Key/Main responsibility areas

To Coordinate the daily operations during a shift and ensure maximum plant efficiency and quality while carefully observing safety at all times.

· Ensuring SOP for boiler operation is followed by the operator on duty.

· Monitoring boiler operations, including fuel feed, draft openings, water level, and steam pressure.

· Operating air compressors, vacuum pumps, fire suppression systems, pumps, and cooling towers.

· Carrying out preventative and predictive maintenance techniques and equipment rebuilds/repairs.

· Ensuring continuous operations of steam boilers.

· Performing water quality testing for boiler and infeed water.

· Operating and troubleshooting utility, mechanical, and electrical systems with minimal production downtime.

· Assisting with machine operations and ensuring smooth steam supply.

· Conducting safety tests, boiler hydro-testing, and shift problem resolution.

· Delivering performance reports and maintaining accurate records for operations and repairs.

· Operating water softener and RO and monitoring water parameters.

· Adding chemicals when water parameters are out of the specified range.

· Preparing operational and security activity reports.

· Monitoring and adjusting steam pressure to the plants.

· Performing advanced casualty control procedures and routine operations with minimal supervision.

· Reading pressure gauges and ensuring boiler efficiency.

· Checking boiler safety shutdown equipment and isolating/tagging equipment for maintenance.

· Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of mechanical equipment and related maintenance.

Additional Responsibilities:

· RO Operation with Softener

· Daily inspection and monitoring of RO system performance and membrane integrity.

· Ensuring softener regeneration cycles are correctly timed and recorded.

· Regular backwashing of softener and checking salt levels in brine tank.

· Maintaining chemical dosing systems in RO pre-treatment.

· Sampling water at various stages (raw, softener outlet, RO permeate) and recording TDS, pH, hardness, and chlorine.

· Coordinating with chemical suppliers for correct chemical usage and storage.

· Troubleshooting and resolving RO system alarms, pressure drop issues, or fouling/scaling signs.

· Maintaining detailed logs of all RO and softener operational parameters, including downtime and chemical consumption.

Responsibilities for 1×20 TPH Travelling Grate Boiler:

· Monitoring of furnace bed temperature and controlling fuel feed to maintain optimal combustion.

· Regular ash removal and inspection of grate condition for smooth fuel movement.

· Checking and adjusting secondary and overfire air supply for complete combustion.

· Monitoring of economizer and air preheater for fouling and cleaning schedule adherence.

· Ensuring timely soot blowing operations to maintain heat transfer efficiency.

· Supervising fuel handling system from yard to bunker including conveyors and elevators.

· Reviewing hourly steam generation, fuel consumption, and combustion efficiency logs.

· Checking ID/FD fan operations and dampers positioning.

· Recording and analyzing flue gas parameters for combustion optimization.

· Carrying out start-up and shutdown procedures as per OEM guidelines.

Qualifications

· Diploma or Certificate in Chemical/Mechanical Engineering

Experience

· At least 2 years’ experience

Professional Memberships/Registration (if any)

· Member of the Engineering Institute of Zambia(EIZ)

Wilmar Industries Zambia Limited

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