Plant Superintendent

Overall Job Purpose
To ensure:

• Management of Air Separating Unit (ASU) Plants, Dissolved Acetylene (D.A) plant, LPG and Air gases filling plants including the test shops.
• Ensure all Safety and quality management systems are maintained and improved.
• Sustainable cylinder filling of gases to always meet business quality standards and volumes.
• Maintenance of all plant and machinery to ensure safe packaging as well as product availability to all customers.
• Handling of Engineering audits and timely closure of findings.
• Sustenance of safe system of work in operations.
• People management to ensure team spirit exists in the production team and production targets are consistently achieved.
• True and accurate reporting of plant performance as required -daily, weekly, monthly.
• Ensure and maintain lowest production costs when compared to other similar sites.

Required critical behaviors or competencies

• Decision making and execution: Makes objective and fact-based decisions, involves all relevant internal and external stakeholders, executes, and follows through on decisions.
• Process, and Risk Management: Plant Superintendent builds and improves efficient plant operation processes, deals with risk responsibly.
• Hands on approach with focus on timely completion of tasks

Required key skills (functional/technical)

1. Demonstrates business acumen and commercial competence.
2. Good written, verbal communication, customer interfacing and influencing skills.
3. People management skills

Required qualifications/experience

1. Grade 12 School Certificate or equivalent.
2. Qualified Engineer.  Minimum a Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field or equivalent.
3. Must be a member of Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ).
4. At least ten (10) years’ practical experience in a Manufacturing/ Process industry.
5. Must have a clean and valid driving licence, defensive driving experience is an added advantage.