Job Title: Night Shift Team Lead – Enzyme Manufacturing Plant
Location: Nantgarw, Cardiff
Salary: Competitive salary + 30% night shift allowance + bonus + substantial benefits
Position: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 18:00 – 6:00 (4 x 12 hour night shifts, During training period – hours will be 4 x 12 hr day shift – 4 on / 4 off rolling week)
Closing Date: 9.30 am, 22nd October
Do you want to work in our new, state-of-the-art enzyme manufacturing facility and lead 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.
You must have:
- Analytical thinking
- High quality work on time
- Results driven
- Decision making and knowledge
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Leadership and management
Key Duties:
- Preparing and running of fermentation processes up to 8,000L scale defined by SOPs and production records
- Monitoring of 500L fermentations, including methanol additions defined by SOPs and production records
- Operation of some 500L processes defined by SOPs and production records
- Trouble shooting and solving manufacturing process problems
- Carry out routine cleaning and maintenance on plant equipment to minimise unplanned downtime
- Supervise a team of Technicians safely and effectively, in line with process and schedule requirements
- Working with your team on continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives
- Be conversant with and adopt the procedures stated in the Quality, Environmental Management System (QEMS) Manual and its supporting documents
- Carry out the responsibilities stated in the Managing Director’s Health & Safety Policy
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
- Working at height
Experience:
- Operating manufacturing equipment such as fermenters, centrifuges, tanks, pumps, filters with strict adherence to safety
- Supervising a small team
- Following Standard Operating Procedures
- Cleaning and maintenance of production equipment
- Continuous improvement activities
- Basic engineering/scientific/chemical process skills
- Working in a food manufacturing environment
- Working in controlled areas e.g. GMP, Clean room
- Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety Management systems
You need to know how to:
- Operate effectively, efficiently, and safely all plant/equipment needed in production of speciality enzyme
- Supervision of Process Technicians in line with plant and scheduling requirements
- Food Safety, HACCP and GMP
- FLT operator
- Training in the awareness and relevance of their individual activities in contributing to food safety, emphasising the importance of effective communication
Please click on the APPLY button to 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.
