Process Technician

QM Recycled Energy Ltd (QMRE); Hoo St. Werburgh; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

QM Recycled Energy Ltd (QMRE) is seeking a vigilant Operations Technician to support the Pyrolysis Facility near Hoo, Rochester. You will help maintain high performance, safety, and environmental standards while assisting in engineering development and maintenance activities for the plant.

Key duties include following directions from senior technicians, prioritising tasks to meet schedules, and ensuring safe working practices, record keeping, and routine safety assessments.

Qualifications

• Safety first mindset and ability to work in hazardous environments
• Ability to supervise plant operations safely and report on trials
• Teamwork and independent work capability
• Flexible work patterns including on-call shifts
• Willingness to undertake training for equipment operation (e.g. forklift, COOSH, etc.)
• Familiarity with process and laboratory environments

Responsibilities

• Take direction from Senior Process Technician and Site Operations Manager on work and timelines
• Prioritise and complete tasks to keep plant schedules met
• Operate safely using SOPs, PPE and risk assessments, help develop safe methods of work
• Understand plant operation and SCADA control system
• Monitor progress and report status
• Support maintenance activities and keep accurate records (audits, inspections, calibration, data)
• Maintain stock levels using the stock management system and flag shortages or faults
• Contribute to engineering design and change management processes
• Participate in safety assessments (Hazop, risk assessments) and meetings
• Ensure clean, safe working environment and welfare areas
• Stand in for Senior Process Technician when required

Job description

This role is to support the operations, ongoing engineering development and maintenance of the Pyrolysis Facility near Hoo, Rochester (the Plant), with the intention that the plant is maintained and operated to the highest possible performance, quality, health and safety, and environmental standards. These requirements necessitate a flexible and adaptive working approach both to developing solutions to challenges and working patterns.

Responsibilities

• Take direction from the Senior Process Technician and Site Operations Manager as to the work needed and timelines required.
• Undertake all required work activities ensuring that tasks are prioritised and completed in a timely way to ensure that the plant’s schedules are fully met.
• Ensure that works are undertaken in accordance with safe methods of work, using standard operating procedures, correct PPE, and safety assessments, and help develop these safe methods of work where they do not exist.
• Have a full understanding of the operation and process and a good understanding of the SCADA Control system.
• Monitor and report progress.
• Support plant maintenance activities.
• Update and maintain accurate records, including audits, inspections, maintenance records, calibration records, plant operations data, turnaround data, documents and drawings relating to the plant, and collate and log all information appropriately as agreed.
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and completion of the work tasks given to the Operations team.
• Measure and record quantities/qualities of all materials produced using in‑house laboratory techniques and equipment and external test agents where necessary and cost effective.
• Assist in ensuring skills and competence are relevant by undertaking, and applying, suitable training and development.
• Contribute to the engineering design, development and implementation of new and existing equipment, and comply with the needs of the change management process for the plant.
• Participate in safety assessments and meetings (e.g. Hazop and risk assessments) relating to plant modifications, additions etc.
• Ensure the working environment is safe and in a clean condition, including organising periodic cleaning of operational and welfare areas.
• Use the stock management system to ensure that key stocks and consumables are maintained at appropriate levels, reporting any stock shortage or equipment failures or other deficiencies in a timely manner to permit early resolution.
• Participate in activities, as required from time‑to‑time, that are not standard but assist in the development of the plant or the business.
• Be prepared to stand in for the Senior Process Technician when required.

Key Abilities – Essential

• Ability to work safely, and to ensure the safety of others, complying with all safety assessment requirements.
• Ability to take a leading role in and champion plant safety, e.g. hazops, risk assessments, use of safety equipment, etc., and participate where needed in health and safety meetings.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise successful and safe plant operations across all conditions, including reporting of trials.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Work flexibly in terms of working patterns, location, and reporting lines, to ensure that the plant is adequately manned at all times, including being on call.
• Work innovatively to provide solutions to particular challenges.
• Organise, monitor and report the work activities of others.
• Fully understand the operation and equipment of the process.
• Accurately report any records requested by the Site Operations Manager.
• Willingness to undertake training to ensure safe operation of equipment (e.g. forklift, compressed gases, CoSHH, etc.).
• Familiarity with process and laboratory environments.

Key Abilities – Desirable

• Ability to use mobile plant (especially forklifts).
• Ideally experienced in similar operational environments.
• Ideally, Electrical, Instrumentation/Controls or Mechanical qualifications or experience.

Please note: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.