The Engineering Manager will lead the Engineering Team to provide Vivo Energy Mauritius and JVs under control with professional support in their field of expertise in a cost effective manner, ensuring that all operations are meeting Legal requirements and Group standards and deliver the Business Capex plans.
Position Accountabilities
- Prepare and monitor yearly Maintenance and Operations Capex budgets and support Sales functions as Samp;D, Retail, Bamp;B/Mining and LPG in preparing Growth Capital Expenditure budgets in liaison with Financial and Planning functions.
- Draw Investment Proposals, estimates, drawings, tender and contract documents, and purchase orders for Vivo Energy Mauritius Capex and maintenance projects;
- Implement and follow up on Growth Capex projects in accordance with plan, budget, quality and in compliance with HSSE requirements;
- Report on Maintenance Capex and Opex commitment and spend status monthly
- Coordinate with the Finance department for the capitalisation of commissioned Capex projects, regular inventory and disposal of Vivo Energy Mauritius unused assets;
- Plan and organise all the maintenance work at various sites including Retail, LPG, Samp;D and Bamp;B, in accordance with Group Standards and Procedures as well as best practices
- Ensure full implementation of SAP Maintenance Programme
- Manage, motivate and train own and contractors staff to ensure high quality work conducted within HSSE standards;
- Carry out inspections and participate in audits as per Samp;D HSSE amp; Sales plan;
- Work in collaboration with Contracting and Procurement to pre-qualify contractor draft tenders and awards strategies to obtain best prices, value and quality.
- Ensure purchase orders for Engineering amp; Maintenance works are raised with suppliers, in accordance with Contract Board approval and follow up on payment;
- Maintain a Project Engineering amp; Maintenance Manual including procedures for all maintenance activities carried out in Vivo Energy Mauritius ;
- Conversant with civil, electrical and mechanical design relating to projects implemented by VEML
- Provide project management review, control, and approval over multiple areas of engineering, procurement, and construction work for all capital and assigned expense projects
- Maintain and improve the standardized work process for effective project management, cost control, estimating and project scheduling to enable management of individual projects and overall portfolio performance.
- Responsible for performance of monthly project capital spend forecasting.
- Challenges and supports operational colleagues in Vivo Energy Mauritius to ensure compliance with legislation and all requirements of the HSSE MS and Group standards in all operational activities
- Ensure cost effective delivery of engineering services through the use of fit-for-purpose standards, and practices. Deliver Capex project targets on quality, budget, schedule and construction safety.
- Coach and mentor staff, including development of appropriate training programmes.
- Ensure proper staffing through attraction, coaching and development of people, covering aspects like Competences, Performance Management and Recognition amp; Reward.
Requirements
Qualifications, Job Knowledge, Skills amp; Experience
- A degree in Engineering
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience
- A professional engineer with demonstrated competence and experience in design, construction, maintenance and project management.
- Shall be self-driven and be able to work in teams
- Comprehensive knowledge of Vivo Energy (Shell) service station design amp; HSSE specifications amp; standards
- Knowledge of Vivo Energy construction, procurement amp; tendering processes
- Project management experience
- Ability to deliver on time and against budget
- HSSE experience
- Ability to lead teams, to motivate and coach
Key Competencies
HSSE
Provide Leadership in HSSE
Prepare HSSE Risk Management
Apply HSSE Risk Management
Manage Process Safety Risks
Engineering
Outlet amp; Equipment Design
Construction Management
Maintenance Management
HSSE in Network Operation Management
Facility Design
Depot operations and asset management
Distribution Engineering amp; Technology
Product Handling amp; Control
Retail Economics
Retail Essentials
Leadership
Build Shared Vision/ Engage Stakeholders
Champions Customer Focus
Deliver Results
Demonstrate Courage
Demonstrate Professional Mastery
Display Personal Effectivenes