Instrumentation & Control Supervisor

To supervise the day to day Instrumentation and Control activities in the shift, including preventive and corrective maintenance, planned outage and overhauling work activities for all instrumentation and control systems in accordance with overall maintenance plans, HSE guidelines and quality standards to ensure effective functionality, plant availability and system reliability.

Key Accountabilities

People Management

• Supervise the activities and work of the team members to ensure that targets and objectives are achieved and the business plan is delivered in line with the required policies, processes, procedures and systems.

Maintenance Management

• Assign resources for the scheduled preventative maintenance / breakdowns, and major repair jobs in the shift to enable optimal functionality of instrumentation and control systems in line with quality standards and provide timely completion of all jobs while reporting any deviations to the Instrumentation and Control Engineer for action.
• Troubleshoot all instrumentation and control systems to ensure smooth and trouble-free operations of such systems in NOMAC’s plants.
• Test and validate the condition of equipment upon completion of repairs to confirm readiness in compliance to quality standards.
• Perform inspections on regular basis to follow-up on work progress of all instrumentation and control technicians ensuring that work progress is carried out as per approved work schedule and appropriate resources are allocated while highlighting any non-conformances to the Instrumentation and Control Engineer to ensure prompt action.
• Participate in the investigation and specification of modifications to existing systems; assist the Instrumentation and Control Engineer in the preparation of preliminary submissions including technical specifications and materials for modifications together with accompanying drawings, process diagrams and cost estimates.

Outage Management

• Coordinate the planning and execution of the planned outage maintenance of critical instrumentation and control systems and equipment, as per the recommendation of the OEM, and provide technical support to ensure the EHS, scope, cost, and timeline objectives are met.  

Documentation

• Ensure that all maintenance documentation for the instrumentation and control activities are completed correctly including the Maintenance Log, outlining the fault, method of repair and the time, labour and materials used to support timely availability of information.

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.

Inventory Management

• Monitor the material/spare parts requirement for the Instrumentation and control maintenance activities, and facilitate the procurement of stocks to ensure accurate and timely availability and replenishment of the required stock.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Diploma in Instrument Engineering.

Minimum Experience:

• 10 years’ experience in Instrument and Control maintenance such as installation, maintenance and repair of instrumentation and control systems and equipment in a plant environment.

• Practical Knowledge of relevant plant equipment
• Practical knowledge of Instrument and Control maintenance principles including but not limited to identification, classification, disposal of waste and emission monitoring
• Awareness of HSE & quality standards
• Knowledge of downtime analysis and good knowledge of problem solving tools
• Knowledge of preventative/predictive maintenance theory
• Mentoring, coaching and people management skills.
• Strong planning, organizing, and integration skills
• Team work and effective collaboration skills