Process Technician in Hoo, Medway

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

• 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 plant’s 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.
• Collate and log 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 in‑house 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.
• Organise, monitor and report the work activities of others.
• Fully understand the operation and equipment of the process.
• 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.

Please note: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.