Chemical Engineer

Are you a Chemical Engineer who is looking for a new and exciting challenge?
Are you looking to working in a progressive industry with an organisation that invests in you?
Our client are a leading Aerospace and Defence organisation who produce leading tech on a global scale. With a fantastic pedigree of looking after their staff they are looking for a Chemical Engineer to join them on a permanent basis.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze and maintain the cleaning and plating tanks to ensure quality control of the cleaning and plating processes.
- Seek ways to improve the processes to improve technical quality and cost effectiveness.
- Assist other Production teams in chemically related matters.
- Working with our product engineering teams, developing and introducing processes.
- Develop new processes and procedures to aid with the manufacture of new products.
- Maintenance of specialist equipment in the areas.
- To investigate and solve production problems relating to chemical processing
- To design and develop robust chemical processes to time and cost to support product/process development.
- To ensure that configuration control practices are maintained, in line with the appropriate company procedures.
- Drive PV programmes to completion within budget
- To comply with the Company's Health and Safety policy.
- Ensure that all activities within the department are carried out in accordance with documented processes, specifications and quality requirements.
- Ensure that all process information is updated when necessary and complies with current specification s and drawings.
- Develop and train staff working in the cleaning and plating shop to ensure that the key skills are adequately covered.
- Training operators in safe working practice and correct use of the processes in chemical cleaning and plating areas.
Health, Safety and Environment
- Support producing and implementing safe working procedures in all matters relating to the use of chemicals.
- Responsible for safe and catalogued storage of all chemical waste whilst on site.
- Fulfill the role and current requirements of the chemical hazard officer (HS009 and H&S policy EVT3439 Issue 8).
- Maintain company COSHH assessments, including annual reviews.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Knowledge of chemical processing, including cleaning, plating and chromating
- Knowledge of methods of chemical analysis
- Understanding of vacuum tubes requirements relating to chemical processing
- Knowledge of chemical composition of metallic and non-metallic materials used in the manufacture of vacuum tubes
QUALIFICATIONS
- GCSE or equivalent in English Language.
COMPETENCIES
- Strong interpersonal skills, capable of communicating cross functionally
- Organised and focussed
- Results driven, meeting deadlines and commitments
- Ownership