About the Role
The Shift Charge Engineer is responsible for overseeing and managing operational activities during the shift, monitoring performance, and providing technical support to ensure the efficiency, productivity, and safety of the plant. The role is crucial in achieving the shift production targets while ensuring compliance with safety and operational standards.
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Key Accountabilities
- Supervise team members during the shift to ensure that targets and objectives are met, delivering the business plan in line with policies, processes, procedures, and systems.
- Monitor plant performance and provide operations engineering support to address all process and operational-related matters during the shift for optimal operations.
- Oversee the daily activities of shift staff, ensuring safe and efficient execution of all plant operating activities to meet required targets.
- Review current work instructions, SOPs, processes, and procedures, recommending changes to the Operations Manager for efficiency and resource optimization.
- Monitor operational performance, make timely decisions to address abnormalities, and take corrective actions during emergencies.
- Coordinate with all other departments regarding plant operations to ensure activities are executed as planned.
Technical Guidance
- Provide technical expertise and support to the team, advising on operational optimization in line with HSE policies and procedures.
- Implement testing programs to evaluate and resolve process issues, review operating logs, and participate in problem analysis to recommend parameter changes and prevent recurrence.
- Collaborate with the Maintenance team to ensure completion of commissioning and start-up activities safely and in accordance with established plans.
- Ensure adherence to HSSE and permit-to-work systems to guarantee employee safety and environmental compliance.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal departments and external contractors, resolving technical issues promptly.
- Represent the plant in technical meetings, handling escalated matters for timely issue resolution.
SAP Administration
- Administer SAP processes within the operations section, ensuring adherence to guidelines for planning, scheduling, and data management.
- Maintain system documents to comply with quality standards.
Health, Safety, Security & Environment
- Monitor and ensure adherence to health, safety, security, and environmental procedures to guarantee employee safety and compliance.
- Report all accidents, incidents, or near-misses during the shift according to established procedures.
- Manage emergencies as per the company response plan until relieved by higher authority to minimize hazard impact.
Policies, Processes, Systems & Procedures
- Adhere to organizational and departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions to ensure work is carried out to required standards consistently.
Continuous Improvement
- Contribute to identifying and implementing change initiatives, programs, and projects that align with organizational standards.
Related Assignments
- Perform any additional duties assigned by the line manager.
Communication & Working Relationships
- Internal: Collaborate with the O&M Manager, Shift Supervisors, CCR Operators/Engineers, Shift Chemist, Planning Engineer, Maintenance Team, HSE Engineer, Purchaser, Store Keeper, etc.
- External: Build rapport with relevant contractors and vendors.
Qualifications, Experience, & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- 8 years of experience in water desalination and power generation plants, including 2 years in a supervisory role.
- Knowledge of relevant plant equipment.
- Preferred SAP working knowledge.
- Awareness of New IMS system preferred.
- Project management skills.
- Strong mentoring, coaching, and people management skills.
- Knowledge of water desalination and power generation operations and the specific operations of NOMAC.
- Strong planning, organizing, and integration skills.
- Effective teamwork and collaboration skills.
