Maintenance Management

SMEC provides comprehensive consulting and project management services to an increasingly wide range of industries. These services include maintenance audits and maintenance management, the development of maintenance management systems, and the preparation of maintenance manuals for fixed and mobile assets.

The genuine benefits that may be gained from effective maintenance management are being increasingly appreciated by industry generally, as the need for greater returns on investments and optimum allocation of scarce resources increases globally.

Over the past ten years, SMEC has conducted maintenance audits and management reviews for clients in many countries, including developing and implementing both manual and computerised maintenance management systems. Typical industries, for which SMEC has provided maintenance audit and management services, include:

• electric power generation and distribution
• water storage and supply
• waste water treatment
• construction and materials processing
• building maintenance
• mining
• ports and harbours
• hospital static plant
• petro-chemical.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

• Maintenance audits
• Maintenance management
• Training
• Applications

SMEC’s capability in maintenance audits and maintenance management has been developed from more than 25 years of providing associated technical assistance, training and institutional strengthening for government departments and private industry. Our broad and diversified expertise, plus qualified specialist personnel, allows us to provide a comprehensive range of maintenance audit and management services for the service, process and infrastructure development industries, including:

Maintenance audits

• review and analysis of maintenance systems
• process and energy efficiency audits
• risk management and risk assessment
• failure analysis
• analysis of maintenance policies
• inventory analysis and rationalisation
• asset monitoring
• condition monitoring
• safety review and analysis
• analysis of training needs.

Maintenance management

• asset registers, numbering systems and hierarchies
• strategic planning
• inspection and appraisal reports
• development of preventive maintenance programs
• recommendations to improve performance and reduce costs
• computerised maintenance management systems
• change management
• workshop management
• implementation of training
• design of maintenance workshops and support facilities
• selection, procurement and installation of maintenance equipment
• compilation of workshop tooling recommendations
• stores and inventory management
• design of store facilities
• corporatisation and privatisation studies
• development of commercial enterprises for public organisations.

Training

The success and sustainability of any new or improved management system is usually dependent on the quality of the training provided at the time of their implementation. SMEC can provide training to suit any client’s requirements for maintenance management.

These training services include:

• design and development of training programs
• presentation of training courses covering all aspects of maintenance management
• provision of competency based training
• implementation of practical >on-the-job training
• training clients staff in training and instructing.

SMEC has world-wide experience in maintenance audits and maintenance management activities, gained through successful assignments for a wide variety of public and private sector clients in Australia, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific.

Applications

SMEC’s maintenance management services are applicable to a broad spectrum of utility, service and manufacturing industries that include:

• electric power generation and distribution
• water storage, water supply and waste water treatment
• construction and civil engineering
• mining
• mobile fleets
• ports and harbours
• hospital static plant
• petro-chemical
• synthetic fibre production
• printing
• food and drinks
• materials processing
• quarry management and aggregate production
• pre-cast concrete facilities
• timber extraction and processing
• woodworking workshops and facilities.