Snr Technician Process

Job Facts

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Engineering National Diploma or BTech/Advanced Diploma
• The position will be filled in line with the relevant approved Technician Career Development Framework.
• 5+ relevant years in a technical role
• Technician 2 or Senior technician proficiency will be advantageous
• BC_Optimizes Work Processes
• TC_Process Risk Analysis
• BC_Communicates Effectively
• TC_Process Safety / Environmental
• TC_Operating Process Knowledge
• BC_Manages Complexity
• TC_Engineering Design: Process Simulations
• BC_Drives Results
• TC_Engineering Technical Operations Support

Responsibilities

• The Process Technician (Production) provides technical support to the production area manager and production foremen teams.
• The process technician works to maintain a healthy balance between fault finding or problem identification, AND driving improvements and implementing solutions.
• He/She provides inputs and enables the maintenance technicians, area managers, and engineers by applying theoretical skills and making suggestions.
• Independently implement solutions to optimise production-related systems like PI reports, OWAP management, MOC completion, and progress reporting.
• The role requires engagement with peers in the broader MPI business unit as well as other business units in Secunda Operations and Tank Farm.
• The ideal candidate displays energy and a proactive attitude towards driving improvement actions and engagement with others.
• They perform their duties without needing supervision to deliver and proactively engage with others to improve ideas and solutions.
• Provide technical input or advice to multidisciplinary teams in production, maintenance, and capital projects (where applicable).
• Track, understand, and resolve OWAP deviations relating to the area of accountability and involve others in the solution development as needed.
• Support the achievement of relevant Work Management and Reliability goals for the area by giving technical design, operating, and improvement inputs into the Work Management process.
• Take the lead to drive completion of relevant MOC’s in the production area and support/enable completion of MOC’s owned by maintenance teams in the production area.
• Take accountability to drive and progress deviation management and tracking on K2 deviation management system
• Build and maintain effective working relationships / partnerships with team and peers to ensure high performance results.
• Perform data capturing, processing, and reporting on the reliability and availability of key assets (steam stations, steam traps, raw gas traps, PSV’s, valves, etc.) and identify areas of concerns/improvement.
• Review effectiveness and optimality of inspection/maintenance strategies and facilitate the changing of strategies where needed to improve the team’s productivity or the asset’s reliability.
• Review operating and commissioning procedures to identify gaps or areas where greater clarity is needed.
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
• Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues.
• Show curiosity to understand challenges faced by the foremen and artisans and identify optimization opportunities.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Build relationships within MPI Yard production and Mechanical teams in order to understand their needs and opportunities.
• Understand and live the company values, vision and goals.
• Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge.
• Actively participate in setting and achieving team targets, due dates, and quality standards
• Manage own work. Plan, organize, control and report own work
• Review compliance against Policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods: application and compliance.
• Improve own skills and knowledge by take ownership of personal improvement and skills development. Apply the learning experience at the workplace.