Cement Mill Patroller at Bamburi Cement Ltd

Bamburi Cement Plc is looking to employ a Cement Mill Patroller to join our Nairobi Grinding Plant. The role reports to the Production Foreman.

The opportunity at a glance

The position reports directly to the Production Foreman and is responsible for carrying out safe, accurate and timely analysis and provides a report of the same for prompt preventive and corrective actions on the production process and product quality. It is also responsible for carrying out used to calculate the plants laboratory accuracy index and has a functional relationship with production, maintenance and packing plant.

Your responsibilities

1. Ensure that Plant field operations are done in full compliance to the Holcim Health, Safety and Environment rules and policies, operating procedures (SOPs) for zero harm in our operations and prevent potential environmental spills of dust/cement and or oils from major equipment during Plant operations
2. Provide direct on site supervision of shift activities as Lafarge Safety Contractor Coordinator working closely with the Production Foreman.
3. Diligently implement all available standard operating procedures, job risk analysis for various jobs undertaken in the shift.
4. Perform pre-start checks including testing of equipment and confirm to Production Foreman that equipment is ready for start-up.
5. Obtain approval (work permit) from the Production Foreman before starting any task at site for cleaning or minor repair jobs.
6. Assist the maintenance team for jobs requiring coordination between maintenance and production or rectifying emergency failures of equipment
7. Carry out first level inspections against the checklists and check that parameters are within specified limits.
8. Complete the handover checklist for good quality corrective actions for deviations to Production
9. Foreman to generate work notifications in SAP.
10. Inspect the flap gates, hoppers, filter ducts, chutes and other shop equipment during operation to confirm and ensure smooth material flow with no blockages.
11. Cleans up where blockages & build-ups exist.
12. Take stocks for Cement, Fuel oil and water as required and enter the results in the log book.
13. Manage the AF bags confirmation per shift to ensure accurate reporting of bags per hour.

Your impact

You will contribute to ensuring the achievement of overall company performance through:

1. Shift handover effectiveness
2. Housekeeping audit score
3. Achieve alternative fuels substitution targets set
4. Achieve a reliability factor above 98%
5. Achieve a utilization factor of above 91%
6. Timely alert to the Foreman for corrective action whenever there is an anomaly in operations

Your experience

This job may be for you if you have:

1. A minimum of a diploma in electrical/mechanical engineering.
2. Good knowledge of safety rules and regulations.
3. At least 2 years work experience in a process related industry
4. Ability to work under pressure and with minimal supervision
5. Good knowledge of cement manufacturing processes and product quality.
6. Good communication and interpersonal skills
7. Integrity and honesty
8. Results orientation
9. Self-driven and proactive
10. Team player
11. Microsoft Office – Word, excel, PowerPoint
12. Driving Licence holder.
13. Good knowledge of computer aided systems for mill operation.

Our offer

While you help us deliver world-class construction solutions, we promise to help you grow in a dynamic working environment that offers attractive working conditions and encourages personal and professional development