Essential Duties
- Responsible for managing the safe and reliable operation of the Ammonia/Urea plant in an environmentally compliant and efficient manner.
- Manage the production shift and day teams enabling them to safely implement the operations plan as dictated by the production and maintenance schedules.
- Implement the area safety, quality and environmental plan for the production teams.
- Ensure compliance to safe work procedures, address non-compliance and recommend improvements.
- Monitors plant conditions and takes necessary corrective actions to maintain safe and reliable operation.
- Provide day to day direction to the Shift and Day Supervisors
- Manage team training and development plans
- Provide direct mentoring of the supervisors
- Monitor the team activities and provide formal and informal feedback to ensure work is carried out efficiently
- Ensure effective shift to shift handovers
- Ensure effective communications with the day and shift production teams
- Ensure that the Key Performance Indicators are understood and monitored, and that corrective actions are initiated for deviations.
- Coordinates with HSE, Maintenance and Engineering to achieve the above objectives.
- Oversee the development and improvement standard operating procedures.
Qualifications:
- Diploma, Trade or equivalent
- 5 Years experience as Superintendent in a Fertilizer Plant or Methanol Plant
- In depth knowledge of fertilizer production
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in coaching and mentoring
- Excellent troubleshooting ability/problem solving skills
- Ability to recognise and manage operational risk
