Process Technician

**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 usno 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)