Operator - Maaden

1. JOB DETAILS:

Position Title: Operator

Broad Band: M06: Semi professional

Talent Pipeline Layer: Manage Self Operational (MS)

2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:

Ensure continuous effective and efficient plant/production operations by controlling or operating chemical processes systems and/or machines with strict adherence to safety and operational regulations rules and procedures

3. QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE & SS:

Qualification:

1. High school certificate
2. Maths and Science is desirable
3. Formal Production/Process qualification preferred (e.g. National Diploma)

Experience:

Entry level

Ss:

• Acute safety awareness and attitude
• Problem sensitivity and solving problems
• General ysing ss
• Ability to follow instructions and rule
• Full physical mobility including ability to work at heights or confined spaces
• Deductive reasoning
• Effective verbal and written communication
• Sound knowledge of mathematical principles
• Sound ytical ss
• Uptodate compliance training
• Sound knowledge of applicable safety codes regulations rules and procedures
• Controlling operations of equipment and/or systems
• Teamwork
• Ability to handle pressure and setbacks
• Competent in using applicable technology software and/or systems
• Critical thinking
• Sound time management ss
• Qualified firstaid provider

4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Focus Area

Get results through individual contribution effort and self management

Operational / Functional

1. Consistently achieve all delivery targets (e.g. tons products services)
2. Ensure all work is met through quality results (agreed standards quality quantity and due dates)
3. Cost awareness and control
4. Resources utilization and efficiency through optimizing available resources and contained cost
5. Consistently achieve all HSE targets

• Controlling machines and processes Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate and adjust machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles) within design and operating parameters (under limited supervision)
• ysing information and evaluating results to choose (with guidance) the best solution and solve problems
• Monitoring processes and reviewing information from materials events or the environment to detect or ess evidence of operating problems
• Identifying information by categorising estimating recognising differences or similarities and detecting changes in cirstances or events
• Inspecting equipment structures or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects
• Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines using panel boards control boards or semiautomatic equipment
• Control or maintain auxiliary equipment such as pumps fans compressors condensers feedwater heaters filters or chlorinators to supply water fuel lubricants air or auxiliary power
• Control power generating equipment including boilers turbines generators or reactors using control boards or semiautomatic equipment
• Move control settings to start stop or make necessary adjustments on machinery and equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions quality or yields etc.
• Start and shut down plant equipment following due processes and procedures (with supervision)
• Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed
• Observe recording instruments flowmeters panel lights gauges dials or other indicators and listen for warning signals to verify conformity of process conditions
• Monitor equipment functioning observe temperature level and flow gauges and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should safety and efficient operation and to proactively detect malfunction
• Control operation of compressors scrubbers evaporators and refrigeration equipment to liquefy compress or regasify natural gas
• Record review and compile operations records test results and gauge readings such as temperatures pressures concentrations and flows
• Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations as directed by supervisory personnel
• Inspect operating units such as towers soapspray storage tanks scrubbers collectors or driers to ensure that all are functioning and to maintain maximum efficiency
• Examine materials ingredients or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to elished standards
• Clean adjust and maintain equipment using hand tools
• Weigh or measure materials ingredients or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements
• Operate energy production equipment
• Operate pumping systems or equipment
• General housekeeping

Leadership

1. Understand support and live the Maaden vision values and goals
2. Takes accountability for personal improvement personal development ss development and effectiveness
3. Takes responsibility agree on and review personal performance goals and achievement of high performance goals
4. Plan organize control and report own work and consistently ensure that work is completed to plan
5. Regularly achieves the application/compliance of policies practices standards procedures and ods
6. Resolve work obstacles and issues positively through problem solving and decision making

• Provide onthejobtraining and coaching to less experienced peers colleagues and new inbents
• Identify and implement value adding initiatives (new ideas thinking and approaches adopted and supported by the business)
• Display a positive attitude to work and add value to team partners and other areas of the business
• Continuously improve own work processes
• Elish and maintain professional standards of service provision and contribution

Relationships

1. Fully understand and deliver on customers/partner needs and expectations through positive working relationships with all related stakeholders (internal and external)
2. Consistently maintain constructive relationships within the team and with all stakeholders through relationships and collaboration
3. Team and customer communication
4. Continuous improvement through sharing new ideas and implementing them

• Provide information to supervisors coworkers and subordinates
• Build effective working relationship with manager peers technicians engineers contractors and maintenance staff
• Elish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers
• Network and collaborate with colleagues and other teams
  

5. COMPETENCIES:

Technical/Functional

• General working knowledge of raw materials production processes quality control costs and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• General working knowledge of machines tools and equipment including their designs uses repair and first line maintenance
• General knowledge of policies rules processes and procedures
• General working knowledge of applicable industrial control software
• Sound knowledge and training re Maadens safety regulations rules and procedures
• Uptodate compliance training
• Basic knowledge of the chemical composition structure and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions danger signs production techniques and disposal ods

Leadership

• Developing self
• Embrace digitalisation within the function
• Networking and collaboration

Safety

• Safety advocate anywhere and everywhere
• Advanced awareness and understanding of HSE rules and procedures
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others
• Ability to proactively identifying safety hazards and act accordingly