Mechanical Maintenance Engineer (Readymix Concrete Plant)

WHO IS LAFARGE

As a member of Holcim Group, a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure, and improved living standards all over Egypt. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, thriving with our people and communities. Lafarge Egypt launched one of the largest cement plants in the MENA region which is located in Ain Al-Sokhna, with a plant capacity of 9.5 MT and 5 state-of-the-art production lines. Through its established business operations in Cement, Ready-Mix concrete, Lafarge Egypt has demonstrated its commitment to the provision of sustainable building materials. Lafarge Egypt continuously seeks to meet the needs of a wide range of customers including but not limited to individual homebuilders, large construction companies, architects, or local artisans, powered by 1500 passionate employees.

Overview:

Our Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will be responsible:

To provide technical supervision, execution and control in the area of mechanical maintenance activity at our Ready-mix plants to ensure the provision of safety cost effective, proactive maintenance and engineering services.

Responsibilities:

Health & Safety:

• Ensure full compliance with Lafarge safety standards, promote safety culture and safe practices among the entire work-force.
• Ensure all Batch Plant employees are operating in a safe working environment.
• Provide monthly reporting and statistics regarding safety performance and incidents.
• Ensure that all employees and contractors are following the Health & Safety regulations.
• Conduct VPC and direct other key members in the company to do the same.
• Submit the safety figures on monthly basis to the company and discuss areas of improvement.
• Participate in investigations in major safety incidents.
• Assume key responsibility for developing H&S improvement plan and relevant action plans.
• Attend all Ready-mix plant safety meetings.
• Achieve Annual Health and safety personal objectives.

Functional:

• Follow up with the mechanical maintenance team for maintaining all Ready-mix plant equipment in order to ensure continuous operations,
• Lead a preventive maintenance process, plan for it daily, weekly and monthly, as well as plan for large malfunctions recovery without affecting the production schedule.
• Maintains and updates the preventive maintenance program and its master plan (inspection, preventive maintenance and lubrication programs) ensuring quality and relevance as well as implementation.
• Follow up on the maintenance activities and be able to deal with the sudden malfunction to minimize the MTTR (Mean Time To Repair).
• Deal with all malfunctions in a professional way to maximize the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure).
• Follow up with all Ready-mix plants installations and make sure that the installations comply with Lafarge-Holcim Safety Standards.
• Follow up on the warehouse spare parts and make a plan to purchase the required SP, and do the work order for the used spare parts using SAP.

Education and Work Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor degree of Mechanical Engineering.

Technical Skills:

• Ready-mix industry background is highly preferred.
• Excellent Knowledge of mechanical installation standards.
• Excellent Knowledge of preventive maintenance.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highest Level of analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Experience:

• 2-3 years as a mechanical maintenance engineer in cement/concrete industry.

WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE

Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

YOUR LAFARGE EXPERIENCE:

At Lafarge, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you're in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you'll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You'll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas, and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it's only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in.