PRODUCTION MANAGER (Water Treatment) Emalahleni

Southey Contracting Offshore Division; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in water treatment seeks an Operations Manager for the Emalahleni Water Reclamation Plant. The role involves managing operations systems and processes while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in advanced water treatment and possess strong communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to drive continuous improvement and optimize processes in a critical infrastructure role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in advanced water treatment.
• Understanding of plant health and managing water treatment assets.
• Proven record of satisfactory prior performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage production team and compliance to quality and quantity KPI’s.
• Ensure effective administration and control procedures.
• Compile Monthly Plant Reports and maintain client satisfaction.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Planning

Attention to detail

Process troubleshooting

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Database

Email

Job description

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

BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS & FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

5+ years’ experience in advanced water treatment

Understanding of plant health and managing water treatment assets.

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