Compounder and Blender

Reporting to: Shift Lead

Location: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

Shift Options:

• Rotating day shift: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday on a rotating weekly shift pattern: early shift: 06:00 – 14:00 or late shift: 13:45 – 21:45
• Night shift: 38 hours per week (Monday to Thursday, 20:45–06:15)
• Weekend shift: 36.75 hours per week, Friday to Sunday on a rotating weekly shift pattern: 6:00 – 18:15 or 18:00 – 6:15.

The Opportunity

As a Compounder and Blender you will be playing a pivotal role, processing orders and operating and maintaining machinery to ensure the smooth and efficient running of operations.

What you’ll be doing

The responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• Operating all Distillation process units according to operating and safety procedures.
• Operating all ancillary equipment, including chillers, compressors, tank farm Thermal Oil Burners, Vacuum pumps and the tank farm control system.
• Assisting in the safe start-up and shutdown of all plants and ancillary equipment.
• Carrying out weekly checks, including housekeeping and ensuring they are suitably actioned.
• Ensuring that hourly checks, including close monitoring of process units are carried out.
• Contributing to a ‘right first time’ policy and help to ensure that all orders are met on time and within specification.
• Carrying out basic maintenance tasks such as replacing valves, seals, checking filters etc. Report more complex maintenance problems to Shift Supervisor.
• Operating and carrying out checks on Pilot plant if required.
• Carrying out laboratory tasks and analytical work as required to maintain efficient use of process equipment.
• Loading and unloading tankers, ensuring paperwork, analysis and transfer is carried out in an efficient and timely manner.
• Ensuring high standards of housekeeping and 5S are always maintained within the department.
• Carrying out bulking of manufactured and purchased materials and fulfilling orders in an efficient and timely manner.
• Operating the safe use of forklift trucks and ensuring checks are completed on relevant vehicles.
• Cycle Counts.
• Ensuring that Standard Operating Procedures and Cleaning Processes are always followed.
• Coordinating stock that requires melting & Filtering in preparation for orders.
• Supporting the delivery and deployment of a lean culture and behaviour in the organisation.
• Contributing to a ‘Continuous Improvement’ process to improve, optimise and make safer processes and operations.
• Maintaining high standards of GMP & BRC compliance in all aspects of production.
• Exhibiting a good awareness of COSHH, risk assessment, HAZOP and general process safety and ensuring this is communicated to all staff.
• Taking the lead in introducing an excellent safety culture in general and specifically with regard to manual handling, Vehicle / Pedestrian safety, PPE and Accident / incident reporting.

What we’re looking for

If you have a genuine passion for what you do and want to work in an environment that celebrates progress, teamwork and dedication, you’re what we’re after.

What we’ll do for you

We offer an excellent package which includes a competitive salary; a generous holiday entitlement as well as the opportunity to purchase additional holiday, we also offer a discretionary annual bonus, BUPA medical and dental schemes, pension scheme with 9% employer contribution, life assurance, group income protection, SAYE schemes and free shares.

With the encouragement and development you need, we help you to become your ultimate you. Beyond building a successful career, we also support the wishes and ambitions of our staff outside of the office in achieving a health work/life balance - the wellbeing of our staff is paramount to us, which we actively promote and support by regularly delivering a variety of wellbeing initiatives and offering responsibility based flexibility. There will also be opportunities to be actively involved in community and charity projects and to take part in numerous subsidized social events.

Polite Notice: We politely request that we are not contacted by any recruitment agencies. We have a preferred supplier list and high volumes of speculative calls from agencies negatively impact upon the efficiency of our business. Please help us to maintain the highest levels of customer service by respecting our wishes.