JOB DESCRIPTION
Position: Lamination & Impregnation Manager Department: Production Reporting To: Plant Head
Location:
Gabon 1. Job Purpose To manage the complete Lamination and Impregnation operations, ensuring smooth production, consistent quality, proper process control, optimum material consumption and minimum wastage. 2.
Key Responsibilities
A. Impregnation Operations
• Manage daily impregnation production as per production requirements.
• Ensure proper preparation and mixing of UF/MF resin as per approved formulations.
• Monitor resin viscosity, pH, solid content, temperature and hardener addition.
• Control resin pickup, paper moisture and volatile content.
• Monitor drying temperature, line speed, paper tension and overall impregnation process.
• Ensure proper drying and curing of impregnated paper.
• Minimise paper breakage, resin wastage and production rejection.
• Ensure proper storage and handling of resin, chemicals and impregnated paper. B. Lamination Operations
• Manage daily lamination production as per customer orders and production plans.
• Ensure correct selection of decorative and balancing papers.
• Monitor and control press temperature, pressure and pressing time.
• Ensure proper loading, unloading and bonding of laminated boards.
• Maintain required surface finish, colour matching, gloss and product quality.
• Prevent defects such as bubbles, blisters, scratches and delamination.
• Maintain standard pressing parameters for different paper types and board thicknesses.
• Ensure proper machine utilisation and minimise rejection and paper wastage. 3. Overall Responsibility Responsible for the complete performance of both Impregnation and Lamination operations, focusing on production targets, product quality, process efficiency, material consumption and cost reduction.