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Vopak

Global tank storage and logistics provider

Operations Technician 1

Machine & Process OperationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeShanghai, ChinaIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A technical secondary school, college, or higher qualification in a chemical-related field.
  • Strong practical, hands-on ability and teamwork.
  • Willingness to work hard and basic English reading and writing ability.
  • Independently operate tasks in the tank farm, loading area, common areas, and fire protection system.
  • Complete work in Tank Farm 21, the terminal, and CCR under the supervision and guidance of an experienced mentor.
  • Provide suggestions to improve the company's health, safety, and environmental performance, operating efficiency, and operations.
  • Conduct gas detection as an authorized gas detector.
  • Participate in job safety analysis (JSA).

Responsibilities

  • Safely, efficiently, and promptly complete routine inspections, work instructions, and operational activities in the tank farm and terminal, in compliance with company, customer, and government procedures, requirements, and regulations.
  • Ensure that the employee and other workers in the tank farm follow the site's basic rules.
  • Stop unsafe work and immediately report it to the duty supervisor or a higher-level leader.
  • Report hazards in the assigned area and promptly notify the responsible person and duty supervisors about hazards outside that area.
  • Avoid wasting energy and utilities used at the site, and contribute to energy and utility improvements and conservation.
  • Follow operating procedures and work instructions so work meets company management-system requirements, safety and quality standards, and customer and government requirements.
  • Complete assigned work safely after receiving required company training.
  • Carry out terminal and tank-farm operations, including product loading, unloading and transfer, sampling, cleaning, pigging, draining, and flushing, in accordance with applicable procedures, safety standards, and customer requirements.
  • Ensure terminal and tank-farm facilities and consumables, including general equipment, tools, instruments, nitrogen, rags, and gaskets, are sufficiently available and in good condition for safe, timely operations.
  • Keep the control room and tank farm clean.
  • Assist with incident investigations and implement effective measures to prevent recurrence.
  • Ensure non-routine work has a valid permit under the company's work-permit system and complies with required safety measures.
  • Handle all waste, including stormwater, according to required procedures.
  • Promptly report procedural deviations that could create health, safety, or environmental hazards to the duty supervisor and relevant managers.
  • Conduct patrols and supervision, coordinate fire protection and safe operations during emergencies, and protect site property.
  • Complete all routine inspections in the assigned work area and accurately fill out records, including pigging, utility consumption, tank measurements, pre-loading checklists, and other operating lists.
  • Assist with maintenance work.
  • Ensure safe operation by following the Shanghai operations-team competency, skills, knowledge, and area-of-responsibility matrix, including compliance with operating procedures, safety, environmental and quality standards, customer expectations, and government regulations.
  • Stop unsafe work in the tank farm and terminal immediately and report it to the duty supervisor or higher-level leader.

About the Company

Vopak

Global tank storage and logistics provider

Vopak stores bulk liquids for customers around the world. It operates large terminal networks where liquids like oil, chemicals, and gases are kept safely and in good condition between producers and users. The product is essentially storage capacity and related logistics services that clients lease under long-term contracts, with Vopak earning fees for operating and maintaining the terminals. The company differentiates itself by its extensive, strategically located global network of terminals and its focus on safety, environmental standards, and reliable custody of customers’ products. Its goal is to provide secure, efficient, and transparent storage and logistics services for bulk liquids to support global energy, chemical, and gas supply chains.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Founded
1999

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