About this role
- Your areas of responsibility: Operate and monitor blending equipment and processes from the control room.
- Execute the production plan and ensure that daily and shift production targets are achieved.
- Monitor all stages of the blending process, including dosing, heating, cooling, mixing, and transferring.
- Verify that job cards correspond with the correct product formulations on the SCADA system.
- Monitor system error messages, equipment stoppages, oil levels, pressures, load-cell quantities, and processing conditions.
- Coordinate the ordering of raw materials, request base oils from the tank farm, and arrange laboratory samples.
- Ensure mixing vessels and finished-product tanks are suitable and available before blends are started or transferred.
- Capture production and quality information accurately, complete work orders, reconcile downtime, and prepare shift reports.
- Investigate and report deviations, incidents, accidents, breakdowns, and processing challenges.
- Work with Maintenance and Production Management to identify root causes and recommend corrective actions.
- Implement preventative measures to minimise loss, spillage, contamination, and production delays.
- Operate the weighbridge and accurately capture vehicle, customer, supplier, material and tonnage information for incoming and outgoing loads.
- Provide operational instructions to Blenders and support Operators, Learners, and Interns when required.
- Maintain high standards of health, safety, environmental compliance, quality, and housekeeping.
- Qualifications and Skills we are looking for: N6 or National Diploma (Chemical /Operations/ Mechanical) or equivalent formal qualification.
- At least two years of experience in a blending, processing, chemical, lubricant, or similar manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office application and SAP.
- Ability to work shifts and respond to urgent production requirements.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
- These are your benefits: Diverse tasks and excellent future prospects.
- Personnel development and advanced training.
- Market-related pay and attractive company benefits.
- Do you have any questions?
- [email protected] will be more than happy to answer them!