Ingrain SA

Steeps Process Controller

Listing reference: ingrn_000325

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 31 October 2024

Position summary

Industry: Manufacturing

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Meyerton

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

About our company

Ingrain – Touching Lives and Making a World of Difference since 1921. Ingrain is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-quality starch and glucose ingredients, utilising non-GMO maize as our primary raw material. It is an internationally competitive manufacturer and the largest producer of unmodified and modified starch, and glucose in Sub-Saharan Africa and has built a reputation for offering excellent product quality to its customers across Africa and the globe. Ingrain is an integral part of the domestic supply chain for a diverse range of industries and the products manufactured at Ingrain’s mills are essential ingredients in a wide range of food and industrial products. This diversity has ensured that we touch lives daily. We drive sustainable growth and positively impact the livelihood of people through innovative ingredient solutions.

Introduction

Operate and control the steeped maize processes to manufacturing code specifications in a safe environment. The Steeps Plant is critical in the sustainability of the mill and operational excellence strategies to achieve budgeted targets in plant capacity utilization, efficiencies, quality, utilities and cost control whilst engaging and retaining talent.

Job description

The key outputs this role contributes to the business:

Financial

· Achieve production targets.

· Proactively report product spillage and leaks to minimise financial losses.

People

· Communicates and collaborates effectively with others on plant concerns.

· Proactively builds professional relationships within and across teams.

Business Processes

· Ensures plant effectiveness by carrying out critical process checks.

· Adjusting operation parameters.

· Taking WIP dips daily/monthly and converting dips to actual. Complete daily inventories for chemical stock available on floor for the plant.

· Product transfer

· Draw product effluent samples as per procedure.

Customers

· Demonstrates understanding of internal and external customer needs, expectations and delivers accordingly.

Sustainability

· Works in a way to ensure compliance with safety, health, environment and community legislation.

· Complies with workplace policies, procedures and work instructions.

· Ensures plant is maintained in hygienic conditions

Plant administration

· Read the Instruction Book, Written Shift report book and Plant Operators Report and identify plant and process problems encountered and discuss the action taken to rectify the problems.

· Complete Steeps Plant Log Sheets and Daily Shift report book regarding In process analyses, production downtimes and reasons.

· Complete Master Cleaning Schedules for the Plant. Complete Job Cards to rectify faulty equipment.

· Complete Dangerous Task Permits –

Ø Hot Work

Ø Vessel Entry

Ø High Places

· Supply relevant information to the Production Coordinator to ensure continuous operation of the plant.

Production Tasks

· Perform hygiene housekeeping inspections and rectify deviations.

· Limit and control product losses, chemical usages and water consumption to standard by taking meter readings and specified samples.

· Take samples of the Process and analyse them as required.

· Send relevant samples of the Process to the Laboratory for analyses.

· Ensure that there are adequate chemicals available in the plant.

· Clean and sanitize the plant when required.

· Clean Maize cleaner once per shift.

· Wash steep tank out after grinding a tank.

· Fill up the Sulphur Bin and remove blockages when required.

Pre-start checks

· Inspect all plant equipment to ensure that it is in a safe working condition.

· Produce the grade of product as per production schedule or instruction.

Starting up the Plant

· Transfer maize from the silo’s to the steep tanks.

· Transfer steeped maize to the 1^st Grind tank.

· Operate and control the Sulphur burner system.

· Operate and control the offval system.

Shutting down the Plant

· Stop to transfer maize from the silo’s to the steep tanks.

· Stop to transfer steeped maize to the 1^st Grind tank.

· Shut down the Sulphur burner system.

· Shut down the offval system.

Quality

· Work according to Plant work instructions and follow prescribed manufacturing recipes.

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Minimum requirements

National Diploma: Chemical Engineering

Experience:

1-3 years operation experience

Basic wet-milling training experience will be an advantage.

Unique skills or attributes:

Team-player with good communication skills

Circumstantial Aspects: (Travel, working hours, shifts etc.)

· Ability to work flexible hours

· Ability to adjust to multiple demands, shifting work priorities, ambiguity, adversity and change.

Core Competencies

· Problem Solving

· Process knowledge

· Chemical handling

· Administrative skills

· Inspires culture and values

· Accountability

· Operational Excellence

· Team leadership

· Customer focus

· Innovation

· Business & Financial Acumen

Leadership Competencies

· Results focused

· Innovation

· Flexibility

· Conflict Resolution

· Relationship building

Technical Competencies

Numeracy and Literacy

Communication Skills – written and verbal

Coaching and mentoring

Computer skills

Time management

Basic Lab Skills

Plant operation. Operate equipment

Identify spillage and safety hazards and rectify

· Process troubleshooting and optimisation