Primary Responsibilities

• Ensures plant operates within the prescribed process parameters
• Conducts plant health assessments and reviews findings with the greater production team
• Conducts routine production reconciliation and reports on process performance
• Ensures quality performance meets product and customer specifications
• Reviews quality performance and shares findings with the greater production teams
• Manages grade change process
• Provides production support to the S&OP process
• Manages investigations following significant incidents and production excursions
• Assists with HAZOP and PHR studies
• Assists with the generations of statutory environmental reports
• Provide DCS process control support
• Short term process optimization
• Initiation and delivery of process and plant improvements
• Champions technology transfer to site
• Provides support for OE and CoE initiatives
• Assists production and maintenance teams with trouble shooting
• Provides mentoring for DCS operators and operations Trainers on the efficient operation of the plant
• Provides specific operating guidelines to enable the Operations Trainers to develop and deliver standard operating procedures
• Ensure technical documentation are correct and up to date
• General administrative tasks

 

Safe and Healthy Work environment

• Ensure and maintain a healthy environment, safe operations and practices. Comply with SHEC- and technical requirements, in line with Plant / Mine availability targets. Monitor, identify and respond to defects and / or sub-standard equipment performance and other improvement opportunities.

 

Continuous Improvement

• Initiate continuous improvement initiatives leading to cost saving opportunities whilst keeping abreast of new developments within the specialist field.
• Conduct research work in order to initiate process changes.
• Act as Business Improvement process champion by liaising with other development sections.
• Conduct desktop and pre-feasibility studies toward improving process flow

 

 

Customer and Client Relationship Management

• Liaise with internal and external customers, relevant statutory bodies to ensure sound business relationship management toward meeting client needs.
• Ensure Tronox's image is maintained and promoted at all times (internally and externally).
• Provide a professional / specialist advisory support service with regard to production / product quality across different levels within the organisation.

 

 

Project Management

• Evaluate and complete projects with minimum risk, within allocated timeframes and according to specified budgetary requirements.

• Manage projects with regard to processes, technology and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

Qualifications & Experience

• BTech/ BSc / BEng: Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering Discipline, (Mandatory)
• Driver’s License Code 8 (Mandatory)
• 6 - 8 years in a Metallurgical Plant / Operating within a Heavy Mineral Industry Environment (Mandatory)