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The Service Technician will be supporting the Customer Reliability Engineer (CRE) at site as well as responsible for the refurbishment of mechanical seals and associated activities in a highly professional seal repair environment.

SPECIFIC DUTIES, ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

  • Do daily equipment inspections, identify issues that can affect reliability, safety and environment.
  • Support the reliability engineer in failure reporting and Root Cause Analysis investigations.
  • Identify and recommend training needs (maintenance and operations) to the reliability engineer.
  • Dismantling and cleaning of mechanical seals and parts under repair.
  • Inspection of mechanical seals and cartridges.
  • Prepare breakdown of parts required for the repair in accordance with the seal repair SOP procedures.
  • Assemble and repair mechanical seals and seal cartridges in accordance with John Crane drawings and specifications.
  • Testing of mechanical seals and seal cartridges in accordance with John Crane procedures.
  • Manage local inventory of seal spares for both contractual repairs.
  • Ensures quality & safety within functions/ tasks performed by himself/herself.
  • Responsible for exercising due diligence towards health & safety of self and others within the organization.
  • Ensures compliance with applicable QHSE instructions, requirements, laws, and regulations imposed by customers, regulatory bodies, and statutory authorities.
  • Knowledge of seal failure modes is an advantage.

Education/Training: Diploma or University degree in Engineering or relevant vocational technical qualification.

Experience: 3+ years of professional experience in proactive multinational & multicultural environment.

Knowledge/Skills:

  • Ability to understand component and assembly drawings.
  • Knowledge of rotating equipment operational principles and troubleshooting.
  • API knowledge
  • Computer literate in MS Office. SAP knowledge will be an advantage.
  • Excellent written and verbal business communication.
  • Knowledge of labor reporting, work order variances, SAP, or equivalent ERP systems.
  • Minning industry knowledge is an advantage.

Languages: English. Speaking in Arabic is an advantage

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)

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