Instrumentation Trainer

Job description / Role

Deliver timely Instrumentation Training Services to ensure levels of staff satisfaction, compliance and cost-control

Action training tasks and procedures:
- Ensure training materials are prepared to meet company competency training requirements
- Train the employees in his/her discipline as required
- Develop, prepare and provide written support materials for trainees
- Conduct assessments in the Instrumentation area
- Conduct technical recruitment assessments for the Instrumentation area
- Provide feedback to trainees and key clients on trainee progress and competency achievements
- Carries out designing and fabrication of training equipment in the Instrumentation area
- Ensure the training facility is prepared and in a safe condition to conduct training
- Provide on-the-job follow-up to training events to ensure competencies are transferred to the job
- Where training load is beyond ability of individuals; prepare and oversee the training of external providers in his/her discipline at the training facility
- Assist other training staff to ensure the best possible training is being prepared and delivered to meet company training requirements
- Developing Omani trainers in the line of Instrumentation area
- Developing Training Materials and Assessments for both the Instrumentation area
- Conduct the Multi Functional Technicians recovery program in both areas.
- Deliver basic Instrumentation programs

Monitor Instrumentation Training requirements:
- Maintain open communication with Line Managers on related training issues
- Ensure training events and training materials are prepared and ready to meet the schedule in a timely manner

Process improvement:
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and procedures
- Leverage the SA technologies to increase efficiency
- Assist in preparing process flows

Area administration:
- Maintain the area filing systems , including policy updates. Ensure accurate version control

Reporting and policy:
- Analyse Instrumentation training material; prepare reports and recommendations to inform policy and key decisions:
- Gather all assessment results on weekly basis and capture them in the HRD Services template
- Coordinate and arrange for competency assessments to take place within incumbents area of responsibility
- Report the integrity and effectiveness of internal training activities
- Utilise internal training delivery mechanisms to support the departmental in -house training plan
- Provide accurate training statistics and records (in SAP) of all internally delivered events to HRD
- Periodically participate in the measuring of the success of training to the business bottom line
- Daily updates on results of time and attendance for both areas

Action the Sohar Aluminium Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) procedures to maintain high EHS standards:
- Action the Sohar Aluminium EHS safety routines for own work area
- Action regular inspections to ensure safety. Raise notifications
- Maintain Sohar Aluminium housekeeping standards (5S) in own work area
- Carry out Maintenance of training equipment

Requirements

- Bachelor in related field with 6 years related field experience
OR
- Diploma in related field with 8 years related field experience

Skills:
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluent in spoken and written English and Arabic

Generic Skills:
- Language: Fluent in English and Arabic. The Job -Holder must be able to communicate effectively in written and spoken
- English and be able to read and understand business documents in English
- EHS: The Job-Holder must have the capacity to learn, understand and continuously execute the basic EHS policies and procedures which are required in a heavy industrial environment
- SAP: The Job-Holder must have the capacity to action relevant modules in SAP.

The Job-Holder is required to coach others in these applications.

About the Company

Sohar Aluminium was formed in September 2004 to undertake a landmark Greenfield aluminium smelter project in the Sultanate of Oman and is jointly owned by Oman Oil Company, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC - TAQA and Rio Tinto.

By implementing decades of industry insight in its design, specification and construction Sohar Aluminium has been created to ensure efficiency, environmental protection and the utmost safety of its workforce. The smelter has an annual production capacity of 375,000 tonnes of high quality Aluminium.

Omanisation, which currently stands at 72% of its workforce, is a driving force within the organisation. The development of its young employees is paramount and with that in mind, Sohar Aluminium has its own internationally recognised training centre which gives each and every employee the opportunity for further learning.