Technical Advisor

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden, a Chart Industries Company is a leading global engineering business who focuses on providing mission-critical air and gas handling products to our clients, helping them to increase their environmental and operational efficiencies. At Howden, a Chart Industries Company we recognise the value of people and truly believe that by working together, aligned to a common purpose, we all have the opportunity to grow, learn and make a difference.

Howden South Africa is looking for experienced site Technical Advisor (Air heater optimisation) to ensure that Howden OEM plant equipment on customer sites are installed according to set standards/specifications and OEM standard. This Job will mainly focus on Air heater performance and optimisation of leakage but not limited to. It will also include all Howden serviceable products.

What Will You Do?

• Visits sites during outage for inspection, work scoping and final seal setting to improve air leakage and performance on the air heaters.
• Conduct on-load seal inspections on various sites to establish seals setting gaps. Create a database for all sites sealing gaps.
• Create work scopes for sites to improve air heater leakage and performance.
• Liaise with engineering and clients to include work scopes into outageWork hand in hand with the client engineering team to minimise leakage and increase air heater performance.
• Training supervisors and site manager in air heater leakage inspections, seal settings and scoping.
• Witness and sign off all seals setting associated activities conducted on sites.
• Review monthly online AH seal settings on all rothemühle AH’s and make a live list of recommendations for changes to seal settings for both opportunity and outage maintenance.
• Carry out trouble shooting on units with high leakage to identify issues with seal setting and collar seals.
• For Howden Air Heater's (Ljungstrom) ensure brass strips are fitted to all AH's during outage. At every outage review brass strip gap to ensure we capture the true capping of the AH and updates to the seal setting procedure.
• Assess, plan, schedule, organise installation assignments, authorize commencement of equipment. In accordance with procedure and the result of thorough analyses and planning.
• Required to fulfill the role of Site Manager from time to time on different plants and projects.
• Put in place efficient measures to proactively ensure activities are executed as planned as per standard and within the agreed time framework.
• Attend – and contribute at Customers site meetings /project meetings (report on progress and general condition of plant, make Customer aware of risks and observations, clarify issues, discuss strategy, give specialist advice) – to the effect that all parties are kept well informed, focused and ready for action.
• Put in place clear, safety, quality and delivery standards, work plans, targets and deadlines for the customer and or sub-contractor.

Your Experience Should Be...

•    Qualified Artisan preferably a Fitter.
•    Diploma Management or Project Management
•    NEC course
•    Working at least 10 years on secondary air heater – Rothemühle and Ljungstrom.
•    7 years’ experience of supervising artisans on sites with proven ability managing hours, people and cost of jobs
•    Must have good communication skills
•    Must have understanding of BS EN , DIN, SABS and Howden Specifications
•    Driver’s license
•    Medically fit in terms of SHE Act
•    Must be computer literate. 

Our Benefits Package...

This is an equal opportunity position.  You will have the opportunity to work for a global engineering organisation in a challenging and dynamic role with great career development opportunities.  We offer a competitive salary along with a benefit package.