Senior Refractory Maintenance Engineer

Job Summary

• Responsible for the development of the process routes for mineral projects and the implementation new methodology and procedures in the refractory maintenance of the equipment’s emphasizing the technological improvement and the monitoring of innovative technological solutions, aiming to increase the availability and the productivity of the equipment’s.

Main Challenges

• Increase the availability and the productivity of the equipment’s by introducing a new methodology in doing the maintenance safely, proactively and with quality and minimizing the down time.
• Monitor the equipment’s performance by following up all the reports which is displaying the performance and predicting any issues / challenges may happen in the future.

Main Responsibilities

• To create Inspection and Preventive Maintenance Plan for the Refractory Activities;
• To support / elaborate Scope of Work for specialized execution activities during the Cold Shutdown – 3rd Contracts;
• To elaborate Scope of Work for refractory material acquisition;
• To conduct Failure Analysis specifically for refractory;
• To define refractory activities during the Shutdowns;
• To improve the lifecycle for refractories;
• To ensure the correct discharge of refractory waste;
• To define the standards for refractory execution activities considering Health and Safety guides;
• Work as per Vale’s Mission, Vision and Values and maintain Vale's code of ethics and conduct.
• Perform maintenance activities with comply to all three dimensions of Vale Production System (VPS).
• Perform any tasks following under Vale’s HSE guidelines and IMS policy.
• Perform and keep up to date all the daily report/ check list.
• Participate in the refractory budget preparation of the area and maintain the cost efficiency.
• Elaborate and evaluate indexes for management, looking at a higher reliability and lower cost.
• Mentor and analysis the area KPI and suggest the best solutions.
• Maintain the corporate assets in good state of conservation, aiming at a low-cost operation and prioritizing environment, health and safety.
• Prepare Contract SOW to perform a maintenance service and evaluate the technical proposals.
• Prepare and review JSA & SOP for the activities related to the department.
• Controlling / Managing the contracts as per the guidelines & procedures of contract department.
• Evaluate & approve the technical proposal and purchase requests.
• Manage the availability of the required spare parts of the equipment’s in the plant.
• Providing a technical advice and support to the lower level of employees and insuring a high-quality standards in maintenance activities.
• Prepare maintenance activity procedures and follow up the implementation as per health and safety policies and procedures.
• Participate in the planning of the maintenance activities and the annual stoppages
• Develop new materials and technologies for maintenance activities and equipment’s.
• Monitor & review the refractory maintenance plan according to the historical data and the availability, MTBF and the productivity of the equipment.
• Ensuring operation and maintenance activity is done as per the manufacture recommendation.
• Support Engineering & Safety team in the safety & environmental incidents / accidents investigation.
• Make sure that the maintenance activity has been executed as per the maintenance plan in the system.
• Monitor the execution team activity to maintain a high level of quality job.
• Identify resources to develop the technical skills of the team as well as the maintenance services
• Realize technical and economic feasibility studies for equipment’s and projects.
• Periodically analyses the adjustment in the Maintenance Management System.
• Raise issues related to safety for Near miss, Unsafe conditions and conduct behavior dialogues during execution.
• Preparing department monthly report including the refractory area KPI, equipment’s performance & availability and HSE indicators.
• Carry out quality inspections on jobs, provide technical advice & analyzing data.
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