Dakar - Ponty, SN
Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor
Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.
Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 79 GW of power plant capacity and more than 130 energy storage installations in 180 countries around the world?
In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?
Main responsibilities:
- Coordinate daily mechanical maintenance activities at the plant and/or assigned team.
- Ensure that the performance targets of the plant are reached according to the contract in own responsibility area.
- Train maintenance procedures and standards for the new workers.
- Monitor the condition of maintenance equipment, materials, parts and tools and ensure those are maintained according to applicable guidelines and policies and take corrective actions when needed.
- Ensure that the work is executed at plant according to Wärtsilä Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental guidelines and customer site procedures as well as assigned maintenance plan.
- Inspect completed work to ensure that repairs have been completed correctly, and that machinery and equipment conform to specifications and safety standards.
- Coach and mentor maintenance staff and assist them to diagnose more complex problems with machinery or equipment problems.
- Develop the maintenance working routines at the plant.
- Prioritize and assign tasks so that assigned team resources are used effectively and that work schedules and targets are met.
Education & experience:
- Higher National Diploma(HND) or Degree in Engineering(B.Eng) or Technology (B.Tech) in Mechanical.
- 5-8 years of relevant work experience
- Handson working experience in any Wartsila engines
Skills & Competencies:
General:
Desired behaviours:
- Achieving results & making change happen
- Decisiveness and action orientation
- Planning and target setting
- Developing self and others
- Communication & teamwork skills
- Situational and cultural sensitivity
- Business and Customer focus
- Cost awareness & effectiveness
- Wärtsilä Quality, safety, environment skills
- Workplace ICT equipment & application skills.
Technical:
- Operations Management
- Power Dispatch Management
- Fuel and lube oil management
- Charge air & compressed air system
- Cooling water systems
- Emission reduction & exhaust gas systems
- Gas fuel & steam systems
- Injection support systems
- Sludge reduction systems (Effluent handling system)
- Engine knowledge, medium speed
- Scheduled Maintenance
- Engine control system & Operator’s station knowledge
- Trouble shooting of electrical & mechanical equipment
- Technical drawings and flow charts
- Parameter trending and analysis
- Equipment/plant condition &efficiency monitoring and control
- Store and tool keeping knowledge
Job location : BOTO power plant, Senegal
Last application date: 18.04.2025
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