Nijhuis Saur Industries
Operations Technician
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Summary
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Role Description
The Operations Technician is responsible on a day-to-day basis for operating the Treatment Processes associated with the WTP (Water Treatment Plant, Cooling Water treatment and the SNCR – Reverse Osmosis plants. As well as daily operational routines the Operations Technician will be expected to implement front line Planned Maintenance tasks as part of their role.
Key Objectives
- Operate the water/Effluent treatment plants and associated equipment to ensure that water quality and quantity produced is within the specifications required by the customer.
- Carry out front line maintenance as required.
- Carry out duties in a safe manner to ensure that there is a minimum risk of harm to people or the environment as a result of plant operations.
- Monitor the performance of the assets and carry out actions to ensure that the assets perform at an optimum level at all times.
- Communicate with other members of the NSI and Customer teams to ensure that there is a good level of understanding regarding plant performance, activities to be carried out and any impacts on site wide operations as a result of work within NSI scope.
- Carry out isolations and deisolation’s etc., as required to allow others to carry out work on the assets.
- Safe delivery of bulk chemicals to storage tanks.
- Raise work orders for plant maintenance.
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Duties And Responsibilities
- Ensure that you work and operate the plant in a safe manner and highlight any safety related concerns.
- Comply with NSI and customer HSE policies and systems.
- Ensure no harm to the environment.
- Efficient use of chemicals for the WTP process.
- Monitor Plant performance to ensure correct operation.
- Monitor performance of individual process units to assess when operational maintenance is required.
- Check inventory of operational consumables (e.g. chemicals, filters etc.) and request re-order as required;
- Prepare Risk Assessments and Method Statements for non-routine work on the company’s HSE management system.
- Develop strong relationships with clients operational staff.
- Advise customer/Team Leader of changes in plant status that could impact on operations.
- Attend shift handover and commit to effective handover process.
- Look for better ways of doing things, take up the innovation challenge.
- Monitor plant performance and react to any changes that may affect compliance with KPIs and specifications.
- Ensure adequate supply of consumables and chemicals at all times.
- Ensure plant availability is maximised.
- Carry out operational maintenance.
- Receive deliveries.
- Effectively communicate with colleagues; with proven ability to work effectively within a team.
- Share Knowledge / Experience With Colleagues And Others.
- Effectively communicate with other third party contractors.
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Required Skills/Qualifications (Essential)
- Training in Environmental Health and Safety.
- Committed team player
- Attention to detail with a positive attitude to work
- Basic computer literacy
- A strong commitment to upholding safe working practices
Required Skills/Qualifications (Desirable)
- Knowledge of Water Treatment Plants, Ion Exchange process or any other production/process related plants Operations.
- To be able to demonstrate through previous work experience, the capacity to interpret technical information from drawing, P&IDs, data sheets etc
- Demonstrate the ability to work within a quality system.
- NVQ in relevant discipline
- Basic training in EMI repairs and maintenance.
- Ability and knowledge to complete basic repairs and maintenance
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