14/08/2025) Support Mechanical Testing 3

Job Description

The purpose of the role is to oversee maintenance of quality standards of raw materials used in production processes by following the procedure laid down as well as ensuring lab equipments are calibrated and checked for accuracy.

- Goals ( These sample goals can be aligned, as required, to 3C + 2S during goal setting)
- Report and implement at least [No.] safety and near-miss observations
- Minimize SOP deviations
- Suggest targeted [No.] of workplace improvements and ensure at least [%] of these are implemented
- Adhere to the schedule of calibration of equipments of targeted [%]
- Adhere to safety norms of targeted [%]
- Adhere to the SLA of [No.] days to provide results to customers from receipt of raw materials for testing
- Minimize lab equipment breakdown
- Suggest and implement [No.] of improvements in lab processes
- Complete jobs to a targeted [%] in each shift
- Role Requirements

Minimum Education Requirement

B.Sc. Chemistry

Experience (In Years)

2 - 4

Certifications

- Key Skills Required
- Communication skills to engage with plant personnel to report observations
- Know-how of lab equipments and calibration techniques
- Understanding of raw materials used in the manufacturing process and its quality standards
- Ability to enforce safety and discipline in the lab
- Ability to plan the jobs and perform task allocation by deciding priority
- Ability to prepare and maintain records to provide it to auditors
- Know-how of operation and maintenance of lab equipments
- Key Responsibilities / Tasks / Activities
- Read log book, take over from previous shift, understand on-going issues, mark attendance and prepare jobs shift plan
- Check and inspect equipment / process parameters, report major abnormalities and maintain defect register
- Respond to emergencies, escalate major breakdowns to management and manage the emergency to the best of ability
- Execute jobs before maintenance work and collaborate with maintenance team to schedule jobs on priority
- Ensure appropriate takeover of equipment post job completion and give feedback regarding the equipment running condition
- Monitor manpower in terms of quality of work execution and adherence to SOP / SWI and safety norms while they are performing the activities
- Maintain housekeeping standards especially post job completion
- Identify hazards, conduct safety (BBS) and near-miss observations and instruct manpower on safety procedures and standards to be followed; ensure safety reporting at the end of the shift
- Effectively transition to other shifts and provide shift reporting / eReporting / MIS at the end of the shift, including making entry in the log book
- Follow control work as per process SOP / operating guidelines
- Facilitate QC activities, conduct WCM small group meetings, motivate team to participate in such activities and undertake skill development of team members through OJT (on the job) training / classroom training
- Co-ordinate with other departments, third party vendors and management to ensure smooth information flow to ensure that operations are carried out and any emergencies, challenges, issues are resolved without any losses being incurred

Specific Key Responsibilities

- Co-ordinate with the plant personnel to receive/ collect raw material samples from the plant
- Prepare raw material samples for testing such as bauxite, coal, lime, caustic etc.
- Test the raw material sample by following SOP and collate the findings
- Generate and verify the analysis report against the specified parameters and report observations
- Send the report for verification and update test results in Oracle
- Answer any queries from the customers from the plant related to test process or results
- Participate in internal and external audits and provide necessary data and inputs
- Participate in conducting calibration of lab equipments and report findings to ensure accuracy of results all the time
- Assist in experimental work and other ad-hoc activities

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