JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Description: 

• Receives assignments from the immediate supervisor, obtains materials from warehouse or shops.Prepares work site, receives work permit and secures safety conditions prior to work.

• Performs a variety of jobs including shop/field installation, maintenance & repair of rotating equipment & auxiliaries such as pumps, compressors, turbines, blowers, fin-fans, mixers, gas engines etc.

• Installs rotating equipment including those requiring non-standard installation procedures. Make necessary alignment/adjustment to ensure correct operation.

• Removes & dismantles equipment with maintenance problems; cleans & lubricate; repairs/replace faulty components; reassembles units and checks for efficient operation. Performs preventive & breakdown maintenance jobs.

• Uses a variety of testing equipment to diagnose trouble in proper sequence. Also, uses tools such as hydraulic press, pullers, electric drills, grinders, heating torch as well as precision tools such as micrometer, caliper gauges & dial gauges for test-checking or repair work.

• Performs/ensures maintenance work in accordance with instructions, drawings and codes of practice.

• Reports any abnormal condition of equipment under repair/overhaul to his supervisor.

• Performs all compressor valve & seal lapping jobs using lapping machines & other test equipment.

• Implements/practices good housekeeping, performs job site clean-up duties, as required, and complie with establishment fire and safety regulations.

• Assumes full responsibility for the role as envisaged by Safety, Health and Environment Management System (SHEMS), as per the attachment.

• Performs any related duties as assigned.

Requirements: 

- Single stage overhung centrifugal pumps.

- Multi stage centrifugal pumps horizontal and vertical.

- Centrifugal compressors and reciprocating compressors.

- General purpose and special purpose steam turbine.

- Repair of Mechanical Seals.

• Twelve (12) years of schooling followed by formal apprenticeship training in Machinery work (ITI /NCVT).

• Minimum Eight (8) years of hands on experience in overhauling and maintenance of Rotating Equipment Such as:  

• Maintenance skills on safety/ relief valves.

• Skills in the use of hand tools, power tools and measuring instruments

• Capable of group communications, oral/written.