Quality Control Shift Engineer

About the role

Holcim is looking for a Quality Control Shift Engineer in Suez. The engineer ensures and controls material quality by sample analysis across the whole manufacturing process, from quarry to dispatch, taking the necessary actions so that all material meets the agreed limits. The role also covers equipment efficiency according to the control plan.

Key responsibilities

• Health and safety: adhere to and enforce legislation and policies, and maintain the highest standards of safety and safe working practices.
• On a shift basis, regularly control raw mix preparation with the quarry team to meet process and quality targets.
• Control and act on raw mill targets to keep kiln feed material uniform.
• Guide kiln operators through online analysis of hot meal and kiln feed samples to pre-act on abnormal situations.
• Validate kiln productivity against quality figures and direct clinker to local storage, export piles or off-spec piles.
• Control and guide cement mill operators to meet final product standards, and monitor pet coke mill figures against quality targets.
• Validate final products as accepted or rejected before dispatch.
• Represent the Quality Department in plant daily meetings and ensure lab instruments and devices meet Lafarge standards.
• Communicate clearly with internal decision makers and manage and develop the selected sub-category team members.

Required profile

• BSc in Science.
• 1 to 3 years of experience.

Required skills

• Analytical thinking.
• PC competence and high reporting skills.