Depot Operator - Operations and Product Quality

About the role

Vivo Energy is recruiting a Depot Operator in Walvis Bay to run its fuel depot safely and efficiently. The role covers receiving petroleum products from vessels, maintaining product quality standards, monitoring storage and transfer operations, and ensuring compliance with operational, safety, environmental and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the correct products and quantities arrive in stock and are stored safely, keeping accurate stock records
• Coordinate vessel discharge with vessel personnel, inspectors and surveyors, and carry out pre-transfer safety checks
• Monitor vessel unloading, transfer rates, pressures, temperatures and tank levels, and operate pumps, valves, manifolds and loading arms
• Maintain operational logs, shift records, inventory records and transfer documentation, and inspect tanks, pipelines and equipment
• Complete stock counts and tank dipping on schedule, perform minor plant maintenance and keep the depot clean and safe
• Support day-to-day operations when asked by the line manager
• Take product samples during receipts and transfers, run product tests and verify compliance with specifications and customer standards
• Monitor contamination prevention, review test results and recommend adjustments, and support corrective actions for off-specification products
• Keep quality records, certificates of analysis and test reports, and help validate test methods
• Carry out first-line troubleshooting, support preventive maintenance and keep equipment manuals and calibration records up to date
• Follow HSSE policies, PPE, permit-to-work systems, toolbox talks and spill response procedures

Required profile

• NQF Level 6 Diploma in Chemistry, or N3 technical qualification in Chemical, Mechanical, Process, Petroleum, Maritime Operations or a related field preferred
• 3-5 years' experience in petroleum storage, terminal, refinery, marine or fuel depot operations; vessel receipt and fuel transfer experience preferred
• Experience in petroleum product quality control and sampling
• Willingness to work shifts, including nights, weekends and public holidays

Required skills

• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 is an added advantage
• Understanding of quality management systems, operating procedures, test methods and calibration requirements