maintenance Team;
  • Responsible for the operations & maintenance QA/QC, Root Cause Analysis Program;
  • Administers the Permit to Work system through a computerized management program;
  • Determines and schedules the resources and requirements for each operation & maintenance activity;
  • Establishes the operations & maintenance business processes;
  • Reviews, implements and monitors the adherence to O&M Methods and Procedures;
  • Development, achievement and reporting of operations & maintenance KPI’s and objectives in line with the Business Plan;
  • Management of the operations and maintenance related issues in the Services Agreements with respect to planned and unplanned outage services of RO Plant;
  • Efficient management of resources, supplies and consumables while controlling the risks to the business
  • Adherence to Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards
  • Organizes risk analysis for the operations & maintenance tasks
  • Implementation of Procedures, documentation, drawings and manuals management
  • Maintaining high standards of management, ethics and leadership
  • Establish and facilitate training programs for i