Operator PRDT

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Company: INEOS Phenol

Location:

Pasadena, TX

Organisational Context and

Job Purpose:

INEOS Phenol is the world’s largest producer of phenol and acetone with an annual manufacturing capacity of over 3 million tonnes per annum. We employ around 600 people across four sites, located at:
Antwerp (Belgium), Gladbeck (Germany), Marl (Germany), Mobile, AL and Pasadena, TX. Our markets are growing worldwide. Our efficient, integrated assets provide a competitive global manufacturing base to grow with our customers, to continue to meet their needs around the world.

• Load product into tank trucks and railcars and unload raw materials from tank trucks and railcars.
• Monitor process utilities such as cooling water, air compressors, and wastewater treatment.
• Manipulate valve lineups to transfer chemicals. Purge and clear process lines as required. Walk out transfers to ensure no leaks or spills.
• Take daily readings on process parameters such as levels, pressures, and temperatures. Prepare equipment for maintenance activities. Work with engineers to update or create procedures.
• Monitor and control process equipment and machinery using a DCS in order to meet production goals safely and effectively in accordance with company policies, safety, health, and environmental rules, and ensure the quality of raw materials and product.

• Maintain safety as the highest priority and abide by all INEOS safety policies and procedures.
• Understand and promote the INEOS “20 Principles of Safety”, assuring that personnel are aware of safe working practices and promote the safety concepts of “Coaching for Safety” and “Stop Work”.
• Promote safety and safe actions through communication such as discussing safety with employees/contractors before job task, during meetings, and as opportunities arise to promote safety to the fullest extent possible.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental regulatory requirements and strive to meet internal SHE objectives.
• Ensure completion of own and direct subordinate training requirements as outlined in the annual training schedule.

• Confer with peers, technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency and product quality.
• Make shift relief at the beginning and end of each shift.
• Keep a daily log for work area.
• Feed specified amounts of materials into vessels or tanks; and turn valves to feed liquid and gaseous materials through equipment units; or set controls in specified sequence on controls to start automatic feed.
• Turn valves or move controls to maintain system at specified temperature, pressure.
• Observe chemical reactions; monitor gauges, signals, and recorders; and make specified operating adjustments on such equipment as pumps, compressors, reactors, distillation columns, heat exchangers, etc.
• Draw samples of products for laboratory analysis.
• Use GC’s and other lab equipment to analyze samples.
• Maintain log of gauge readings and shift production.
• Make repeated trips through the entire plant area to visually inspect equipment for leaks and hazards and to record gauge readings.
• Prepare equipment safely for maintenance work. Use appropriate tools and Personal Protective Equipment to properly open, close, remove and secure items.
• Maintain up-to-date certifications, qualifications, and training records based on the INEOS operator progression policy.
• Assist in Emergency Response situations. Fire brigade participation is required.
• Perform truck loading operations.
• Responsible for spotting railcars in a safe, accurate, efficient manner, following all rules governing railroad switching.
• Inspect rail track and notify proper personnel of repair work to be performed.
• Unload LPG rail cars.
• Locomotive Inspection, complete daily engine checklist and schedule diesel fuel for engine when required.
• Movement and stopping of the locomotive through radio communications and hand signals.
• Anticipate and solve routine process problems and correct alarm situations in area to minimize additional…