Maintenance Supervisor – Mechanical (Nairobi)

The company opened its first manufacturing facility in Mombasa, Kenya, in 1962, rapidly widening its reach to include further countries in East Africa, and then Southern Africa. In 2003, all operating companies were reversed into the current holding company called Safal Investments Mauritius Limited and conduct its business across Africa as the Safal Grou…

Maintenance Supervisor – Mechanical (Nairobi)

Main purpose of the position:

• To plan, supervise and execute mechanical maintenance activities for the ERW Plant, ensuring high equipment availability, improved plant reliability, effective spare parts management, timely technical reporting, and successful execution of CAPEX projects aimed at capacity enhancement, reliability improvement and operational efficiency.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and implement preventive, predictive and corrective mechanical maintenance plans for ERW mills and related plant equipment.

• Ensure high equipment availability and reliability by identifying recurring breakdowns, leading root cause analysis and implementing permanent corrective actions.

• Plan, assign, supervise and coordinate day-to-day mechanical maintenance works, shutdown jobs and breakdown interventions.

• Maintain effective spare parts management by reviewing consumption trends, defining minimum and maximum stock levels, raising timely purchase requisitions and preventing critical spares shortages.

• Prepare mechanical maintenance reports by collecting, analysing and summarising information on breakdowns, downtime, equipment availability, maintenance costs, spare usage and improvement actions.

• Use SAP PM or equivalent maintenance systems effectively for work orders, history tracking, preventive maintenance schedules and maintenance performance monitoring.

• Lead technical troubleshooting of mechanical systems including mill stands, forming and sizing sections, cut-off systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, conveyors, gearboxes, bearings and utility equipment.

• Identify plant reliability and capacity enhancement opportunities and convert them into practical engineering solutions.

• Prepare scopes, technical specifications, cost estimates and execution plans for mechanical CAPEX projects and reliability improvement initiatives.

• Supervise installation, commissioning and handover of approved mechanical projects while ensuring safety, quality, timelines and budget control.