Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator

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Heineken Ethiopia

Business: Heineken Ethiopia
Working in: Supply Chain
Doing: Production
Contract: Permanent

Key Responsibilities

Safety, Food Safety, and Sustainability

• Works in accordance with the defined and implemented HEINEKEN Safety, Food Safety, and Sustainability standards in the utilities area and local regulation(s).
• Contributes to, applies, and follows the safety agenda in the utilities area.
• Identifies safety points that need improvement and participates in safety teams.

Operational Excellence

• Executes and operates utilities work according to required quality specifications.
• Operates and controls Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) equipment to provide an uninterrupted resource supply to production at an optimum level of performance.
• Runs technical checks and operations, including vibration monitoring, pressure checks, blow downs, and lubrication checks.
• Ensures readiness of standby equipment and maintains clean parts and tools.
• Manages work permits and installation handovers for utilities.
• Manages WWTP and utilities plant operations, including conducting all necessary lab analysis.

Loss Control and Digitalization

• Controls trigger points to eradicate losses in the operation (water, energy, extract, material losses, etc.).
• Improves shop floor conditions by utilizing tools on digital devices and performing automated tasks.
• Actively identifies opportunities for time efficiency using the ECRS (Eliminate, Combine, Rearrange, Simplify) approach.
• Assists in creating digital solutions to improve departmental or functional operations.

Maintenance and Technical Support

• Performs equipment adjustments to optimize operations and updates Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to sustain basic machine conditions.
• Diagnoses and maintains equipment to keep the Restore Basic Conditions (RBC) of the machines.
• Engages in overall and service maintenance for all utilities and WWTP machines.
• Executes basic maintenance tasks according to standards and remains actively involved in improvement activities.
• Carries out and optimizes corrective and preventive maintenance tasks in a safe and hygienic manner to safeguard equipment availability.
• Follows the planned maintenance schedule and HACS implementation.

Reporting and Analysis

• Reports deviations and informs the Utilities Manager accordingly.
• Captures and interprets performance data to execute corrective actions.
• Registers stops and analyzes data to indicate results.
• Creates work requests for maintenance in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) in accordance with master data processes.
• Generates utilities and WWTP breakdown Work Orders (WO) with high quality, ensuring proper Breakdown Analysis (BDA) and follow-up.

Leadership and Improvement

• Coaches and trains operators and develops shift competency through CGR.
• Covers for the Utilities Manager or Team Lead position whenever delegated.
• Works alongside the Utilities & Brewhouse Zone Technician and reports to the Utilities Manager.
• Initiates and leads improvement teams on utilities and the WWTP.
• Executes 5S, the tagging process, and CILT (Clean, Inspect, Lubricate, Tighten); applies problem-solving tools such as BDA and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Recovers equipment from fault conditions into standard conditions and validates repairs and solutions for breakdowns.

Job Requirements

Experience and Skills

• Greater than 4 years of working experience within utilities and WWTP operation and maintenance.
• Good knowledge of maintenance and operations.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.

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