ROLE PURPOSE
To oversee and ensure the efficient and timely execution of all operations activities within the plant, aligning with the company’s business plan, KPIs, and budget. The role requires strict adherence to Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality standards, ensuring that all processes contribute to the overall success and sustainability of the business.
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1- Strategy Development
Contribute to the development of departmental strategy as cascaded down from the company strategy and oversee its implementation throughout the department and its operations, to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies across Marafiq.
2- People Management
Manage the department’s team of direct and indirect reports through effective recruitment, development, performance management, and succession planning, in order to maximize team performance and achieve departmental objectives.
3- Operational Management
Manage the department’s daily operations by providing expertise, enabling teamwork, and aligning processes, in order to achieve high performance standards and meet established targets.
4- Budget Management
Manage the development and consolidation of the departmental budget and monitor the department’s financial performance versus the budget, to ensure the exercising of financial authority within established limits and the control of departmental budget expenditure.
5- Creation of Reports
Create the Operations Monthly report and Annual Operations report and submit them to the Plant Manager as required and within agreed timeline.
Ensure the accuracy of Operations reports and timely submission, while checking and ensuring the proper recommendations and actions plans are being implemented.
6- Shutdown Management
Manage the effective coordination of the plant shutdown activities to ensure it is done in a safe and time-efficient manner that wouldn’t affect the company and ensure the proper notification of customers.
7- Purchase Requisition Initiation
Initiate and review the purchase requisitions as per the Operations department plan and budget.
8- Billing & Invoice Review
Review the billing and preliminary invoices for all utilities delivered to customers to ensure their accuracy.
9- Customer Meeting & Coordination with Stakeholders
Contact and communicate with customers in monthly meetings, upon request or as need be.
Ensure the team’s proper coordination with all concerned departments, off-takers and contractors to ensure all activities are carried out in a proper, safe and time-efficient manner.
10- Policies & Procedures
Manage the development, implementation, and communication of the department’s policies and procedures, to ensure that all relevant procedural and legislative requirements are clearly communicated and duly fulfilled.
11- Health, Safety & Quality
Manage the departmental compliance to all relevant health, safety and quality requirements, in order to guarantee employee safety and legislative compliance.
12- Continuous Improvement
Manage the contribution to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes and practices taking into account ‘leading best practices’, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement.
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
Internal
- Plant Manager
- HSE Lead
- Administration Lead
- Operations Team
- Maintenance Team
External
- Customers
- Contractors
- Other stakeholders
Educational & Professional Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Process/Instrumentation & Control Engineering from a recognized University.
Proficiency in English is a must, Arabic is a plus.
Minimum of 12 years of direct and relevant experience out of which 3 years in a managerial role in a similar industrial environment (power plant and reverse osmosis desalination).
Background in commissioning, turn-over to operations and commissioning is essential.
Skills and Competencies:
- Generic Skills: Communication skills, Computer literacy (ERP), Microsoft tool (Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Word).
- Job Specific Skills: Leadership skills, Interpersonal skills, Knowledge in Record Keeping & Reporting, Sound knowledge and interest in power and water plants operations and alternative energy, Sound knowledge in Power 100-300 MW, Desalination water 10,000 – 15,000 m3/Day and Wastewater Treatment processes.
- Behavioural Competencies: People Centricity, Integrity, Agility, Collaboration.
*Only candidates selected to advance to the next stages of the assessment will be contacted*