MANLIFT OPERATOR
Position Title: Manlift Operator / MEWP Operator (Mobile Elevating Work Platforms) Department: Operations & Engineering Maintenance Location: Mombasa Reports To: Workshop Supervisor / Safety Officer Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
This role is critical for elevating engineering crews, artisans, and inspectors to execute high-clearance maintenance on quay cranes, terminal lighting masts, vessel hulls, and high-bay workshop infrastructure.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties

• Safely maneuver and position articulating and telescopic boom lifts around active machinery yards, tight structural areas, and varying ground gradients.
• Elevate technical personnel, tools, and maintenance materials to extreme heights, maintaining absolute platform stability and adherence to wind-speed thresholds.
• Conduct daily pre-start inspections of the equipment, including hydraulic lines, emergency lowering systems, limit switches, brakes, and tires, logging all findings in the machine logbook.
• Inspect work areas for overhead hazards (high-voltage power lines, crane paths), ground stability, slope angles, and underground voids before deploying outriggers.
• Ensure 100% compliance with personal fall arrest systems (PFAS), verifying that all occupants on the platform are correctly harnessed and tethered to approved anchor points.
• Master the use of ground-level emergency auxiliary controls to safely lower personnel in the event of an upper-console malfunction or power failure.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or technical equivalent.
• Valid NTSA Smart Driving License (Class B, C, E, with an accident-free profile) with appropriate industrial/special equipment authorizations.
• Valid, accredited MEWP / Manlift Operator Certification from a recognized safety training authority (e.g., IPAF, OSHA-compliant local institutional training, or NITA-approved programs).
• Minimum of 3 years of active experience operating high-reach boom lifts (above 45 feet / 14 meters) in a busy container terminal, heavy engineering site, or port facility. Direct experience operating aerial lifts within Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) installations is a distinct advantage.
• Exceptional depth perception, physical balance, and absolute comfort working at extreme heights; must pass a mandatory vertigo and physical fitness check.
• Skills include basic IT literacy.

How to Apply: Send your CV and cover letter only to careers@oildrop.co.ke Applications reviewed on a rolling basis, early applications encouraged. Equal Employment Opportunity: Oildrop Africa Limited is an equal opportunity employer. All positions require deep commitment to a zero-harm safety culture. Important Notice: Oildrop Africa Limited (OAL) never charges candidates any fees at any stage of the recruitment process. If you are asked to make a payment for a job opportunity claiming to be from OAL, it is a scam. *Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted*

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