Mechanical Maintenance Technician

About the role

ContourGlobal, an independent power producer operating across the United States, Latin America, Europe and Africa, is looking for a Maintenance Mechanical Technician in Kibuye to join its ContourGlobal KivuWatt Ltd team. Reporting to the Senior Maintenance Supervisor, the technician maintains, troubleshoots, repairs and overhauls mechanical equipment in a power plant, working with operations and engineering teams to minimise downtime and support continuous power generation.

Key responsibilities

• Comply with company policies, HSE requirements, legislation and safety procedures such as PTW, JSEA, LOTO, confined space entry and working at height, and report unsafe conditions promptly.
• Perform preventive, corrective, predictive and breakdown maintenance on mechanical equipment, including gas and diesel engines, compressors, pumps, heat exchangers, HPUs, nitrogen generators, piping and valves, firefighting and ancillary systems.
• Carry out routine inspections, condition monitoring and troubleshooting, and assist with start-up, shutdown, commissioning and isolation.
• Diagnose faults, carry out repairs, replacements, overhauls and alignment, and record work in the CMMS.
• Take part in planned shutdowns, major overhauls, reliability programmes, root cause investigations and on-the-job training of juniors.
• Respond to emergencies and cooperate with Operations, Maintenance, Warehouse and other departments.

Required profile

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in industrial mechanical maintenance, power generation, oil & gas, process plants, marine facilities or heavy industry is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is an added advantage.
• Good written and spoken English; French is an added advantage.

Required skills

• Knowledge of rotating equipment, pumps, compressors, engines, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, P&IDs, equipment manuals and maintenance procedures.
• Experience with CMMS and understanding of condition monitoring and preventive maintenance.
• Familiarity with PTW, LOTO, JSEA and industrial HSE requirements.
• Basic Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).