Tugela Mill
Process Controller (HRL13/S9 )
Sappi Tugela Mill requires a Process Controller to effectively monitors and controls the NSSC Digester to ensure maximum production, plant availability and quality standards according to best operating practice.
The main responsibilities of this job are:
Plant Operation
- Takes and hands over shift.
- Ensures that plant is prepared for start-up.
- Starts and Stops the NSSC Digester and auxiliaries on instruction from the Foreman NSSC.
- Monitors and Controls the NSSC pulping process by running the digester in balance with cooking and extraction liquors ensuring that a uniform quality pulp is produced within the laid down parameters.
- Change over from gum to pinewood cooking on the NSSC digester.
- Carries out calibration test on cooking liquor and buffer liquor flow controllers is carried out.
- Ensure that plant is kept clean by supervising plant cleaning staff (contractors) on day shift (i.e. liquor spills, split chips)
Plant Efficiency
- Implements Foreman’s shift plan by carrying out and delegating tasks to achieve steam requirements.
- Implements the production activities (shuts, starts ups, checks, log sheets, graph trends, resources, etc.) to sustain quality standards and plant efficiency.
- Participates in team problem solving and production program development in order to determine root cause of problems
- Liaises with other sections on running conditions to optimize quality and quantity within the process parameters
Utilisation of Personnel
- Communicate effectively using appropriate channels in order to achieve the desired results in respect of the shift plan.
- Coach team members towards better understanding of plant operating procedures.
- Assist Foreman NSSC in developing the competencies of employees.
Administration
- Provides accurate information/ inputs for the production statistics and appropriate action taken, (rework, comebacks, breakdowns, defects, downtime losses, start-up and yield losses, idling and minor stoppages, adjustment losses etc.)
- Completes SAP notifications for maintenance requests in accordance with business process standards.
- Identify inefficiencies in Best Operating Practices and propose changes.
- Completes and signs Isolation procedure book.
- Fills in the process data onto the plant quality log sheet and enters process data into the computer.
- Records all shift running conditions in the shift log book, re, process changes, alterations to plant and equipment, all repairs carried out and problems experienced during shift
Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ)
- Comply with all relevant SHEQ requirements of the job.
- Identify and take corrective action in terms of SHEQ conditions and hazards.
- Maintains a high level of good housekeeping in the workplace at all times.
The ideal candidate should have:
- Matric and N4 Pulp-making Certificate (4 subjects) and/or Relevant NQF Level 5 Qualification
- Computer Literate (MS Office Package)
Minimum 3 Years’ Plant Operations Experience - 2 Years’ Supervisory experience would be advantageous
Closing date : 08 August 2019
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without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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