Aaron Laking

Operations Supervisor @Tronox

Stallingborough, GB

In my current role as shift supervisor, I am the site’s major incident controller in the event of an accident or incident on our top tier COMAH plant with 10 years experience, to which I am responsible for the full evacuation of personnel site wide (~300 employees) and surrounding areas, the controlled and safe shutdown of plant equipment, communication with the fire department/coastal guard and direct line of contact with the site’s emergency response team and rescue team. I provide key operating instructions and drive effective goals through daily briefs and maintenance planning meetings to my team of 6 operators and 2 shift technicians to ensure the clear understanding of manufacturing safe, quality, low-cost and effective production in conjunction to the site’s key performance indicators and global operating targets. I am required to conduct personal 1-2-1’s with each of my team members, provide appraisals, initiate improvement plans, handle absence and disciplinaries alongside the HR department and relevant policies, create innovative progression plans, organise future training and ensure compliance with statutory learning is adhered to. I am required to liaise with the logistics team in and out of hours to provide emergency maintenance if required, create, and execute shutdown timelines and allocate purchase orders and goods receipts. I am also responsible for chairing RCA’s (root cause analysis) meetings on failed equipment and incidents with engineers and specialists by reviewing extensive detailed trends and data to determine the cause. This allows me to then update procedures and operating best practice methods.