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Lead preventive and corrective maintenance strategies to minimize downtime, maintain safety standards, and manage operational budgets while leading the instrumentation team.\nKey Responsibilities & Operational Functions\n1. Instrumentation & Plant Equipment Maintenance\nOversee maintenance, troubleshooting, and reliability of field instrumentation across key cement plant assets, including stackers, reclaimers, crushers, vertical mills, IKN/FLS coolers, conveyors, bag filters, and process fans.\nEnsure smooth operation of all process control loops (pressure, flow, level, temperature, and vibration monitoring).\nMaintain in-depth, hands-on knowledge of PLC systems, PCS7 architecture, servers, switches, CPU modules, and communication networks.\nManage weighing systems (belt scales, packer scales, load cells) to ensure ongoing accuracy and calibration integrity.\nMaintain process analyzers (gas analyzers, dust monitors) through preventive checks and timely calibration.\nEnsure proper maintenance of control panels, marshalling panels, PLC panels, and instrument cabinets.\n2. QCX & Laboratory Automation Systems\nMaintain a basic operational understanding of QCX Automation, Gamma Matrix/CBX, Robo Lab, and ARL X-Ray systems, coordinating with specialists as necessary.\nEnsure backups, documentation, and system communication links between QCX and central plant control systems are regularly updated.\n3. Calibration, Quality & Compliance\nManage calibration schedules for all process instruments in alignment with ISO/IMS standards.\nMaintain comprehensive technical documentation, including drawings, manuals, cause-and-effect charts, instrument indexes, loop diagrams, and system backups.\nEnforce bypass governance by maintaining bypass registers and ensuring no modification occurs without prior approval from the Plant Director / Chief General Manager.\nEnsure full compliance with all relevant statutory maintenance requirements.\n4. Maintenance Governance & Reliability\nLead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to eliminate downtime and maximize equipment availability.\nPerform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on instrumentation failures and implement corrective actions.\nTrack breakdowns, stoppages, and maintenance actions within SAP.\n5. Inventory, SAP & Budget Management\nPrepare Purchase Requisitions (PRs), monitor stock levels, and manage timely procurement of critical instrumentation spares.\nManage the instrumentation operational budget, covering consumables, Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMCs), calibration tools, and improvement projects.\nOversee the end-to-end lifecycle of SAP work orders (creation, execution, and closure).\n6. 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