Plant Manager

DRA Water is looking for qualified local individual for their project based on the Tweefontein Water Treatment Plant in Witbank, Mpumalanga. This position is based on a Project Based Fixed Term Contract.

• Sustainably maintain plant at its design capacity and quality specification.
• Ensure the site is managed in terms of operations, discipline and administration on a daily basis by complying to Company and Client policies and procedures.
• Responsibly maintain the plant equipment and membrane health.
• Direct maintenance team to conduct preventative maintenance, condition monitoring and attend to breakdowns, ensuring required targets are met. Ensure all maintenance activities are captured on the maintenance information system.
• Ensure all the plant operations routines and monitoring are complied with. Perform over-inspections.
• Ensure the necessary plant samples are taken at prescribed intervals and sent to lab for testing. Immediately report any out of specification conditions.
• Ensure that chemical stock levels are maintained, and that dosage rates are correctly managed.
• Ensure monthly stock taking of critical spares are performed and replacement purchase orders generated.
• Drive and manage procurement processes for the site.
• Ensure a site asset register is maintained and updated.
• Maintain all site accreditations – e.g. ISO, Blue drop, etc.
• Ensure the site generates all the required daily/weekly/monthly reports as set out by the site schedule.
• Daily reporting to General Manager on all aspects of the plant.

• Management of the relationship with the Client with the specific focus on forming a long term mutually beneficial relationships thereby securing repeat business.
• Ensure all communication to Clients by means of a daily/weekly/monthly reporting as set out by the client schedule.
• Maintain a daily diary of events and activities
• Improve order intake in terms of earnings growth, by understanding customers’ needs and earning a good reputation.
• Ensure all communication to Clients by means of a daily/weekly/monthly reporting as set out by the client schedule. Maintain a daily diary of events and activities.

• To increase enterprise value, profitability and cash generation in a responsible manner by optimising business performance, maximise internal efficiencies, managing risks and ensure cost controls are in place.
• Managing budgets effectively in line with project profitability, by demonstrating cost savings initiatives.
• Timeously provide reports to facilitate financial reporting and control - timesheets, overtime, production, chemical consumptions, invoice information.

• Ensure site is adequately resourced and trained.
• Foster a winning culture through continuously developing expertise and achieving strategic goals.
• Ensuring effective management of personnel and all levels of staff receive on-job and other training to improve their performance.
• Ensure site maintains an updated training matrix which satisfies both Client and Company requirements.
• Lead succession planning by identifying key talent and ensure succession and development plans in place.
• Lead by example. Demonstrate adherence to DRA values & behaviours.
• Ensure staff discipline is maintained and managed in a transparent and consistent manner.

• Fostering a Safety Culture towards the business goal by actively contributing to building of a safety culture within the group.
• Ensure staff and site compliance to all Client and Company safety, health and environment rules.
• Ensure a risked assessed and controlled environment.
• Ensure the site staff receive the necessary fit for purpose tools to do the work safely and the relevant tool and equipment controls are in place.
• Ensure all statutory and compliance inspections, PTO’s etc. are timeously completed.

• BSc / Diploma in Chemical Engineering or > 5 years O&M related experience - Essential
• Degree or Diploma in Water Treatment – Advantageous

• At-least 3 years Water Treatment Plant Management/Supervision/Operation on mine water desalination – Essential
• At-least 3 years track record of being able to manage a team of people – Essential
• Ability to manage Client relations - Essential
• Knowledge of plant maintenance practices - Essential
• Budget and cost control practices – Advantageous

• Technical Analysis - Essential
• Analyses plant and maintenance performance data as well as water quality analyses to assess how to operate the plant and intervene where necessary.
• Plant Operation - Essential
• Knowledge of SCADA/PLC systems, assessing alarms and trends to make interventions when required to do so.
• Performance Reporting - Essential
• Collate and report on all plant performance data, including physical data like flowrates, recoveries, chemical tank levels, etc., as well as on‐site water quality data results

• Troubleshooting - Essential

• Ability to solve problems with plant, staff and client issues and take corrective action.

• Driven to achieve the design output of the plant and holding others and self to account - Essential
• Manage risk by proactively assessing people and plant trends and predicting/preventing failures resulting in unnecessary downtime and costs – Essential
• Apply commercial and business thinking to decision making - Essential
• Ability to motivate staff in a pressured production environment – Essential