Superintendent - Plant Reliability

About the role

Swakop Uranium is looking for a permanent Plant Reliability Superintendent in Swakopmund, Namibia. The role implements Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) philosophies, strategies and techniques for components, equipment and processes, and manages asset reliability risks that could affect operations, supporting the company's annual and long-term operational targets.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, recommend and implement strategies for improving equipment and process reliability.
• Lead the formulation, planning and implementation of RCM on the mine to meet operational targets.
• Review and recommend procedures and decision criteria in line with best practice for reliability management.
• Apply RCA/RCM to minimise costly equipment failures and downtime through precise monitoring of operations.
• Monitor and quantify reliability cost savings, increased production and equipment life-cycle costs.
• Improve specific maintenance tactics, systems and standards, and develop, plan and execute reliability projects including contractor management.
• Manage reliability improvements across all equipment in the processing plant.
• Investigate and resolve user problems, initiate system corrections, monitor changes in progress and test corrections and enhancements.
• Create and implement RCM implementation plans and objectives.
• Support cost control and continuous improvement to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership.
• Analyse data, report on delays and deviations and act to optimise process performance and efficiency targets.

Required profile

• B.Sc, B.Eng or BTech degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 8 years of experience in a processing maintenance environment, of which 3 years in a managerial capacity.
• A postgraduate qualification and registration with a professional body are an added advantage.
• Valid Code B/BE driver's license.

Required skills

• Experience with asset management systems.
• Sound experience applying RCM, RCS and FMEA analysis, especially availability and reliability modelling.