Purpose of Role
The Production Coordinator carries out the accountability and responsibility for the safe achievement of process targets in his/her section. The incumbent will lead and control all activities of staff in his/her section. The position often takes on the role of coach and instructor to explain how the work should be performed
Role Context
- Resource Management
- Adherence to the shift production plan
- Coordinates services to operate the equipment in the plant
- Coordination of process equipment maintenance
- Process control within defined smelter parameters and recipe
- Problem solving
- Ensure adherence to all safety (i.e. create awareness of hazards and behaviour)
- Coach and instruct to explain how the work should be performed, focusing on improving, changing and optimizing practices
- Implement corrective action in cases of non-compliance to objectives and safety standards
- Ensure the dispatch of products timeously
- Record and analyse production stoppages and equipment breakdowns in order to take corrective action to improve section availability
- Primary focus is on effective and safe operation of the section to optimize efficiencies and recoveries and maintain quality of produced products
- Effective operation of the section process to agreed process parameters to achieve hourly and shift targets.
- Creating high performing team and conducive employee relations climate in the team
- Administration of necessary systems (Job cards, risk assessments, permits)
- Coaching and mentoring; Conduct planned task observations
- Conduct planned task observations
- Comply to safety rules, policies and procedures. Role Profile Role Profile Rev:00 29/07/2022 This document is uncontrolled once printed
- Implement and maintain a planned inspection schedule for critical equipment in the plant in order to ensure preventative action is taken before equipment failure occurs
- Work closely with the maintenance department in order to ensure a world-class maintenance culture is established and maintained on the plant
- Communicate failures/breakdowns and deviations in process or equipment to team members (Process and Engineering)
- Supervise team and support services during breakdowns in order to limit downtime while ensuring adherence to safety standards
- Ensure equipment inspections and section inspections are completed at the start of every shift
- Lead pre-shift safety and work discussions
- Communicate with all relevant Departments on issues of the area of specialty
- Liaise across the relevant Departments by engaging with the appropriate stakeholders to ensure all stakeholders remain abreast of Departmental objectives, any potential derailers are appropriately managed and duplication of work is avoided.
- Communicate with internal and/or external stakeholders, where required, to achieve work objectives and to maintain relationships
- Create safety culture
- Compliance to MHSA
- Shift leave roster and shift over time within company policy
- Address risks and threats to people and processes during shifts, leaving the workplace if working conditions are unsafe
- Adhere to standard operating procedures for the process sections and equipment operation
- Adhere to planned work on maintenance shutdown and supervise/execute timeously
- Take corrective action within a recipe with hourly targets to achieve shift targets
- Preventive maintenance of plant section and equipment
- Reporting of process or equipment defects to support services
- Manage the performance of process staff/subordinates
