Astron Energy is a major South African petroleum company and the country’s second-largest consumer gas retailer, known for its network of over 850 service stations across South Africa and Botswana. The company is currently in the process of rebranding all its Caltex-branded service stations to the Astron Energy brand name after operating the Caltex brand under a license agreement since 2018. The company’s service stations offer its proprietary Quartech fuel, which is formulated with additives for engine protection and performance. They partner with FreshStop convenience stores and Seattle Coffee outlets at many locations.

The role includes the following operations or activities:

• The operator role can be in any area in the plant’s operating area i.e. blending, filling, bulk loading, dispatching, warehousing, forklift operations
• Roles include activities in Health, Safety and Environment, Compliance, Forklift and Warehouse opera-tion, Stock count and re-conciliation activities
• Achieve set KPIs and daily targets.

Financial Perspective

• Stock count and reconciliations: Counts items received , Participate in the monthly stock count, Accountable for daily reconciliation of raw materials consumed in manufacturing and packaged goods manufactured or despatched.
• Forklift truck and Warehouse operations: Operate the forklift, Stack items at the warehouse, Pick items, Load and Offload items, Receipt items, Forklift maintenance checks
• Blending operations: Tank gauging, Pipeline set up, Tank washing , Decants additives, Base Oil, Isotank offloading process

Customer Perspective

• Filling operation: Operate a Filling Line process, Receives empty containers, Line wash management, Sample, draw product samples, Mass/Weight checking,  Filters, check, clean and replace filters on manifolds as and when required, Videojet operation Performs daily pre- and post-operation maintenance on Videojet machines. Label items, Label incoming raw materials with correct CSCA product codes.
• Bulk Loading operations: Vehicle tank checking, Weighing of tankers, Receives empty vehicles, Sample, draws product samples, Tanker loading, Tank sealing, Pipeline and tankship movements, Pipeline set up.

Internal Processes

• Health, Safety and Environment: Adhere to set polices and standards ,  Housekeeping, Safety procedures, Meetings.
• Compliance

People Management

• Nil

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Minimum Matric qualification
• Forklift licence

Work Experience:

• Blending, Filling, Dispatching , Warehousing and Bulk loading skills
• Petroleum Experience (Oil and Gas) or FMCG
• Operations / Manufacturing / Production Experience
• Forklift Driver/Operator
• Stock Counting/Reconciliation

Knowledge and skills:

• Numeracy skills
• Computer Literacy
• Equipment, operational/production/manufacturing knowledge
• Analytical thinking
• Warehousing operation