Foreman, Mechanical

About the company

Group overview Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we operate construction and manufacturing businesses, design and development centers, and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries.

Our main divisions

• alfanar electric
• alfanar construction
• alfanar building systems

alfanar Construction alfanar Construction is classified as a Grade I contractor by the Contractors Classification Committee of the Government of Saudi Arabia.

alfanar Construction is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company with a track record of consistent growth. We have emerged as a strong EPC contractor in the energy, infrastructure as well as engineering services sectors in Saudi Arabia.

With the support of special purpose service units, alfanar Construction continuously strives to provide appropriate and timely solutions to clients, conforming to international standards.

Your tasks

alfanar is involved in

• Electrical, electromechanical and civil engineering construction
• Manufacturing and marketing electrical construction products
• Allied engineering services

The core EPC activities of alfanar Construction are in the fields of:

• Power and water projects
• Transmission and distribution projects
• Building construction (industrial and commercial) projects
• Electro-mechanical projects

Key accountability areas Directing the operation, servicing and repair of heavy equipment.

Involves planning and supervising the activities of employees engaged in the operation and repair of heavy equipment.

Maintains comprehensive records for each item of equipment with respect to downtime, mechanical malfunctions and repairs necessary.

Assembles reports on the operating costs of various models of equipment.

Assists with interviewing potential employees, trains and evaluates new operators.

Directing with the team to do the maintenance plan for the equipment and vehicles.

Directing with the team to do the requirements for the oils, greases, filters, the wear parts and the spare parts every quarter.

Checking with the operators for the excellent use of the equipment.

Follow up with the document controllers and the senior mechanical technicians for arranging the maintenance cards.

Report breakdown root causes, equipment faults and concerns to management.

Ensure a safe working environment exists for himself and colleagues, ensuring all health, safety, environmental and quality management procedures are followed.

Requirements

Role accountability

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performance and help or release them.
• Ability to treat people equally without any discrimination.
• The manager's only assessment criteria being performance leading to delivery of required results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authorities matrix in order to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.
• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them.
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.
• Deliver the required results in a timely manner with required quality and cost.

Making a tangible difference

• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation and exceed business expectations.
• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to plan, follow up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve optimum cost efficiency.
• Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deploy them.
• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote automated systems and use them fully, to spread their culture.
• Quality is considered alfanar's prime competitive advantage; as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.
• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic qualification High school degree in automotive engineering and technology.

Technical / functional competencies

• Quality control
• Safety
• Troubleshooting
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Multi-tasking
• Physically fit
• Equipment maintenance
• Quick learning
• Hand / power tool proficiency
• Adaptability