PUM 404221 - Field Operator (Johannesburg)

Employer Description

This company undertakes water treatment projects

Job Description

Reporting to the Plant Foreman, you will be required to:

• Ensure DBF quantities in storage tanks are maintained and quality through lab analyses to ensure sufficient supply of DBF to the water treatment sites
• Make-up DBF from granular product during shutdowns
• Take responsibility for safe loading of DBF of product into trucks
• Ensure minimized quantities of effluent to NCP by checking floor washings and deviating equipment
• Ensures caustic flow to the dry end scrubber by checking the 3 hourly ASL analyses and report deviations to the foreman
• Ensure that both sump pumps are working to pump any floor effluent to NCP dams to maintain housekeeping at ground floor
• Report in time all system deviations to foreman
• Make timeous decision to backwash the running filter if filter showing signs of blockage
• Fill in relevant event books
• Do plant walking tours and repot deviations
• Work on the operating of the filter press and ensuring all effluent to NCP is free of solids
• Assist both Dry and Wet End process controllers where required
• Take all dry end and wet end samples and do plant routine checks on the systems and communicate accordingly
• Effective communication between the dry end and the wet process controllers is very crucial to the running of the plant
• During shutdowns, work as per instruction from plant foreman, production manager or designate

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Chemical Engineering is advantageous

Skills

• 5 years DCS/SCADA experience

Salary / Package

R 15 000 to R 20 000 cost to company per month

Benefits

• Medical Aid (50%)
• Provident Fund
• Short term insurance
• 20 days leave
• Shift allowance