ACWA Operations:
At Acwa Operations, we make essential services dependable and efficient for the millions of people who rely on them every day. Formerly NOMAC (The First National Operations & Maintenance Company), we are the operations and maintenance arm of Acwa, focused on keeping power generation and water desalination assets running safely, reliably and cost-effectively across their full lifecycle. Since 2005, we have partnered with clients across the Middle East, Africa and Asia to support complex infrastructure that powers communities and sustains economies. As part of Acwa, we bring deep technical knowledge, strong operational systems and a culture built on performance and accountability. Our work covers everything from commissioning and asset management to preventive and corrective maintenance, technical support and continuous performance improvement. We know that reliability and cost discipline aren't just technical goals, they determine whether people have light at night, water in their homes and industry can operate without interruption. By maximising asset availability, enhancing resilience and upholding the highest safety and quality standards, Acwa Operations contributes directly to Acwa's mission to deliver sustainable, affordable energy and water solutions that advance people's lives and strengthen communities worldwide.
Acwa Operation Sidra KSA:
Acwa Operations is involved in the operation and maintenance of Sidra One O&M Company, which is part of the Taiba 1 Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCGT) project in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The project, which is a significant investment of $3.89 billion, includes the construction of two 1.8 GW power plants. Acwa Operations, with its focus on power and water assets, plays a crucial role in the successful operation and maintenance of these facilities.
REPORTS TO:
Plant General Manager
JOB PURPOSE:
To lead the maintenance function within the plant and manage the inspection, monitoring and repair of all assets / facilities to maintain optimum plant integrity and reliability in accordance with contractual agreements, ACWA NOMAC's guidelines and HSSE standards, whilst ensuring uninterrupted plant operations and effective upkeep of assets.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Strategy & Plans:
- Develop the Maintenance-departmental strategy in line with the Plant's strategy to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies across.
- Regularly report to the Plant General Manager on the operational activities of department, challenges and issues faced, mitigations taken, etc. as required, to keep them informed and updated on the division's activities.
Budget Management:
- Contribute to the preparation of the Maintenance department's budget and manage and monitor the financial performance against the budget so that areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, rectified promptly and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalised upon.
Maintenance Planning:
- Lead and manage the planning of preventive, corrective and condition-based maintenance plans / work schedules (including annual and long-term maintenance plans) for all types of maintenance (Electrical, Mechanical and I&C) across the facilities in the plant ensuring that maintenance jobs are carried out timely, efficiently and cost effective with adherence to HSE standards.
- Lead the effective cascading of the maintenance strategy into work instructions and SOPs for each equipment and process in all areas of mechanical, electrical, instrumental, controls and systems and ensure their implementation by employees and contract staff, to ensure safe and timely maintenance of equipment.
Maintenance Management:
- Lead the effective implementation of approved plans in liaison with the discipline engineers and operations team across all the assets and equipment within set timelines and budget to facilitate uninterrupted operations.
- Oversee the equipment risk assessment process in order to facilitate proactive identification of anomalies and ensure optimum risk mitigation in accordance with best practices.
- Manage the timely response to all emergency breakdowns and provide prompt corrective action to ensure plant availability, thereby minimizing downtime and possibility of liquidity damages.
- Oversee the maintenance documentation process in SAP ensuring it is completed correctly including filling in the log, outlining the fault, method of repair and the time, labour and materials used to support timely availability of information.
- Review the daily maintenance / condition monitoring reports and submit periodic reports to the management, keeping them informed of all technical problems, if any, as well as recent changes or modifications on existing work plant or schedule.
- Lead the Maintenance management meetings so that the entire team is clear on the standards required and the maintenance programs that are underway.
- In the Project Phase: Coordinate with the EPC representatives on site to understand the critical equipment installation etc., and undertake the Commissioning Monitoring, Acceptance Test Campaign and As-build documentation activities, to ensure required transfer of knowledge.
Outage Management:
- Together with the Planning Engineer, lead the effective forecasting of manpower and material requirements to ensure timely availability of resources and spares for effective execution of maintenance plans.
- Lead the planning and execution of the annual outage maintenance of critical equipment, as per the recommendation of the OEM, and provide technical guidance and support to ensure the EHS, scope, cost, and timeline objectives are met.
Technical Guidance:
- Act as a technical expert to ensure that all modifications to the maintenance procedures and work instructions are correctly designed and implemented as per the recommendations of the OEMs in order to best optimize maintenance operations according to the availability of equipment and workforce.
- Lead the development of a condition based preventive maintenance culture on day-to-day basis by conducting troubleshooting and root cause analyses, finding solutions to reduce reactive maintenance.
- Manage and provide short- and long-term technical solutions to engineering problems that may arise in relation to maintenance services in order to proactively resolve such problems on a sustainable basis and ensure uninterrupted delivery of services.
Health, Safety, Security & Environment:
- Ensure compliance to all relevant health, safety, security and environmental management policies, procedures and controls across the department to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance and a responsible environmental attitude.
- Report and respond to HSSE incidents using the established emergency communication channels and protocols, to minimise the impact of the hazard.
- Together with HSE department, ensure that safety rules and regulations are fully explained to plant employees / contractor staff and appropriate safety and protective equipment is worn; safety notices are prominently displayed in all work areas and that all accidents and incidents are efficiently investigated and analysed whilst ensuring that measures are implemented to avoid any recurrence.
Continuous Improvement:
- Identify opportunities of improvement and contribute to Maintenance department change initiatives, programmes and projects taking into account best practice and standards in the business environment.
People Management:
- Manage the effective achievement of the team's objectives through setting individual objectives, managing performance, developing the team and providing formal and informal feedback to maximise overall performance, engagement and motivation.
REQUIRED WORK EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
- A Bachelor degree holder in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
- 12-15 years of experience in a similar environment with few years in a managerial position preferably within the Power / Water generation sector.
- Experience developing / implementing preventive and predictive maintenance processes is highly desirable.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
- In-depth knowledge of downtime analysis and knowledge of problem-solving tools
- In-depth Knowledge of maintenance management methods, of predictive inspection tools and of CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management System, good knowledge of SAP Template desirable)
- Detailed understanding of preventative/predictive maintenance theory
- Strong mentoring, coaching and people management skills
- In-depth knowledge of the operations in water desalination and power generation plants and of ACWA NOMAC operations
- Strong planning, organizing, and integration skills
- Team work and effective collaboration skills
- Good understanding of PPPs, contractual obligations etc.
