QSP 12 Control of Plant

QSP 12 relates to the control of plant and equipment owned by all the companies in Jones Engineering. With 8426 operational items of plant and equipment spread out over 175 active jobsites it is vital that these are controlled in a co-ordinated manner in order to keep all projects functioning to plan.

The following are the key points of QSP 12 and relate to all plant and equipment owned by Jones Engineering companies including, ladders, bending machines, welding plants, orbital equipment, site vehicles, site stores, site offices, drills, MEWPs, test equipment and tool boxes:

• To ensure that all company owned plant items are scheduled, in a known location and in a known state of repair.
• Site Plant Managers are responsible for the effective operating of this procedure. The Supervision on each site is responsible for the care of all plant items on that site.
• The Group Plant Manager is responsible for monitoring all plant on all sites.
• Responsible Employees, (person that plant is assigned to), and Site Plant Managers are responsible for recording all plant movements, transfers, certificates and repairs.
• Plant Co-ordinators have full authority to take plant not being used on sites back to Coolquay, Collinstown, Little Island for Cork projects and Riyadh Village Compound for Saudi projects.
• Plant Register is located on the Hilti On!Track system.
• All Plant Transfers to be carried out using the Hilti On!Track system.
• Certification and Services to be recorded on the Hilti On!Track system.
• The Group Plant manager is responsible for the maintenance of the Plant Register, held on the Hilti On!Track system of all items of plant and equipment owned by the company.

All movements of plant, whether from stores to site, site to stores, or site to site, must be recorded on the Hilti On!Track system showing:

• Destination
• Responsible Employee (Recipient)
• Return date (if required)
• Any relevant notes

For more information, contact the Jones Engineering Plant Dept.