£40K/yr to £55K/yr
Wakefield, England
Permanent, Variable

Process Engineer

Posted by Elevation Recruitment Group.

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.