Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Responsible for providing mechanical and technical expertise to achieve the required reliable performance of new and existing equipment, machines, mechanical components, hydraulic dredge machinery, and motor vehicles utilized at the Demerara Harbour Bridge; to support optimizing production processes with regard to safety, environment, reliability, quality, efficiency and regulatory requirements; provide leadership in the implementation of preventive and predictive maintenance programmes required for the mechanical integrity of equipment, machines, and motor vehicles.

The Mechanical Maintenance Engineer is responsible for directing and controlling the Corporation’s mechanical engineering function to ensure the repair and maintenance of generators, retractor span, welding plant, hydraulic components and equipment, dredge equipment, tug, dredge, speed boat, and motor vehicles are maintained to agreed standards. The Incumbent oversees mechanical engineering projects to ensure that they are completed to the standards required within agreed timelines.

The Incumbent identifies and implements improvements of existing equipment and installations. The Incumbent develops, implements, and reviews equipment maintenance procedures to improve consistency and quality of repairs.

The Mechanical Maintenance Engineer creates and analyzes designs, runs simulations and tests how a machine is likely to work and generates specifications for parts using computers. The Incumbent develops, tests, and evaluates theoretical designs, plans new production processes, and recommends modification.

The Incumbent trains and motivates maintenance staff to ensure that they carry out their responsibilities to the required standards. The Incumbent must make arrangements to train workers on more effective techniques to increase their technical knowledge and make them more effective to increase productivity.

The Mechanical Maintenance Engineer must determine on an annual basis the Major Job Objectives for each Aspect of the Work Programme of the Mechanical Section and identify and discuss with subordinate the “Key Results Areas” to be used as determinants to their performance results on a quarterly basis.