Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse and evaluate current plant, equipment and processes.
- Compare actual process, plant and equipment performance with requirements and/or historical data/records and/or design performance.
- Identify abnormal or sub-optimal process, plant and equipment performance.
- Identify hazards associated with the plant and equipment.
- Collect and evaluate product, materials and/or process records to determine possible causes for sub-optimal performance.
- Use appropriate techniques to rank possible causes from most to least probable cause.
- Develop plan for corrective and/or optimisation action.
- Analyse cause(s) to determine appropriate corrective action.
- Predict the impact of a change in one unit/area on other related plant units/areas.
- Predict the impact of a change on health, safety and environmental performance
- Develop measurable objectives and evaluate alternatives.
- Identify requirements to implement change.
- Consult with stakeholders regarding planned changes and impacts.
- Develop optimisation plan taking account of hazards identified and HSE implications and communicate to appropriate personnel.
- Evaluate optimisation action to determine measures of effectiveness.
- Coordinate corrective and/ or optimisation action plan
- Coordinate all appropriate unit areas and operations in order to rectify problem causes in process, plant and equipment performance.
- Initiate and/or implement all required corrective/ optimisation actions.
- Communicate corrective/optimisation outcomes to all relevant personnel.
- Implement procedures/systems to eliminate possible future causes.
- Record and maintain log of all relevant information.
- Develop continuous improvement strategies.
- Review sources of information to identify possible factors causing sub-optimal performance.
- Identify options for removing or controlling the risk of sub-optimal performance.
- Assess the adequacy of existing control and quality methods and systems.
- Identify opportunities to continuously improve performance.
- Develop recommendations for continual improvement of process, plant and equipment effectiveness.
- Consult with appropriate personnel and implement continuous improvement strategies.
- Document implementation of continuous improvement strategies.