SUMMARY:
The Brine and Utilities Supervisor is responsible for managing the following areas: Salt handling, Chemical make-up, CBS, Primary & Secondary brine and Utilities. The Supervisor is mainly responsible for managing all production, production personnel and crisis response matters on a shift basis.
POSITION INFO:
Key performance area
1.Ensure effective Management of the Production Shift.
- Overseeing the allocation and assignment of tasks to the workforce on the shift and ensuring that everyone understands their roles and responsibilities.
- Managing the scheduling of relief shifts for Process controllers and Senior Process Controllers, considering annual leave and training plans, to meet the requirements set by regulations and maintain minimum shift strength.
- Overtime management within the shift and across different shifts (including leave management and shift covers)
- Checking in with personnel regularly during the shift to ensure they are physically and mentally ready to work.
- Ensuring that the shift handover conducted by team members is thorough, efficient, and covers all relevant discussions about daily events in specific areas.
- Checking plant monitoring log sheets to assess equipment and systems availability, utilization, and critical operating parameters, and ensuring that any deviations are promptly reported, logged, and addressed.
- Observing team members while they perform their tasks to ensure that they follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and creating plans to address any reported deviations.
- Checking the control room regularly to ensure that any deviations from operating parameters are reported and addressed with the relevant departments.
- Provide input to the sections Production Plan.
- Ensure that all the team members within own shifts are aware of the monthly operational plan/requirements.
- Implement all measurement mechanisms developed within own shifts.
- Report on any deviation within the system that affects the achievement of the shifts targets. This will include effective reporting of the section’s asset utilization
- Produce progress and information reports according to requirements and timelines.
- Prepare and submit unit reports or ad hoc reports to Plant Manager and Production Management Team as and when required.
- Attend Departmental meetings, provide input to problem resolution and take steps to break down barriers that hinder progress.
- Supervise shift production activities and quality assures all production output.
- Implement set relevant ISO standards for NCP Plant Production.
- Identify possible problems within current systems and make recommendations to the Unit Plant Manager regarding improvements to current systems, processes and policies.
- Ensure training of production staff on all systems, policies and procedures to minimize non-conformances.
- Ensure compliance within the shift to ISO system.
- Ensure that all practices are aligned with required SHE legislation, standards and policies.
2.Effective Management of Production Efficiencies.
- Manage production data.
- Act as an information source on the plant for production, procedures, guidelines etc.
- Checks and approves process data, e.g. quantities produced, raw materials consumption and ensures production information is updated and correct.
- Communicates data with management during weekends and holidays.
- Use production data to generate asset utilisation reports, downtime reports and raw material variance reports daily.
- Uses production data to generate asset utilisation reports, downtime reports and raw material variance formal reports.
- Manage production output.
- Manage the production teams on a shift basis
- Co-ordinate the distribution of activities in conjunction with Shift personnel in accordance with the production plan.
- Manage plant shutdown, start-up and shutdown activities.
- Manage and respond to site emergencies in a safe and timely manner.
- Identify breakdowns and problems on the production floor as quickly as possible.
- Support or manage process-based fault analyses.
- Determine and report on the causes of deviations.
- Carry out Root Cause Analysis and introduce counter measures.
- Communicate with the Process Engineering representatives to consider future permanent changes in the plant.
- Ensure that scheduled maintenance occurs as per plant plan.
- Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.
- Determine risks within the Production shift and develop mitigation steps
- Investigate and write detailed reports on any incident and deviations (Output, Quality) on the system
3.Achievement and management of shift plans and resources.
- Ensure continuous improvement shift efficiency.
- Manage of shift human resources related data to ensure compliance and compile a report on a monthly basis regarding people and other resourcing needs and concerns.
- Communicates effectively to ensure that production targets are met
- Communicate and explain the impact of Management decisions on the shift.
- Ensure that the team members are inducted and trained within the shift.
- Ensure that team members are allocated tasks that they have been trained on and declared competent to do the required work (compliance to legislation).
- Ensure that employees have clear work expectations and goals as set out in the Performance Management process.
- Conduct performance reviews and appraisals and provide frequent feedback and
- updates to the team members on their performance.
- Ensure the provision of on-the-job training to staff when liaising with Human Resources has identified gaps with regard to required competencies.
- Provide general training needs to Human Resources on a monthly basis.
- Develop relevant work schedules on a monthly basis to ensure that all work within the shifts is covered.
- Manage overtime costs (minimise the costs) and abuse of sick leave
- Participate in the selection / promotion process.
- Manage and resolve conflict within shift between NCP employees.
- Ensure proper disciplinary and grievance procedure are implemented within own shifts.
- Assist with the conducting of disciplinary hearings as required.
- Manage and control time and attendance of personnel.
- Ensure that all work completed by staff within the shift is correct.
- Ensure that all work is completed within legal, regulatory and company requirements.
4.Ensure Environmental Health and Safety objectives and targets are met.
- Conduct safety discussions to ensure that the team members are aligned with the present risk in the plant, risk controls and risk mitigations plans.
- Conduct monthly critical and non-critical task observations, and act to close any loops or gaps identified.
- Review the SHE Rep file for compliance to safety inspections schedules, and act immediately to close any gaps or loopholes identified.
- Identify and mitigate any potential risks or hazards, conduct regular safety inspections, and implement emergency procedures as necessary.
- Conduct assurance checks onsite on the critical activities that you have issued permits to work on.
- Conduct emergency exercises and assurance checks on the compliance to the emergency procedures
- Ensure maintenance of files, such as hazardous waste databases, chemical usage data, personnel exposure information, or diagrams showing equipment locations
- Ensure development of recommendations to control or eliminate unsafe conditions at workplaces or public facilities
- Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures
- Reduction and elimination of spills and emissions
- Implementation on a shift basis of SHEQ corrective and preventative actions
- Ensure that the housekeeping of all areas with sections are kept up to standards (<90% on housekeeping audits)
5.Ensure Business Quality objectives and targets are met.
- Ensure compliance with quality objectives and targets
- Ensure proper document control and maintenance thereof within the Section
- Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures
- Ensure quality incidents are reported on time
- Ensure shift reports are written and submitted to Chlor-Alkali Manufacturing Manager on time.
6.SHEQ Related Responsibilities
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
- Knowledge of chemical manufacturing processes (Salt handling, Chemical make-up, CBS, Primary & Secondary brine and Utilities)
- Understanding of the Manufacturing industry
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations (e.g. the OHS Act and regulations)
- Knowledge of ISO standards
- Continuous Improvement
- Operational planning
- Risks Assessment
- Auditing processes
- Computer literacy
- Facilitation skills
- Reporting skills
- Judgement
- Organizational Communication Effectiveness
- Initiative and continuous improvement
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Analytical Ability
- Results Driven
- Organizational values and quality
- Professionalism
- Attention to Detail
- Confidentiality
- Personal Ethic
- Coaching and facilitation skills
- Computer literacy (intermediate)
- Business and Technical report writing
Experience
- 5-10 years’ production experience in a Manufacturing environment.
- 3-5 years management experience.
- Extensive knowledge of all relevant Legislative and Regulatory frameworks within this area of work.
Qualifications:
- Grade 12 with Mathematics and science.
- NQF level 4 Chemical Operations (Advantageous)
- National Diploma Chemical Engineering or Production / Operations management (Advantageous).
Reporting structure:
This position reports to the Primary Manufacturing Manager.
Personal Circumstances:
Must be able to obtain a satisfactory medical report from the companies’ medical centre.
Will be required to work shifts.
Other requirements:
Please ensure:
- That the reference number and/or position name of this advertisement is quoted on your application form.
- That recently certified copies of all qualifications referred to on your application form and cv, are submitted.
- Please attach a copy of your most recent payslip. We regret we cannot consider any applications received without this information.
- Failure to comply with the above requirements will result in your application being disqualified.
- Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply, should the applicant be successful the incumbent will be reasonably accommodated depending on the inherent requirements of the job.
- All applicants are thanked in advance for showing interest however correspondences will only be entered into with the shortlisted candidates.
CV’s to be sent to:
Recruitment for this position will be conducted with the intention progressing our Employment Equity policy, targets, and objectives. The Company reserves the right not to fill this position.
