Graduate Engineer - Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Morgan King

Description

Morgan King are delighted to be partnered with a market leading manufacturing organisation who are looking to appoint a process engineer to join their busy manufacturing team.

Responsible for the design, operation, control, and optimisation of chemical processes on our Wakefield site.

Cost effectively maintain the processes on site to meet business requirements for reliability, energy consumption, efficiency targets and regulatory compliance, specifically with regards to COMAH and the Company's environmental profile.

Be flexible in your approach to duties in accordance with the requirements of the business.

Work with the manufacturing team management, plant operators and laboratory team to reach optimisation of existing plant and equipment by reducing batch times, utility requirements and down time.

Work with the finance team to produce reports on plant performance including, but not limited to, productivity, efficiency, energy usage, product costings.

Work with manufacturing team to create proposals for plant improvement projects and manage these projects from development through to installation, commissioning, and completion.

Carry out cost estimates, produce justifications and raise capital/revenue requests for the projects.

For larger projects, work with consultants in carrying out 'front-end' detailed engineering work.

Ensure that project work is completed without incident, following all EUK and industrial standards on time and to budget, and is compliant with COMAH and environmental regulations.

To ensure that all activities at EUK are carried out in a way that reduces risk to a level 'As Low As Practicably Possible'

Routinely arrange and chair HazOp, risk assessment & basis of safety reviews for each process.

Set and deliver site standards for chemical processes.

Work within the engineering team to ensure that all site utilities are maintained to high standards to achieve optimised running and availability.

Deliver training and tool box talks where required.

Degree or equivalent in Chemical/Process engineering.

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record of project management.
• Must be able to work on multiple tasks/projects efficiently and effectively.
• Proficient in standard, off the shelf business application software including spreadsheets, databases, and project management.
• Good technical writing skills with ability to file and retrieve information.
• Excellent understanding of the English Language, both verbal and written
• Ability to work equally effectively alone and as part of a team
• Excellent PC literacy and skills, including MS Office software