Magnesita

The team specialized in repairs and assemblies are responsible for the implementation of all and any work that is outside the maintenance routine of the contracts. A specific management is devoted to carry out this type of service with specialized engineers and technicians in this modality.

As it is the case of projects with determined start and finish projects, most of the time, with an interruption of the customer’s productive process, planning is defined as the main action to be focused. This group should consider all safety, quality and precision requirements, in such a way to guarantee operational return within the shortest time and with the best quality possible, avoiding new production stoppages because of execution failures.

Key Performance Indicators – KPI

Some KPIs are used to guarantee the success of the project, such as anticipated demand identification, correct sizing and advanced resource availability, team training with event simulations, presentation of the area to the performing team, preparation of APRs (Preliminary Risk Analyses) and division of the team in work shifts. Follow up graphs related to the undertaking are also presented (Pert CPM and “S” Curve) and systematic follow up carried out in the planning period, and, at the end of each shift.
During the stoppage, a final book is prepared after the delivery of the area or equipment to the operation. The experiences lived in the operation are reported in this book.

Magnesita provide this kind of service to:

• Blast Furnace;
• Steel Mills;
• Lamination;
• Coking;
• Re-heating furnace;
• Rotary Kilns;
• Crushing;
• Sieving;
• Stockyard Machines;
• Grinding;
• Filtering;
• Other.

Management of Professionals

Magnesita also provides complete management of professionals, from recruitment and selection, through training programs and integration, technical training with focus on professional development, followed by an effective management system totally focused on results. Furthermore, it has a variable remuneration program that establishes guidelines and goals, from the highest ranks of the organization to the last end in the productive chain.

Safety program

The management system points out the collaborators’ safety, by means of an intensive and exclusive program linked to variable remuneration, with focus on the elimination of risks and on team culture building, following these principles:

• Working at heights with all the Individual Protection Equipment, especially the safety belts;
• Enter defined areas such as confined spaces, observing and complying with the necessary procedures;
• Carrying out any activity observing the procedures related to impediments and labeling of power sources;
• Driving or operating mobile equipment and overhead cranes with proper authorization;
• Preparing the APRT for any activity that is not included in a specific procedure;
• Using the recommended Individual Protection Equipment for the activity / area.