Chemist

Position Specification

Division:
Operations

Section:
Chemistry

Title:
Shift Chemist

Grade:
Reporting To:
Chief Chemist

Reported By:
Qualification:
BE or BSc in Chemical Engineering

Experience/Age

10Years/ 35-45 Years

External Hiring Criteria

5+ Years of Experience, 2 years as Shift Chemist in Power/Water Industry preferred

Internal Promotion Criteria

Position Summary

The Shift Chemist will be responsible for monitoring the operating parameters necessary to achieve the optimum chemical conditions, both for current operations and to maintain the integrity of the power and water plant processes over the longer term. The principal chemist should have a detailed understanding of the chemical and environmental matters associated with the operations of Combined Cycle Plant, Desalinations Plant and a wide range of Auxiliary Equipment.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**:
**Description**

**Performance Indicators**

**Safety, Quality & Environment**:

- Responsible to ensure compliance of IMS.
- Perform all operational activities in line with Safety and Environment Management System.
- Report unsafe conditions and behaviors.

Internal Safety System audits
Near miss and incident reporting

**Plant Operations**
- Perform periodic sampling/calibration of lab instruments and checks of plant process water, sea water inlet and return (outfall) water and maintains a record of result.
- Carry out routine Lab analysis of the plant process steam water cycle, Demin water, distillate, potable water and other random samples.
- Knowledge on Co2 plant and Electro chlorination Plant
- Monitor analytical results and take corrective and preventive actions.
- Support and organize procedure for specialized acid cleaning, demister cleaning and degassifier cleaning etc.
- Investigate and provide advice to operations about plant chemistry related issues and shutdown inspections along with report preparation (MED, Boilers, Condenser etc.)
- Perform Lab analysis techniques, provide reports and recommend necessary remedial measures on material compatibility related issues to operations and maintenance teams.
- Coordinates with external Labs for analysis results.
- Responsible for maintaining material safety data sheets for all the chemicals used in Plant.
- Responsible for managing and maintaining the lab chemicals, inventory and bulk chemicals consumption monitoring on routine basis
- Boiler chemical cleaning and preservation.

Quality of Lab analysis results

Quality of log sheets and data filled in the data logger

Maintaining the plant water chemistry

Maintaining the distillate and potable water quality

Efficient management of plant chemical’s

**Raising Work Orders Regarding Defects and Abnormal Conditions**:

- Raise work orders in the system to record plant defects and follow-up on progress of rectification work.

Quality of raised work orders

Follow-up of work orders

**Management of Plant Chemicals**
- Arranging and safe storage of all chemicals used on the plant and ensure chemical top ups/unloading of tankers without any incident

Effective Plans are in place

**Ensure the Portable Water Quality**:

- To ensure the export quality of potable water to comply with predefined Regulations.
- Completion of shift reports to record and maintain consistent quality of potable water.

**Vendor Relations**:

- Develop and maintain professional working relationships with local service providers.
To have the required services from vendors at the time of need.**Policies & Procedures**:

- Compliance to relevant operational procedures and instructions to ensure work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
Audit of compliance to operational procedure and instructions.**Core Competencies**

**Technical**:

- Good chemistry or chemical engineering foundation and practical knowledge of how it applies to modern power plant and desalination plant technologies.
- Specific knowledge of: Cooling water chemistry, GT Evaporative Coolers, Closed Cooling Water system, HRSG, Multi Effect Desalination (MED), Distillate/Potable Water quality, DM plant Operation & Regeneration and related monitoring/dosing control
- Ensuring compliance to legal obligations for monitoring and controlling potable water, ground water quality, stack emissions and effluents.
- Update routine standard operating procedures/ COSHH assessment/ Risk Assessment
- Provide training/Toolbox Talk related to bulk chemicals to Chemical Helpers
- Performs Demin, potable water HRSG, condensate and feed water, sea water, outfall and cooling water quality testing, limestone analysis and makes correction to the process as necessary.
- Performs routine chemical analysis, compare these with standards, prepares reports and performs or advises on chemical dosing.
- Liaises closely with the operational team during any plant start-up, taking frequent water samples, performing the necessary chemical dosing and advising the shift staff regarding chemical process control across the range of