Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all Work Instructions (WI), Maintenance Instructions, Maintenance and Safety Bulletins including all other associated Risk assessments necessary are produced to the relevant standard and presented for sign off in a timely manner.
• Produce clear and concise technical documentation in the form of specifications, test procedures, modification instructions, maintenance and safety instructions and technical reports.
• Lead optimisation of the maintenance schedule and casualty repair procedures in light of service experience and Operations feedback including (Justification of inspection periodicity, Specification of materials and tools).
• Carrying out product/process audits of depot maintenance and casualty repairs.
• Assist PRASA and GIBELA Front office as necessary to diagnose train defects where technicians require guidance.
• Escort the Customer during Routine Condition Audits and undertake product and process audits as required ensuring the integrity of the fleet and maintenance processes.
• Manage the production and maintenance of the Bill of Material (BoM), and WI.
• Manage the production of the preventive & corrective & overhaul Life Cycle Cost (LCC).
• Continually review all Maintenance, Reliability, Overhaul and associated documents to ensure all are up to date and correctly formatted.
• Assist in parts identification, creation of DTR numbers and obsolescence management.
• Produce, update training material, and perform training as trainer to PRASA & GIBELA team and any other GIBELA training needs.
• Act as a technical expert continuously develop expertise in selected field.
• Continuously improve Training material and sustain Trainer qualification to provide Training courses to PRASA at the expected service level.
• Obtain Training accreditation i.e. (SETA, TETA, etc)
• Support the Hotline / Help desk service to PRASA at the expected service level.

Minimum Requirements

• BSc or B.Eng. Degree (Electrical/Mechatronics Engineering).
• Knowledge of rail and subsystem engineering.
• Safety and Engineering standards knowledge, rail knowledge is advantageous. 
• Knowledge of Reliability, Accessibility and Maintainability Aspects 
• Life Cycle Cost/ Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) experience.
• Working knowledge of safety management systems and safety risk assessments. 
• Proficient in the use of MS Office, SAP (System Analysis Program)/GSI (Global Simple Instance) 
• Problem Solving capacity (Technical and cost evaluation of a solution) 
• Capacity of managing Technical Risks 
• Solid decision making and critical thinking. 

Special Requirements

• Travel to suppliers including PUs, Depots countrywide, Alstom and Gibela sites as operationally required.