
Electrical Reliability Superintendent (FR/ENG)
- Abidjan
- CDI
- Temps-plein
- Operational Leadership: Provide strong leadership to the Reliability Team to ensure the plant is maintained efficiently and safely. Assist the Plant Manager to develop planned maintenance with the use of CMMS.
- Safety & Compliance: Establish and enforce safety protocols, maintenance procedures, and environmental regulations to maintain a safe and compliant facility.
- Process Optimization: Continuously identify opportunities for process improvement, energy efficiency, and cost reduction.
- Budget Management: Support the Plant Manager to develop and manage the plant's operational budget, including cost control and expenditure forecasting.
- Emergency Response: Develop and maintain emergency response plans and ensure all staff are trained for effective response to incidents.
- Reporting: Support the Plant Manager to prepare regular reports for senior management and the client, detailing plant performance, safety, and compliance metrics.
- Assist the EPC Project Team during the Construction, Installation and Commissioning Phase:
- Review Authorized For Construction drawings (AFCs), P&IDs, and commissioning checklists.
- Review all Red Lines and As Built Drawings to confirm accuracy and compliance with original designs and modifications.
- Supervise the completion of installation tasks during the construction phase, while ensuring adherence to industry regulations and company policies.
- Make recommendations to the HSE Team to develop strategies to improve health, safety, and environmental standards at all production systems.
- Ensure that warranty and punch list issues are effectively managed after commissioning of the plant.
- Ensure adherence with quality assurance and quality control (QAQC) standards.
- Ensure the reliability and maintainability of installations. Responsible for adhering to the life cycle asset management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of assets:
- Gas turbines.
- Steam turbines.
- Voltage regulators.
- Rotating equipment.
- Protection relays.
- Electrical control systems.
- Motors and generators.
- Cooling systems.
- Instrumentation and control devices.
- Pumps and valves.
- Auxiliary power units.
- Responsible for designing, developing, monitoring, and refining an
. * Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
- Ensure the optimum utilization of the CCMS.
- Provide input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact the plant operations.
- Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect the plant operations (capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues):
- Statistical process control.
- Reliability modeling and prediction.
- Fault tree analysis.
- Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA).
- Failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (
- Asset utilization.
- Overall equipment effectiveness.
- Remaining useful life.
- Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability, and costs of assets.
- Provide technical support to the Operations Team and Plant Manager.
- Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign and make/buy decisions.
- Execute predictive and preventive maintenance to eliminate catastrophic failures and unplanned maintenance.
- Review the supporting documentation for permits to work and submit it to the Plant Manager for approval.
- Act as Plant Manager during his absence.
- Maintain required regulatory documentation updated.
- Actively contribute to all Purchase and Service Order Agreements relating to the maintenance of the plant.
- Actively work with the Plant Manager to manage all Procurement & Logistic agreements for consumable and spare parts.
- Ensure materials are available for planned maintenance, overhauls, and mandatory inspections.
- Understand, monitor, and optimize operating costs within authorized budget.
- Assist in developing the plant budget needs.
- Supervise the Electrical Reliability Team.
- Support the Plant Manager to develop and staff the Plant Team.
- Implement training and development program for staff in line with technical and business needs.
- Develop and implement necessary measures to ensure flexible work practices and team building.
- Carry out performance appraisals and development plans with subordinate staff.
- Coordinate – with other Reliability Superintendents – the rotational schedule (on and off duty) of the Reliability Team.
- BSc in Electrical, Electromechanical, or Instrumentation & Control Engineering.
- Master in Engineering, Business, or Management, is a plus.
- A minimum of 8+ years of experience in the oil & gas industry, specifically at power plants.
- A minimum of 6+ years of post-qualification experience and competence in power plant management and reliability processes.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements for operating plants, including Process Safety Management, OSHA regulations, EPA regulations, EEOC guidelines, and other federal and local requirements.
- Familiarity with Instrumentation and Industrial Automation, Supervision Systems (SCADA and HMI), PLC-PAC programming, and industrial networks.
- Strategic Vision: Drive projects towards improving efficiencies based on processes and procedures.
- Strong Leadership: Ability to deal with technical, financial, and HR issues in a continually changing business environment.
- Flexibility: Ability to operate flexible work practices to achieve optimum results.
- Good Communications: Consistently communicate. Be a good listener and negotiator.
- Ability to engage with different communities, contractors, clients, suppliers, and senior leadership.
- Work Diligently: Manage multiple projects and deliver in a timely manner.
- Training and Development: Accountable for self-development, training, and development of subordinates.
- Optimization: Navigate complexities and uncertainties, and drive efficiency by use of technology.
- Organizational Skills: Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills, and ability to coordinate activities across a wide range of disciplines.