Shift Leader

Responsibilities :

• Possess good knowledge in typical polymerization plant operation, understand basic fundemantals on polyermirazation, boiler, furnace operations, and solid handlings.
• Possess good understanding of standard operation procedures, and be able to assist to develop new SOPs for Singapore polymer plant with the help from North America expertises.
• Lead the operation shift team to operate a full process area, including polymerization process, utilities, material handling, and packaging steps, to meet the conditions specified in standard operation conditions and standard operation procedures
• Patrol plant to observe process and equipment conditions, operation, maintenance, and contractor safe behaviours and working conditions. Prepare and organize patrol records, communicate and issue work orders.
• Assist and participate in coordination of daily maintenance activities, planning, turn around planning and activities. Support maintenance and quality team in troubleshootings. Lead operation crew to carry out certain in-shift preventive maintenance work orders
• Aligned with process engineers and area manager to take measures to improve production and equipment performance for productivity and quality continuous improvement
• Ensure good shift reports and shift handover quality and timely completion.
• Ensure shift team comply with company EHSS polycies, procedures, local regulations, and safe work practices
• Lead, promote, and participate EHSS activities in the shift, including, but not limited, concern reporting, safety risk assessment, PHA, safety best practice implementation and review, safety promotion initiatives, participate EHSS committee meetings, and incident investigation.
• Assume Site Frontline Commander (SFC) role in the emergency response and in the emergency response drills. Ensure shift team is fit and competent in the emergency response.
• Perform Permit To Work's job site risk assessment, and issue PTW to achieve safe work executions. Require to possess good knowledge safe work practices and certifications for high risk tasks, such as confined space entry, hotwork, and line break.
• Report all incidents, near misses, deviation from plan and take part in further investigation when required.
• Lead and deploy adquate resources within the shift and cross the shift to ensure sufficient resouces to fulfill daily safe production needs.
• Co-ordinate OJT / Multi-skilling effort in the team. Conduct on-the-job training for new technicians and complete the all required certification process as and when required to build up the team's compentency
• Complete all required training on time for the team.
• Ensure proper communication is delivered to the team members align with company policies and expectations.
• Manage and optimize team's consumables, and over time to further improve overall team's performance.

Requirements :

• Diploma in Chemical Process Technology / Mechanical Engineering or other equivalent
• NITEC/ Higher NITEC in Chemical Process / Mechanical Engineering with extensive years of working experiences in polymer and chemical plant operations
• Boiler certification preferred.
• 8 years shift team working experiences in a chemical process plant.
• 1 to 2 years relevant experiences in supervisory role.
• Able to perform 12 hours rotating shift
• Hand-on Experiences in new plant commissioning and start up is an advantage.
• Highly organized with a strong ability to multi taks, coordination, and prioritize works.
• Resourceful and willing to coach team members are basic expectations for the role.
• Good communication skills both in written and oral.