PRODUCTION MANAGER (Water Treatment) Emalahleni

Southey Contracting Offshore Division; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water treatment company in Johannesburg is seeking a qualified Operations Manager to oversee the Emalahleni Water Reclamation Plant. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Chemical Engineering and over 5 years of experience in advanced water treatment processes, including softening and reverse osmosis. Key responsibilities include managing production teams, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and maintaining effective reporting for client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in advanced water treatment.
• Experience with softening, ultra filtration, and reverse osmosis.
• Understanding of plant health and managing water treatment assets.
• Relevant management experience.
• Proven record of satisfactory prior performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage production team and ensure KPI compliance.
• Support client satisfaction with high-quality service.
• Compile monthly plant reports and attend client meetings.
• Monitor plant health and ensure optimized availability.

Skills

Advanced water treatment

Client management

Communication skills

Planning

Process troubleshooting

Education

BSc Chem Eng or S4 Chem Eng diploma

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Database

E-mail

Job description

Overview

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this position is required to manage and implement operations systems, processes and monitoring activities for the operations of the water treatment plant. This position will be based in Emalahleni Water Reclamation Plant (EWRP), Emalahleni, South Africa.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Manage production team
• Compliance to contractual quality and quantity KPI’s
• Ensure compliance to company and Client safety standards
• Maintain effective administration and control procedures to meet performance objectives.
• Continuous improvement and optimization of processes
• Management of stock control
• Monitoring and detail records and reporting on all aspects of the processes, ongoing projects
• Ensure efficient resource management of employees to ensure they can meet the performance objectives required of them.
• Ensure client satisfaction by delivering a professional and high-quality service.
• Client feedback meetings and reporting.
• Compile Monthly Plant Reports and attend client meetings
• Monitor plant health and pro-actively intervene to ensure plant availability is optimized
• Effective reporting to the operations manager of the area
• Legal representation of company on site

Qualifications

Qualifications: BSc Chem Eng or S4 Chem Eng diploma

5+ years’ experience in advanced water treatment

Softening, Ultra filtration, Reverse osmosis experience

Understanding of plant health and managing water treatment assets.

Relevant management experience

Proven record of satisfactory prior performance

Computer skills: Word, Excel, data base, power point and e-mail

Good communication and Interpersonal skills

Skills in planning, attention to detail and process troubleshooting

Ethical and responsible behaviour

Innovative and accountable

Client management