SPIRAL WELD STEEL PIPE PRODUCTION MANAGER – Seven Star Steel Pipe Group (Pty) Ltd

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The Company is based in Palapye and specializes in the manufacturing of steel pipes for the transmission of oil, gas, steam and water from 300mm to 3500mm in diameter. The company invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced Botswana citizens for the following position:

SPIRAL WELD STEEL PIPE PRODUCTION MANAGER (1 POST)

Educational Requirements
• Certification from a relevant Government Department or other recognized body attesting to competency in the theoretical and practical technical aspects of submerged arc welding in a spiral weld steel pipe factory.

Job Requirements

⦁ The candidate must be able to supervise the production of fully automatic submerged arc welded spiral pipe from the bare pipe forming stage up to the coated and lined pipe stages. The candidate must be able to take charge of no less than 270 production staff in three shifts, arrange and coordinate work for these shifts as well as maintain efficiency and discipline.
⦁ The candidate has to be familiar with all aspects of spiral weld steel pipe manufacturing, testing, surface abrasive cleaning, coating and lining equipment. In particular, he must be technically familiar with the following equipment in terms of how they work; spiral weld steel pipe forming mill, hydrostatic pressure tester, mechanical pipe end facing and beveling machine, real-time X-Ray flaw detection imaging equipment, three-layer polythene coating equipment, fusion bonded epoxy coating equipment, solvent-free hot applied epoxy coating and lining equipment
⦁ The candidate must be able to set up machinery for the manufacture of spiral weld steel pipe manufacturing in nominal diameters from 300mm to 3500mm and from 4mm to 25mm thickness as well as troubleshoot any difficulties encountered
during manufacture.
⦁ The candidate must have knowledge of the requirements of various international and national steel pipe production, testing, surface preparation, coating and lining specifications to ensure the quality control requirements are met.
⦁ The candidate must also be able to supervise maintenance and repairs of spiral weld steel pipe manufacturing, testing, surface abrasive cleaning, coating, and lining equipment.
⦁ The candidate must also be able to supervise of dismantling and reassembly of spiral weld steel pipe manufacturing, testing, surface abrasive cleaning, coating and lining equipment if so required during maintenance and repairs.
⦁ The candidate should also be able to supervise the in-house manufacture of spare parts using the Company’s machine tools. Hence the candidate should have experience in metal turning, drilling, and milling.

1 . Experience

A minimum of 15 years working in spiral weld steel pipe factory as a Spiral Weld Steel Pipe Forming and Welding Specialist, 10 years as a Shift Foreman and a minimum of 5 years as a Production Manager.