Process Technician - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Biocatalysts

Description

Job Title:
Process Technician - Enzyme Manufacturing


Location:
Nantgarw, Cardiff


Salary:
£24,000, increasing £1000 after successful probation & 30% night shift allowance + substantial benefits


Position:
Permanent, Full Time


Working Hours:
Working 4 x 11.5hr night shifts

Start time: 6:00 pm Finish time: 6:00 am

(During training period - hours will be 4 x 11.5hr day shift - 4 on/4 off rolling week)

Do you want to work in our new, state-of-the-art enzyme manufacturing facility and be part of our talented team to deliver operational excellence? Do you want the opportunity to be part of a long-established, successful company? Then look no further and work with usno one can do what we do.

Biocatalysts develop and manufacture speciality enzymes from small to large scale quantities for a variety of industries such as food, flavor, fragrance, life science, pharma and fine chemicals.

We are the only company offering a rapid, low-cost speciality enzyme service from discovery phase through to global shipment of regulatory compliant enzymes.

About the Role:

Due to our on-going commitment to expanding our manufacturing capabilities within our fermentation plant, we have an opportunity for a Process Technician who will be part of our highly motivated team.

About you:


Qualifications / Education / Training:

• 5 A-C GCSE's Grade including Maths & English OR equivalent OR
• NVQ (L3) in Process Operations OR Certificate in Process Technology (L3) OR similar
• Fork lift training certificate (Desirable)
• Working at height (Desirable)

Experience:

• Operating manufacturing equipment such as fermenters, centrifuges, tanks, pumps, filters with strict adherence to safety
• Following Standard Operating Procedures
• Cleaning and maintenance of production equipment
• Basic engineering/scientific/chemical process skills (Desirable)
• Working in a food manufacturing environment (Desirable)
• Working in controlled areas e.g. GMP, Clean room (Desirable)
• Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety Management systems (Desirable)

Knowledge:

• Safe operation of a range of plant/machinery/set and adjust controls
• Understanding engineering principles (Desirable)
• Aseptic handling of micro organisms (Desirable)
• Enzyme extraction and purification process (Desirable)
• Food Safety and HACCP (Desirable)
• GMP (Desirable)

Skills & Competencies:
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Analytical thinking

• The capacity to analyse situations, diagnose problems, identify the key issues, establish and evaluate alternative courses of action and produce a logical, practical and acceptable solution

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High Quality Work on Time

• The focus on delivering quality and continuous improvement

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Results driven

• The capacity to analyse situations, diagnose problems, identify the key issues, establish and evaluate alternative courses of action and produce a logical, practical and acceptable solution

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Planning & Organising

• The ability to decide on courses of action, ensuring that the resources required to implement the action will be available and scheduling the programme of work required to achieve a defined endresult

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Team work - the ability to work co-operatively and flexibly with other members of the team with a full understanding of the role to be played as a team member
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Communication - the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, orally or in writing


Personal Attributes:

• Flexible working night shifts and 'cando' attitude
• Enthusiastic and willingness to learn new skills
• Proactive and methodical
• Attention to detail
• Practical and 'hands on'

Other:

• IT Skills (MS Office)
• Intermediate level (Desirable)