Operational Excellence Engineer X 2

SUMMARY:
A reputable chemical manufacturing company based in Kempton Park has a challenging but exciting position for a suitably qualified Operational Excellence Engineer.

POSITION INFO:

Purpose of the job

The Operational Excellence Engineer is a technical specialist who reports to the Technical Services Manager and has the primary responsibilities to:

• Focus on operating strategy and business philosophy, while controlling and monitoring operations effectiveness and profitability.

• Implement world class systems and manage operational excellence to ensure operation performance is met in terms of both output and efficiency through effective production, engineering, and distribution.

• Lead the energy management framework and ensure its alignment to group policy

• Support and optimize plant performance and energy balance via resources and projects.

• Design and implement plant changes to minimize the need for maintenance shutdowns thus maximizing plant uptime and output

• Deviations on plant quality, chemistry and operational processes are investigated and technical reports prepared with proposed preventative measures.

• Become the technical custodian on the Chlor-Alkai manufacturing knowledge base.

• Provide specialized technical services, operations support, process control and effluent waste monitoring services for the organization.

• Assist in ensuring business compliance with legal and SHERQ requirements in terms of the manufacturing process

Experience

• 15 years in a chemical manufacturing plant environment, preferably chlor-alkali manufacturing
• Experience on quality management and laboratory operations.
• Experiencing in world class systems and operational excellence implementation
• Experience in developing and using an MES system for analysis of operational data.
• Familiar with financial budgeting and capex management

Qualifications:

• Matric

• BSc, BEng Chemical Engineering

• Project management / PRINCE II certification and/or experience

• Professional Engineer (PR Eng)

Technical Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, No. 85 of 1993.

• Extensive knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management system

• Extensive knowledge of hazardous chemical manufacturing and handling codes, preferably in a Chlor Alkali plant.

• Knowledgeable on different types of equipment related to chemical manufacturing plants.

• Skilled in hazard identification, risk assessment and root cause analysis

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical data books.

• Past experience in working with operational excellence, energy management and world class manufacturing principles

• Experience in managing and coordinating projects, and continuous improvement activities.

• Experience in using SharePoint and Corrective Action Systems (i.e. Digilex)

• Knowledge on Operations Technology (i.e. SCADA, PLC, SAP IM and MES)

• Experienced in relationship building and cross collaboration at a senior level

• Strategic management, planning, co-ordination, and control

• Technical custodian and ability to travel locally and internationally to technical conferences

Key performance area

1. Provide technical services on site.

• Ensure process control philosophy is developed and well understood.
• Ensure technical support to any process trains that require investigation and improvement.
• Repeat failures, incidents and customer complaints are investigated and preventative measures are implemented.
• Raw material and final product quality are monitored, and deviations acted upon accordingly.
• Provide reports on any process deviations on the system.
• Measure and evaluate and report on the effluent management on the site and find opportunities for effluent reduction.

2. Standards and codes of good practice.

• Make use of site drawings, engineering standards and technical library to assist the plant operations to achieve the required standard.

• Responsible for the development and control of P&ID’s, HAZOP studies and design reviews for updates on the system as per the operational strategy development.

• Assist in the development of Electrolyser protection, manufacturing data and quality parameters according to OEM standards.

• Implement and monitor operating technology systems (i.e., MES, Track and Trace, SCADA, operational systems)

3. Continuous improvement and operational excellence.

• Provide technical input to ensure that the operations are legally compliant and adheres to certification requirements.

• Lead the energy management framework and ensure alignment to the Groups energy policy.

• Become the technical custodian on Chlor-Alkali manufacturing and ensure knowledge management and technical expertise are embedded in the organisation.

• Find opportunities to improve the overall business through low-cost or agile processes through the development or change in processes to allow maximization of uptime and output.

• Design and implement a plant operational capability that allows for statutory maintenance to be completed without stopping production.

• Implement world class manufacturing principles.

• Related SHERQ responsibilities

Personal Circumstances:

• Must be able to obtain a satisfactory medical report from the companies’ medical centre

Other details

Salary: Max R950K basic annual salary.

All applicants are thanked in advance for showing interest however correspondences will only be entered into with the shortlisted candidates.