Job Purpose
The terminal operator is responsible for carrying out all the terminal activities related to the receipt, storage, blending, heater operation, quality control and delivery of product during the shift. Product movement operations ex Refinery via pipeline or tanker. Reports to the Shift Supervisor for general guidance.
Principal Accountabilities
Product Receipt Operations
Responsible for carrying out all the operations related to the product receipts by: –
1.Tanker/Barge
Guiding the vessel berthing in line with the allocated manifold, witnessing sampling and gauging of ship’s tanks, operating the hydraulic loading arm, connecting the loading arm. Communicating with terminal/ship for commencement of discharge. Periodic checking of discharged product quality & Qty and comparing the figures with shore. Periodic ship/shore check as per the checklist.
Gauging and lining up of the shore tank, checking of the line qty at terminal end.
PLR/ PLT/ITT:
Gauging / sampling and line up of the shore tank, checking the line qty at terminal end.
2.Product Storage
Responsible for carrying out the following operations:
Carrying out water draining, gauging, sampling of terminal tank after receipt, transfer, and blending.
Carrying out daily evening tank gauge and delivery meter reading recording. Required to work out the provisional stock variation. Also for investigating abnormal stock variations, if any.
Taking the required samples in the required periods to monitor the quality of the product in tank as per the customer’s quality control program.
