AFC Engineer

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE: 
•    Manage a team composed of maintainers and technicians.
•    Monitor the activity of its employees and support them, to help them achieve the goals set
•    Be responsible for respecting the safety rules in the team.
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES 
•    Coordinate the work of the team (plan priorities, optimize the adequacy of needs and resources, train, manage conflicts…)
•    Inform and communicate (create and maintain relationships with team, relaying and disseminating information, giving meaning and explaining the decisions or solutions made)
•    Support and listen (answer the questions asked and inform their line manager, create and maintain a climate of trust within the team, support their team and promote know-how)
•    Motivate the team
•    Manage human, material and financial resources (assess and contribute to the development of operators’ skills during annual interviews, contribute to the development of the training plan, etc.)
•    Monitor and control the activity (involve the agents in the analysis of
•    results, identify corrective measures to rectify deviations from
•    production …)
•    Ensure technical support regarding the AFC indoor and outdoor and other subjects related to the maintenance
•    Manage the production quality
•    Ensure the safety of people (workers and passengers) and property
•    Search all useful information in the event of a reported or unreported damage
•    Troubleshooting the train
•    Reporting and ensuring traceability (informing all those concerned, informing the IT databases, writing reports)
•    Ensure technical coordination between the various maintenance departments
•    Manage the site and logistics (keep documentation up to date, manage stocks, take corrective or preventive measures)
•    Monitor and analyze the behavior of trainsets (anomalies or damage, etc.), operating conditions
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
QUALIFICATIONS:
•    Degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
KNOWLEDGE:
•    AFC maintenance (light maintenance and/or heavy maintenance (overhaul))
•    Electricity, mechanics, electronics, pneumatics
•    Troubleshooting methods
•    Management Lean manufacturing
•    Maintenance Production
•    Team Management 
•    Change Management
•    Safety management (OHS acts). 
•    Advance technical knowledge 
•    MMS such Maximo
EXPERIENCE:
•    At least 5 years’ relevant experience in Railway industry
•    Spent at least 5 years in the AFC maintenance environment.
•    Have an experience in the change management culture
DESIRED BEHAVIORS 
•    Management skills 
•    Ability to communicate with staff of all levels 
•    Ability to supervise and control
•    Possess analytical and critical ability 
•    Possess leadership quality
•    Negotiation and decision-making ability
•    Innovative, creative and strategic thinking 
•    Possess self-drive and enthusiasm
•    Problem solving ability
•    English – fluent in speaking, reading and Arabic will be nice