- Oversee entire plant activity, while monitoring and meeting certain guidelines and following standard operating procedures.
- Monitoring/operating the plant via Distributed Control System (DCS), making adjustments when needed to maintain certain specs.
- Plant start up's / shut down's.
- Assigning / Monitoring operators daily tasks such as:
- Daily checklists- monitoring equipment ( pump's, agitators, vessels, exchangers, conveyors, temps, pressures, levels, vibrations, leaks, alarms, etc.)
- Sample schedules- to track and analyze plant operations.
- Log books are being filled out correctly for further analysis.
- Minor maintenance- topping up low fluid levels, tightening up valves, changing filters, valve verifications/calibrations etc.
- Typical housekeeping and maintaining plant cleanliness.
- Issuing work orders through maintenance management system.
- Preparing / Assigning LOTO's
- Maintaining accurate logs of all permits / LOTO's assigned throughout daily operations.
- Communicating issues with maintenance department, scheduling when work can be performed.
- Logging all shipments in an out of operation department.