Operational Excellence Engineer X 2 - Kempton Park

Requirements:

• • 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

Responsibilities:

• • 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

Key performance area

• • 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

• • 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)

• • 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

Benefits:
Generous fringe benefits commensurate with large companies.