Shift Engineer - SWRO

Reliance Retail; Jamnagar; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliance Retail is seeking a Shift Engineer to supervise production activities during shifts, supporting the shift superintendent in operations and maintenance of equipment to meet production targets while upholding safety and quality standards.

The role involves supervising shift crew, coordinating with maintenance, monitoring equipment, and implementing improvements to site processes. Relevant diploma or degree in Chemical Engineering/Technology with 3–7 years of experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Necessary: Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering / Technology.
• 3-7 years of experience as shift engineer in site operations, with at least 2 years of experience working as a panel executive.

Responsibilities

• Assist in formulation of shift operations plan and ensure day-to-day execution in line with function standards regulations.
• Implement new initiatives/projects as per established policies to meet future requirements of shift operations.
• Provide inputs for improvements in site processes and specifications to ensure alignment with best practices.
• Perform equipment monitoring, predictive maintenance, reporting and data analysis to optimize site performance using OMPro tool.
• Coordinate with maintenance teams for job planning/execution and safe shutdown/startup of site operations.
• Maintain shift logs documenting all relevant site operation details.
• Identify root causes of failures and suggest troubleshooting measures to prevent repeats.
• Ensure safety practices and compliance with permit systems during operations.

Skills

Unit operations

Plant processes

Emergency handling

Problem solving

Analytical skills

People management

Planning & decision making

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering/Technology

Tools

OMPro tool

Job description

Purpose of the Role - To manage smooth operations of production activities during shifts, by supervising shift crew and supporting the shift superintendent in performing operations and maintenance of the equipments, in order to ensure that production targets are met, while maintaining safety and quality standards

Key Responsibilities -List of responsibilities attached to the role are documented below. These responsibilities are representative and the role holder is also responsible for any other job assigned by the superior authorities from time to time. This section in not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all activities done by the role holder. It should capture only the key responsibilities of the role

Responsibilities

Policies, Processes and Procedures

• - Assist in formulation of shift operations plan and ensure day-to-day execution in line with function standards regulations
• - Implement new initiatives/ projects as per established policies to meet future requirements of shift operations
• - Provide inputs for improvements in site processes and specifications to ensure alignment with best practices

Operations Maintenance

• - Perform equipment monitoring, predictive maintenance, reporting and data analysis to optimize sites performance through effective use of OMPro tool
• - Conduct routine inspections of equipments and monitor process parameters to identify any issues; Coordinate with relevant teams to expedite maintenance activities and safe HOTO of equipment
• - Supervise safe and orderly shutdown, efficient start up of site operations and proper preservation of equipments and facilities during extended shutdown
• - Take proactive measures to identify and mitigate potential risks and hazards in order to minimize emergency shutdown and ensure operations are conducted safely and efficiently
• - Identify root cause for failures and recommend trouble shooting measures; Provide recommendations that prevent repetitive failures
• - Implement PIOs and Support in conducting sample and improvement trials during the shifts to ensure the activities are performed seamlessly
• - Maintain shift logs to record and document all relevant details about the site operations in a consistent format
• - Able to support PO during plant upsets
• - Should know the rotary machines seal system and also can understand importance of level, pressure of the seal pot.
• - should be able to understand the lubrication system of the compressors and understands the importance of temp, pr, flow etc of the system
• - should know the LO/LC valves status
• - should know the field location the various instruments.
• - should be able to communicate with other plants in order to maintain the SOCs of the raw materials.
• - Should be able to co-ordinate with maintenance dept for job planning/execution.
• - Should be able to differentiate between regular, one time and shut down jobs

Safety Risk Assessment

• - Perform regular risk assessment during hand over, take over and process jobs and also conduct tool box talk prior to job execution to reinforce safe work practices
• - Supervise implementation of safety procedures and processes to ensure safe work environment for all personnel and prevent accidents and injuries
• - Ensure identification (through Root Cause Analysis), documentation and reporting of near miss incidents to identify trends and prevent future occurrence of similar incidents
• - Drive compliance to work permit system and ensure site operations are carried out safely in accordance with relevant regulations and guidelines
• - Should be able to under stand the incident classification system ( API754) and ensure entries in the portal as and when required.

Experience in Water Technology is Preferred Will have added advantage.

Education Requirement

• Necessary: Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering / Technology

Experience Requirement

• Necessary: 3-7 years of experience as shift engineer in site operations, with at least 2 years of experience working a panel executive
• Desired:
• Technical Proficiency in Unit Operations and Plant Process
• Handling Emergencies
• Good understanding of Safety Standards, Procedures and Hazards
• Problem solving
• Analytical skills
• People management skills
• Planning and decision making skills
• Good communication skills
• Team work and leadership skills

Skills Competencies

• Function-specific Competencies (Technical /Functional)
• number of work place related incidents in the plant
• no. of field round
• no. of entries in the SD job register
• no. of deviations in the work permit during work permit audit
• no. of unplanned jobs taken up in the plant
• Safety KPIs - Fatality, LWC, TRC, Fires, PSI Tier 1 / 2
• Production Targets
• No. of Incidents with Operations / Quality Var.
• No. of Quality Deviations
• Plant Technical Availability
• Conversion Cost