Ro Plant Supervisor

Hort Bio Technologies; Thanjavur; On-site; INR 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

As per market standards

Job summary

Hort Bio Technologies seeks an RO Plant Operator to manage and optimize the reverse osmosis plant in our facility in India. You will operate equipment, monitor water quality, and ensure uninterrupted production while coordinating with maintenance teams.

The role requires strict adherence to SOPs, safety procedures, and accurate documentation of plant performance, chemical usage, and energy consumption. On-site work with market-standard perks included.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor RO plant equipment according to SOPs.
• Ensure proper operation of feed water pumps, high-pressure pumps, cartridge filters, and RO membranes.
• Monitor feed pressure, operating pressure, permeate flow, reject flow, and recovery rate.
• Check pretreatment systems, such as sand filters, activated carbon filters, and softeners, where installed.
• Maintain continuous water supply as per production requirements.
• Monitor feed water, permeate water, and reject water quality.
• Check pH, TDS, conductivity, turbidity, and other parameters as required.
• Ensure treated water meets the required quality standards.
• Collect water samples and maintain daily water quality records.
• Report any water quality deviations and take corrective action.
• Inspect pumps, motors, valves, pipelines, instruments, and filters.
• Monitor membrane performance and differential pressure.
• Schedule membrane cleaning (CIP) when required.
• Coordinate maintenance with electrical and mechanical teams.
• Identify abnormalities, leakage, vibration, and unusual noise.
• Maintain spare parts and ensure equipment availability.
• Monitor dosing of antiscalant, sodium hypochlorite, SMBS, acid, caustic, and other chemicals.
• Check chemical tank levels and dosing pump operation.
• Ensure correct chemical concentration and dosing rates.
• Follow chemical handling, storage, PPE, and safety procedures.
• Maintain chemical consumption records.
• Monitor RO recovery percentage, salt rejection, permeate flow, and energy consumption.
• Compare operating parameters with design values.
• Identify performance deterioration and investigate root causes.
• Reduce water wastage, chemical consumption, and downtime.
• Maintain daily plant operating logs.
• Supervise RO plant operators and technicians.
• Allocate duties and shift responsibilities.
• Ensure proper shift handover and communication.
• Train operators in plant operation, safety, and emergency procedures.
• Monitor attendance, discipline, and work performance.
• Ensure compliance with plant safety procedures and permit-to-work requirements.
• Enforce PPE use.
• Ensure safe chemical handling and storage.
• Prevent spills and dispose of water and chemical waste properly.
• Report accidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions.
• Follow environmental and water quality regulations.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly plant performance reports.
• Maintain records of feed and permeate flow, pressures, TDS, pH, conductivity, chemical usage, electricity, and downtime.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

1. RO Plant Operation

• Operate and monitor RO plant equipment according to SOPs.
• Ensure proper operation of feed water pumps, high-pressure pumps, cartridge filters, and RO membranes.
• Monitor feed pressure, operating pressure, permeate flow, reject flow, and recovery rate.
• Check the operation of pretreatment systems, such as sand filters, activated carbon filters, and softeners, where installed.
• Maintain continuous water supply as per production requirements.

2. Water Quality Monitoring

• Monitor feed water, permeate water, and reject water quality.
• Check pH, TDS, conductivity, turbidity, and other parameters as required.
• Ensure treated water meets the required quality standards.
• Collect water samples and maintain daily water quality records.
• Report any water quality deviations and take corrective action.

3. Preventive and Breakdown Maintenance

• Inspect pumps, motors, valves, pipelines, instruments, and filters.
• Monitor membrane performance and differential pressure.
• Schedule membrane cleaning (CIP Cleaning in Place) when required.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with the electrical and mechanical teams.
• Identify equipment abnormalities, leakage, vibration, and unusual noise.
• Maintain spare parts and ensure equipment availability.

4. Chemical Dosing and Handling

• Monitor the dosing of antiscalant, sodium hypochlorite, SMBS, acid, caustic, and other chemicals, as applicable to the plant design.
• Check chemical tank levels and dosing pump operation.
• Ensure correct chemical concentration and dosing rates.
• Follow chemical handling, storage, PPE, and safety procedures.
• Maintain chemical consumption records.

5. Plant Performance Monitoring

• Monitor RO recovery percentage, salt rejection, permeate flow, and specific energy consumption.
• Compare operating parameters with the design values.
• Identify performance deterioration and investigate the root cause.
• Reduce water wastage, chemical consumption, and unnecessary downtime.
• Maintain daily plant operating logs.

6. Manpower Management

• Supervise RO plant operators and technicians.
• Allocate duties and shift responsibilities.
• Ensure proper shift handover and communication.
• Train operators in plant operation, safety, and emergency procedures.
• Monitor attendance, discipline, and work performance.

7. Safety and Environmental Compliance

• Ensure compliance with plant safety procedures and permit-to-work requirements.
• Enforce the use of PPE.
• Ensure safe chemical handling and storage.
• Prevent spills and ensure proper disposal of reject water and chemical waste according to applicable requirements.
• Report accidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions.
• Follow applicable environmental and water quality regulations.

8. Documentation and Reporting

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly plant performance reports.
• Maintain records of:
  • Feed and permeate flow
  • Feed, permeate, and reject pressure
  • TDS, pH, and conductivity
  • Chemical consumption
  • Electricity consumption
  • Filter backwashing and membrane CIP
  • Equipment breakdowns and maintenance
  • Water production and plant downtime

Perks and benefits

As per market standards