Performance Engineer - CSP Plant

To coordinate all plant operations activities and monitor overall CSP plant performance to enhance productivity and long-term efficiency of the plant and equipment in accordance with overall operations and maintenance plans, HSE guidelines and quality standards.

Key Accountabilities

Performance Management

• Monitor daily performance of the plant and ensure that all the parameters are within the specified limits, as per the defined operations plan.
• Coordinate with Shift Engineer and Chief chemist to improve the efficiency by doing any changes in operational activity with Operations Manager approval.
• Prepare daily / monthly performance summary of plants and share it with relevant stakeholders at the plant / regional / corporate level, to ensure the management is aware of the performance and its achievement against the plan, with respect to availability and plant performance.
• Prepare the monthly production and invoice report for the power and water in coordination with finance department.
• Overview and coordinate the Incident Reporting and RCA process on the site and ensure that reports are issued in time.
• Act as GMR 2.1 for the site as per local regulations and perform the requirements of the role

Maintenance inspections

• Monitor the daily / monthly and annual performance of preventive and corrective maintenance and overhauling work activities in assigned plant and carry out a detailed inspection to ensure a safe and efficient application of procedures, implementation of optimal maintenance operations, environmental aspect impact and hazard risk assessment.
• Carry out performance evaluations and safety audits of critical plant areas and equipment to identify deficiencies or hazards and accordingly, recommend proper solutions.

Troubleshooting and Technical Guidance

• In co-ordination with the Operations Team, troubleshoot critical problems/breakdowns and investigate, diagnose performance faults and deviations to determine and recommend best proper action while ensuring they comply with NOMAC’s quality and HSE standards.
• Analyse, identify and resolve issues related to equipment integrity and performance by implementing performance calculation for various equipment and providing recommendations for improvement.

Health, Safety, Security & Environment

• Ensure adherence to all relevant health, safety, security and environmental procedures, instructions and controls so that the safety of employees and environmental compliance can be guaranteed.
• 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.

Integrated Management System Implementation

• Implement IMS objectives and programs in the department and provide assistance during the IMS audits in order to effectively implement corrective actions and update relevant Operation’s policies and procedures, based on the recommendations.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute in the identification and implementation of change initiatives, programmes and projects in line with the organisation’s standards.  

Policies, Processes, Systems & Procedures

• Adhere to all relevant organisational and departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out to the required standard and in a consistent manner.

Related Assignments

• Perform any other duties which the line manager may require to be carried out.       

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor degree holder in Engineering.

Minimum Experience:

• 5-7 years’ experience in process and performance engineering in power generation plants (preferably CSP sites)

• Practical experience and know-how of electrical / mechanical and instrument technology engineering
• Knowledge of CSP parabolic trough and CSP tower plants
• Knowledge of downtime analysis and practical knowledge of problem solving tools
• Knowledge of maintenance management methods, of predictive inspection tools and of CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management System)
• Good knowledge of SAP
• Detailed understanding of preventative/predictive maintenance theory