Shift Charge Engineer

About the Role

Acwa China is seeking a Shift Charge Engineer to oversee and manage operational activities during shifts at its plant in Medina, Al Madinah Al Manwarah. This full-time role involves monitoring operational performance and providing technical support to ensure efficiency, productivity, and safety, while achieving production targets. The position requires 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise shift team activities to ensure targets, objectives, and business plans are met in line with policies and procedures.
• Monitor plant performance and provide operational engineering support for process-related matters to ensure optimal plant operations.
• Oversee day-to-day shift staff activities and manage plant operations to ensure safe and efficient execution, meeting operational targets.
• Review work instructions, SOPs, processes, and procedures, recommending changes to the Operations Manager for efficiency and resource optimization.
• Monitor operational performance, making quick decisions to correct abnormalities or disturbances and taking corrective actions during emergencies.
• Coordinate with other departments for plant operations activities during the shift, ensuring timely execution.
• Collaborate with the Maintenance team during shifts for safe completion of activities like commissioning and start-up.
• Ensure strict adherence to HSSE and permit-to-work systems, instructions, controls, and procedures.
• Administer SAP processes within the operations section, ensuring adherence to guidelines for planning, scheduling, and data management.
• Monitor adherence to health, safety, security, and environmental procedures, and ensure proper reporting of accidents, incidents, or near misses.
• Manage emergencies during the shift according to the company response plan until relieved.

Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain effective business relationships with internal departments and external contractors.
• Address critical technical issues promptly to ensure effective service delivery.
• Represent the plant in technical meetings to resolve escalated technical matters in a timely manner.

Compliance and Improvement

• Adhere to all relevant organizational and departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions.
• Contribute to the identification and implementation of change initiatives, programs, and projects.
• Ensure all system documents are up to date to comply with quality standards.

Working Relationships

The Shift Charge Engineer will work closely with the Operation Manager, Shift Supervisors, CCR Operators/Engineers, Chief/Shift Chemist, Planning Engineer, Maintenance Team, HSE Engineer, Purchaser, and Storekeeper, among others.

Additional Duties

Perform any other duties as required by the line manager.