Process Technician

This role is to support the-operations,-ongoing engineering-development-and maintenance of the Pyrolysis Facility near Hoo, Rochester-(the Plant), with the intention that the plant is-maintained-and operated to the highest possible performance, quality, health and safety,-and environmental standards. These requirements-necessitate-a flexible and adaptive working approach both to developing solutions to challenges and working patterns.

Responsibilities and accountabilities:-

• To take direction from the-Senior Process Technician-and-Site Operations Manager-as to the work needed and timelines-required.-

• Undertake-all required-work activities-ensuring-that tasks are prioritised and-completed in-a timely-way to ensure-that the plants-schedules-are fully-met.

• Ensure that works are undertaken-in accordance with-safe methods of work, using standard operating procedures, correct PPE, and safety assessments, and help develop these safe methods of work where they do not exist.-

• Full understanding of the-operation and process and a good understanding of-the-SCADA-Control-system.-

• Monitor and report progress.-

• Support plant maintenance activities.-

• Update and-maintain-accurate-records, including audits, inspections, maintenance records, calibration records, plant operations data, turnaround data,-documents-and drawings relating to the plant. Collating and logging all information appropriately as agreed.-

• Take personal responsibility for the quality and completion of the work tasks given to the Operations team.-

• Measure and record-quantities/qualities of all materials produced-using-inhouse-laboratory techniques and equipment-and-external test agents where necessary/cost effective.-

• Assist-in-ensuring skills and competence are relevant by undertaking, and applying, suitable-training and development.-

• Contribute to the engineering-design,-development-and implementation-of-new and-existing equipment,-and-comply with-the needs of the-change management-process for the plant.-

• Participate-in-safety assessments-and meetings-(e.g.-Hazop-and risk assessments)-relating to plant modifications, additions etc.-

• Ensure the working environment is safe and in a-clean condition, including organising periodic cleaning of operational-and welfare-areas.-

• Use of the-stock management system to-ensure that key stocks and consumables are-maintained-at-appropriate levels,-reporting any stock shortage or equipment failures or other deficiencies-in a timely manner-to-permit-early resolution.-

• Participate in activities, as-required-from time-to-time, that are not standard but-assist-in the development of the plant or the business.-

• Be prepared to stand in for the Senior-Process Technician-when-required.-

Key-abilities-for job:-

Essential-

• Ability to-work safely, and to ensure the safety of others,-complying with-all safety assessment requirements.

• Ability to-take a leading role in-and champion-plant safety, e.g.-hazops, risk assessments, use of safety equipment, etc., and-participate, where needed, in health and safety meetings.-

• Demonstrated ability to supervise successful and safe plant operations-across all-conditions, including reporting of trials.-

• Ability to work as part of a-team and to work independently.-

• Work flexibly in terms of working patterns, location, and reporting lines,-to ensure that the plant-is adequately manned at all-times, including being on call.-

• Work innovatively to provide solutions to-particular challenges.-

• To organise,-monitor-and report the work activities of others.-

• To fully understand the operation and equipment of the process.-

• To accurately report any records requested by the-Site Operations Manager.-

• Willingness to undertake-training to ensure safe operation of equipment (e.g. forklift, compressed gases,-CoSHH, etc.).-

• Familiarity with process and laboratory environments.-

Desirable-

• Ability to use mobile plant (especially forklifts).-

• Ideally experienced-in similar operational environments.-

• Ideally, Electrical, Instrumentation/Controls or Mechanical qualifications or experience-