Process Engineer

Elevation Recruitment Group are recruiting for an exciting opportunity with a leading environmental manufacturer, who are looking for an ambitious and innovative Process Engineer to join the team.

This a new role for the business and a great opportunity for someone who is analytically minded and able to identify and drive continuous improvement strategies.

As the Process Engineer you will need:

• Drive and support a culture of safety excellence
• Coordinating and collaborating with operational colleagues to oversee the day to day running of the residual waste treatment plant
• Setting control limits for all key performance parameters and ensuring these are met
• Ensuring the quality of plant outputs are achieved
• Providing solutions to technical variances
• Daily analysis of plant data to determine optimal operational set up. (For example, overall throughput, AD feed rates, suspension thickness, water blowdown, equipment set points etc.)
• Developing, owning and managing a 'process management system' for the plant to become the 'one way of working'
• Developing training and induction material for new and existing colleagues to ensure that high operational standards are met
• Train, coach and develop site staff in all aspects of plant performance
• Regular reporting of plant performance
• Identification and implementation of process improvement opportunities
• Assessment of all process changes made to the plant

To be considered for the Process Engineer role you will need:

• You have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead, guide and mentor the onsite team
• You are great communicator with the ability to clearly express technical and engineering matters in a way that enables good decision making
• You enjoy being around people and are comfortable communicating with colleagues at all levels within an organisation
• You have a proactive approach to problem solving
• You are a well organised and logical thinker
• You are numerate and appreciate the importance of accurate operational data collection and analysis
• You are honest, reliable, and always behave with integrity
• You are degree educated in chemical or process engineering and working towards chartered status
• You have 3-5 years of experience in a front-line operational role as a process or chemical engineer
• You have knowledge of Lean methodologies and experience with their application within a process/operational plant environment

For more details on this role, please contact Katy Emmott.