Water Treatment Plant Supervisor

**INTRODUCTION**

DRA Water is looking for qualified local individuals for their project based on the Tweefontein Water Treatment Plant in Witbank, Mpumalanga. These positions are based on a Project Based Fixed Term Contract.

**PURPOSE**
To manage and supervise the day-to-day plant operations of the Water Treatment plant to ensure the plant meets the design capacity and produces the desired water quality in a safe way. To manage the chemical consumptions through continuous monitoring and optimization based on laboratory analytical results obtained.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Risk Management**
- Monitors safety, equipment, production and quality risks at all times and report any significant change in risk.
- Be pro-active in hazard identification and correction.

**Plant Production**
- Maintains plant at its design capacity and quality specifications.
- Ensures the long-term health and sustainability of plant and equipment.

**Record Keeping**
Records daily production statistics with associated downtime explanations and risk identification

**Daily Plant Operations**
- To oversee, manage and direct the activities of the plant operating team including the process controllers, junior process controllers, process control assistants, cleaners and laboratory staff daily production statistics with associated downtime explanations and risk identification

**Plant Maintenance**
- Directs the maintenance team to conduct routine and preventative maintenance and attend to equipment breakdowns.
- Reviews the daily record of all maintenance related incidents from the relevant Artisans.
- Reviews and present to the Plant Manager, the monthly report summarising maintenance events for the month.
- Reviews and present the routine maintenance plan for the month ahead.

**Sampling**
- Ensures the necessary samples are taken at prescribed intervals.
- Ensures that sample are taken according to the prescribed procedures

**Analysis**
- Ensures all relevant analyses are conducted in line with the quality standards.
- Reviews the daily analyses and take corrective actions

**Chemical Dosing and Make-up**
- To manage the chemical consumptions through continuous monitoring and optimisation based on laboratory analytical results obtained.
- Ensures chemicals are correctly and timeously mixed and ready for dosing.
- Checks stock level of all dosing chemicals and ensure orders are placed timeously that site does not run out of stock.

**Leadership**
- Manages staff leave and attendance.
- Ensures there is suitable staffing for shifts.
- Manages staff fatigue and overtime.
- Ensures company disciplinary codes are being enforced and conduct related disciplinary activities.
- Conducts regular toolbox and risk management talks.
- Daily reporting to Plant Manager on any staff or equipment risk.
- Drives all direct reports training needs

**Reporting**
- Daily reporting to Management on production, downtime, maintenance activities, feed and product quality and chemical inventory.
- Reviews daily log sheets on the plant performance.
- Monthly reporting to Management on production, downtime, maintenance, water quality and chemical inventory, spares inventory and HR matters

**Safety, Health, and Environment**
- Ensures all client and company policies and procedures are always adhered to.
- Ensures all work performed is covered by suitable risk assessments.

**Training and Mentoring**
- Develops and reviews site standard operating procedures.
- Trains all staff on plant related procedures, instructions, and alarm response plans.
- Conducts regular Planned Task Observations on staff.

**Performance Management**
- Ensures company disciplinary codes are being enforced and conduct related disciplinary activities

**Housekeeping**
- Ensures that good housekeeping practices on the plant are always maintained at a high level

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Grade 12 with Maths and Science
- NQF 4 or Diploma in Water Treatment/Chemical Engineering
- Degree in Water Treatment /Chemical Engineering
- Valid driver’s license

**EXPERIENCE**
- Analyze plant performance data and water quality data to assess how to modify plant operations when required.
- Understanding of the fundamentals of water treatment processes, concepts and unit operations.
- Understanding mechanical equipment related to mine water treatment systems.
- Performing operations on a water treatment plant safely and efficiently.
- Control the plant operation via the SCADA system, assessing alarms and trends to make interventions.
- Collate and report on all plant performance data, including physical data such as production, flowrates, recoveries, chemical tank levels, chemical consumption, water quality data results, plant maintenance, HR matters etc.
- Ability to identify problems, problem solve and take corrective action to correct the deviations from the desired plant performance.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Business acumen
- Leadership skill