Senior Engineer, Chemistry - Morocco will monitor the day-to-day activities of the chemical regime of all the sites to ensure all analysis, testing, inspections, and calibrations in the laboratory are carried out as planned and all the plant parameters related to plant chemistry are maintained within limits to ensure compliance with NOMAC’s quality standards, work instructions and HSE procedures.

Budget Management

• Contribute, manage, monitor, and improve the financial performance against the chemical budget to ensure the gaps are reviewed and analysed and appropriate and timely actions are taken to reduce the gaps.

Plant Chemistry Processes

• Define and monitor the operating and chemistry parameters necessary to achieve optimum chemical conditions, both for current operation and to maintain the integrity of the plant over the longer term.


• Provide accurate and timely process related guidance and advice to the Site teams on matters affecting plant process and performance to maximize yield as per the quality guidelines.


• Review all procedures, documentation, drawings, and manuals and provide necessary guidance, to ensure performance.


• Provide support and participate in internal / external Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental audits, to effectively implement corrective actions and update relevant Process and Laboratory related policies and procedures, based on the recommendations.

Laboratory Testing

• Discuss purpose of analysis and oversee the process of testing of samples to ensure accurate and timely submission according to planned schedules to meet end user requirements.


• Keep abreast and have thorough understanding of the regulatory requirements pertaining to environmental compliance, chemical used in the plant, MSDS, plant P&IDs, SOPs, Work instructions, as well as the emergency operation procedures and any other related documents, to ensure compliance with the standards and norms.


• Monitor work schedules and instructions and ensure that site carry out the work according to specific instructions, applicable work methods and procedures, and in compliance with QHSE standards.


• Conduct periodic reviews of the procedural adherence, process sampling techniques and calculation reviews for all solution preparation to ensure the analytical integrity of all tests performed in the Laboratory, whilst ensuring the results are documented and recorded as per the work instructions.


• Review various operational problems related to the chemical and physical analysis and prepare a report for Head of Engineering listing down all significant events or concerns as related to Laboratory activities with recommendations to solve escalated issues.

Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment

• Monitor the effective reliability of laboratory equipment including annual and preventative maintenance of dosing and testing equipment and ensure high standards of safety, housekeeping and maintenance of the laboratory facilities and equipment, as per NOMAC’s HSSE and quality standards.


• Inventory Management


• Monitor the stock inventory levels of all chemical’s consumables (bulk and fine chemicals, glassware, etc.) and dosing and testing equipment in the plant, to ensure timely availability and uninterrupted laboratory services.

SAP Administration

• Ensure SAP guidelines in all related aspects of planning, scheduling, data management, creating work orders etc. to ensure data/system integrity in line with NOMAC’s defined standards.


• Ensure all system documents are up to date to comply with NOMAC’s quality standards.

Policies, Processes, Systems & Procedures

• Adhere to all relevant organisational and departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out to the required standard and in a consistent manner.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to the identification and implementation of change initiatives, programmes and projects in line with the organisation’s standards.

Health, Safety, Security & Environment

• Monitor the adherence to all relevant health, safety, security and environmental procedures, instructions, and controls so that the safety of employees and environmental compliance can be guaranteed.

Who will fit:

• 7-10 years experience in a Laboratory function within a reputable Plant within the power and water desalination.


• Bachelors Degree holder in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.

Skills

• Practical experience and know-how of mechanical engineering.


• Knowledge of downtime analysis and practical knowledge of problem-solving tools.


• Knowledge of maintenance management methods, of predictive inspection tools and of CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management System, good knowledge of SAP Template desirable).


• Project Management.


• Detailed understanding of preventative/predictive maintenance theory.


• Knowledge of the operations of power generation plants- Conventional Thermal/CCGT/RO and PV/Solar Thermal power plants.


• Strong planning, organizing, and integration skills.


• Teamwork and effective collaboration skills.