Head of Calibration and Maintenance Advanced Construction Technology Services

Job Title:

- Head of Calibration and Maintenance Department

Division:

- Calibration Department

I-Function:

- To calibrate, operate, and repair electrical, mechanical, and recording instruments, apparatus, and equipment

in his working area.

- To operate and perform calibration for all testing equipment.

- To ensure that all used equipment are calibrated, accurate and give proper readings according to documented

procedures.

II- Reporting to:

- Country Manager/Area Manager

- Laboratory Manager

III- Supervising:

- Calibration technicians.

IV- Duties and Responsibilities:

- Responsible for maintain equipment, follow up inventory and updates the list of equipment in the company.

- Performs internal and external calibrations of electronic, mechanical, physical/dimensional and measurement

equipment, such as, compression machines, balances, digital multimeters, thermometers, sieves, ovens,

furnace, thermocouples, pressure gauges, calipers, micrometers, tensile steel machines, etc.

- Calibrates of equipment on site in order to ensure compliance with published specifications such as calibration

of concrete batch plants.

- Calibrates the tools and equipment used for material testing and quality control in different industries.

- Ensuring the reference equipment used for calibration is best maintained and calibrated as per international

standard in ISO 17025 accredited calibration laboratories.

- Preparing plans for calibration of internal equipment and customers’ equipment to ensure that all equipment

are calibrated on periodic basis.

- Prepares and follow up the maintenance plan for company’s equipment

- Performs maintenance, troubleshooting and repairing of precision equipment.

- Implements calibration procedures and methods, according to detailed specifications, and other technical

requirements.

- Preparing of standard operating procedure related to calibration.

- Collects, compiles, measures, summarizes, and records data gathered during calibration.

- Identifies all equipment which is out-of-tolerance conditions and performs corrective action via adjustments,

component replacement, correction factors, etc.

- Identifies and corrects measurement errors, as identified by the related standards.

- Prepares calibration reports and certificates.

- Performs uncertainty evaluation and analysis for measurement standards and associated measurement

processes.

- Trains subordinate in calibration concepts and procedures.

- Interacts with all other heads of departments and customers.

- Maintains a clean working environment.

- Works according to the company Quality management system.

- Other duties as assigned.

V- Cooperation and Contact:

- With the Quality Manager, Quality officer, and auditors from the company and with other auditors as directed

by Laboratory Manager.

- With other staff in site Laboratories.

- Occasionally with other staff in the Laboratories and other departments.

- With clients, suppliers and subcontractors at all levels as directed by the Laboratory Manager and/or the Head

of calibration department.

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Head of Calibration and Maintenance Department

VI- Qualification:

Education and Experience:

- (TS) in Mechanic or Electromechanical Diploma with a minimum of five years related experience in laboratory

testing equipment used for construction materials.

- Good knowledge of ISO 17025 standard requirements and / or of the Quality Management system adopted in

the company; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Extensive experience with equipment maintenance and repair.

- Advanced troubleshooting skills.

- Competency with calibration software.

Language Ability : (Arabic, English)

- Arabic: Read, Spoken and Written

- English: Read, Spoken and Written

Skills:

- Ability to solve mechanical problems and equipment failure.

- Ability to perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine when and what kind of maintenance is

needed.

- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decisionmaking.

- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

- Average skills to write technical reports.

- Ability to travel when required.

Computer Skills:

- Internet software, E-mail, MS office, Inventory and database software