Process Technician - Enzyme Manufacturing

About the job

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 us……no 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:

• 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
• High Quality Work on Time - The focus on delivering quality and continuous improvement
• 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
• 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 end-result
• 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
• Communication - the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, orally or in writing

Personal Attributes:

• Flexible - working night shifts and 'can-do' 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)

If you are someone who is practical, 'hands on' with a flexible, 'can-do' attitude, analytical, and driven to get things to the highest quality, please click on the APPLY button where you'll be redirected to the careers page to complete your application.

Candidates with experience of; Process Operator, Production Operative, Production Coordinator, Process Technician, Technical Engineer, Production Process Engineer, Production Process Coordinator, Production Support may also be considered for this role.