REPORTS TO: Managing Director

JOB PURPOSE 
Oversee the efficient operational, strategic and financial running of the Waste Water Treatment Plant.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Strategy

• Provide inspired leadership company wide
• Develop high-quality business strategies and plans
• Analyse organizational problematic situations and suggest solutions
• Keep abreast with the markets and industry trends
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction
• and focus
• Responsible for planning, organizing, directing and running optimum day-to-day operations to
• exceed customers’ expectations
• Oversee quality control throughout the company, establishing goals for each department in
• partnership with supervisors
• Developing and evaluating yearly, long term plans for financing, reconstruction and maintenance
• Submit weekly, monthly, yearly budgets and reports

Operations

• Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining
• quality standards
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and
• performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
• Assess operational risks to the company and ensure they are  monitored and minimized
• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions
• Responsible for production output and on-time service delivery
• Collect and analyze data to find places of waste or overtime
• Advise on waste water improvement technologies and innovations
• Stay up to date with latest waste water management best practices and concepts

Workforce Empowerment

• Organize and train a high performing team
• Enforce human resource policies and procedures
• Address employees’ issues or grievances
• Influence and learn from below
• Lead with an example and motivate subordinates
• Encourage employee engagement

Compliance

• Ensure company adherence to legal guidelines and in-house policies
• Represent the company in external meetings as required at official functions, industry events
• and public meetings

Quality, Health, Safety & Environment

• Commit to plant safety procedures
• Ensure effective running of health and safety policies
• Set a personal example on all matters of health and safety

Financial

• Review the company's financial and non-financial reports to take strategic decisions
• Submit and control budgets and expenditure
• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results
• Perform other duties assigned

Required Skills or Experience

• MSc degree in Chemical/ Bio/ Sanitary/ Environmental Engineering. An MBA certificate will be an added advantage
• Must be a member of a Professional Institution.

• Have a minimum of 15 years relevant working experience
• Be a member of recognized professional body and familiar with industry standard equipment and
• technical expertise
• Knowledge of safety, quality, productivity, demand and inventory processes
• Proven managerial and Plant Manager experience
• Ability to solve problems, lead and manage teams
• Must have strong team building, decision-making and people management skills
• Must be a computer literate