Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 26 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overall Mission of the Role:
The role of the Control Room Operator is to work in a team environment ensuring the safe and uninterrupted operation of the plant in order to achieve production targets, product quality, maximize operational efficiency, and maintain environmental compliance, all in an atmosphere of continuous improvement and on-going change

Main Responsibilities:
• Control all major process lines within the cement manufacturing operation including equipment commissioning, starts- ups, shutdowns, and emergency condition management as per established SOP’s in order to meet production requirements.
• Monitor continuously, all plant process lines using all available tools to ensure employee safety, stable equipment operation, equipment integrity within prescribe design limitations, operating targets, and environmental regulations
• Control product quality at all stages of the cement manufacturing process by having a clear understanding of the targets, and the levers that are used to control the targets, along with the appropriate decision-making process based on the impact of each lever
• Coordinate plant resources to troubleshoot, inspect, and maintain plant equipment as required, to meet production demands and prevent failures
• Maintain awareness of the automation system control strategy and makes recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the plant organization in both verbal and written format.
• Maintain awareness of plant operating costs. Considers these costs regularly in the decision-making process.
• Performs any other duties assigned by superiors
Behavioral competencies:
• Must present a professional image to co-workers, external customers, and community.
• Ability to analyze problems set operational priorities, implements actions and follow-through to completion.
• Ability to multi task and perform under varying degrees of stress
• Must be capable of following strict procedures and instructions while at the same time, able to manage unexpected events.
• Ability to resolve personal conflict as well as facilitate group or team conflict resolution
• Ability to act with influence in a group environment with high standards of personal integrity and honesty
• Ability to manage ongoing change in a workplace environment

Technical Skills:
Basic principles
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as interest, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Chemistry and Physics. As per CECIL + Prerequisites.
Safety
• As per Chilanga Cement Safety Policy including Plant Safety Orientation including lock out, tag out, First Aid, CPR, Confined Space, Working at height, material hazard awareness systems
Environmental
• Plant environmental regulations, permitting, and compliance
Equipment
• An understanding of the major and auxiliary equipment used in cement manufacturing including components, inspection and troubleshooting requirements along with general electrical and mechanical aptitude for mechanical and electrical.
Process
• An understanding of manufacturing theory including air and material flows and control strategies for all major process lines associated with cement manufacturing: Quarry, Raw grinding, Pyroprocessing, and Finish grinding operations.
Other
• Problem solving methods and tools (Root Cause Failure Analysis, Risk Analysis).Understanding of cause and effect relationships. Other production tools
Communications
• Good communication skills-including listening skills, the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Qualifications and Experience required:
• A Technical College diploma is recommended or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years of production experience, along with a formal entry evaluation.
• All certificates must be certified by ZAQA

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
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• Interested applicants should fill in the attached internal application form and submit it together with their updated CVs, application letter and scanned copies of qualifications to the address below no later than end of day Friday 29th November, 2024.
• Applicants should ensure that the position they are applying for is clearly written in the subject of the email. Only emailed applications will be accepted and should be sent to:
• E-Mail Address: recruitment.zambia@huaxincem.com 
• Please also note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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