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  • Posted: Oct 10, 2025
    Deadline: Oct 22, 2025
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  • Astron Energy is one of the leading suppliers of petroleum products in South Africa through its vast network of approximately 850 Caltex-branded service stations. Astron Energy will continue to manage the Caltex brand for a period of up to six years under licence from Chevron USA. Astron Energy owns and operates the countrys third-largest crude oil refine...
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    Process Operator

    Operate the Process (on the plant, in allocated zone):

    • Perform first line equipment surveillance and monitoring
    • Conduct routine plant checks
    • Follow standard operating procedure when performing routine duties, start-up, shutdown, and emergency scenarios
    • Commission/decommission equipment or process plant
    • Timeously, report equipment or process deviations. Communicate with the Console Operator and Shift Team Lead
    • Conduct plant basic housekeeping
    • Perform emergency response duties during the emergency scenarios. Operators will be trained accordingly and certified as Shift Emergency Team (SERT)
    • Perform adhoc duties assigned by the Shift Team Lead

    Maintain Plant & Equipment:

    • Report equipment deviations and breakdowns
    • Prepare equipment for maintenance
    • Issue permits for maintenance work
    • Support during equipment maintenance
    • Ensure that the maintenance is executed as per safety standards
    • Perform minor on-shift maintenance activities such as:
    • Pump & valve lubrication, changing strainers (up to 8”)
    • Swinging small blinds
    • Tighten leaking flanges up to 6"
    • Changing pressure gauges
    • Clean gauge glasses and oil guns
    • General plant housekeeping
    • Unplug bleeders
    • Connect utility hoses
    • Install bar plugs
    • Signage installation
    • Pump vibration monitoring
    • Small steam trap replacement
    • Hose pressure test
    • Electrical isolation on low voltage equipment
    • Instrumentation zero checking
    • Conduct Pre-Start-up Safety Review after maintenance work is complete

    COMMUNICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF INFORMATION

    • Record and document plant and equipment conditions, communicate plant status and condition timeously to Console Operator, Shift Team Lead and Refinery Shift Lead
    • Write up and read logbooks and communicate with the handover shift

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS AND LAB TESTING & QUALITY

    • Draw routine/non-routine samples for the laboratory, complete documentation for lab samples, check stock of consumables and compare with levels, make up of chemicals. Carry out basic lab testing
    • Perform quality inspections and make adjustments to restore quality, in consultation with the Console Operator

    HES (Health, Environment & Safety) & EMERGENCIES

    • Complete routine checks of safety equipment
    • Perform plant inspections, report, and address any unsafe or hazardous conditions
    • Identify fugitive emissions, repair/tighten where practical and report where necessary, for follow up
    • Perform emergency drills and participate in emergency response teams, understand, and follow safety indicators and emergency procedures.  Assist other areas of the plant during emergencies
    • During an emergency, operators will be required to perform emergency response duties. Operators will be trained accordingly and certified as Shift Emergency Response Team (SERT).

    RELATIONSHIPS

    • Work well with other outside or Process Operators, Console Operators, Shift Team Lead and Refinery Shift Leads, to ensure good teamwork
    • Mentor and coach new and existing operators

    Training

    • Process Operators are expected to progress training with a target to be fully qualified in their areas.
    • To maintain competency, Process Operators will rotate across the process field units.
    • Process Operators will be requalified every 3 years.

    Shift Handover

    • Complete handover as per the handover protocols
    • Start of shift time is a per the shift rules

    Professional Qualification and Certifications:

    • Matric with Mathematics and Physical Science
    • Tertiary qualification in engineering will be advantageous 

    Work Experience:  

    • Oil and Gas Refinery Process Unit Operations Qualifications or equivalent qualification and/or other relevant experience to demonstrate ability to do the jo

    Knowledge and skills:

    • Refinery Operational Experience (advantageous)
    • Technical knowledge
    • Analytical Thinking
    • Troubleshooting Skills
    • Strong communication skills
    • Collaboration with others

    Application deadline:

    • 22 October 2025

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd. on glencore.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com to apply

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