This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Alpek Polyester UK Ltd. manufacturing shift team at Wilton as a Process Industry Manufacturing Technician Apprentice. The role involves working alongside experienced technicians, performing various operations duties to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the plant.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Minimum 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade 4 or above, including English and mathematics.
Salary - National Apprenticeship Minimum Wage

JOB DESCRIPTION

Cogent Skills is working with Alpek Polyester UK Ltd. to recruit two Apprentice Process Industry Manufacturing Technicians for its manufacturing operations on Teesside.
Under the direction of the Shift Manager, the Apprentices will work within the process operations team, performing various operations duties to ensure the safe, environmentally compliant, and efficient running of the plant.

SKILLS/PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Works well with a variety of different people as part of a team
• Communicates effectively verbally and in writing, using a full range of skills – questioning, listening, checking
• Practical – works well with hands
• Ability to complete work accurately to schedule and on time
• Ability to respond to changing workloads, showing flexibility
• Enthusiastic individual who has a high level of personal pride in their work
• Completes tasks thoroughly and pays attention to detail
• Approaches problems in a logical manner
• Alert to potential issues and curious to continually learn
• Aptitude and passion for ‘hands on’ learning

This is very much a ‘hands-on’ role and, under supervision, your responsibilities will include:

• working safely in a high-hazard environment, under highly regulated conditions, wearing safety equipment, as directed, and complying with all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures at all times
• working in varied conditions, inside and outside, on two process plants or in associated process control rooms,
• assisting in the start-up, operation and shut-down of plant systems
• monitoring, inspecting and controlling plant conditions to ensure plant systems and processes are operating within operational parameters, making adjustments to maximise plant efficiency, minimise cost, meet environmental compliance and ensure product specification
• inspecting, cleaning, and maintaining the equipment in accordance with operational instructions
• resolving and reporting, or escalating, process, quality, health and safety, environment, and operating environment issues when operating out of normal parameters
• working alongside the plant engineering and maintenance personnel to conduct first line routine maintenance and testing of process and plant equipment
• conducting handover responsibilities - receiving information from or providing information to other shifts or maintenance teams
• completing process documentation

You will be required to work 12-hour shifts on plants running 365-day operations (after a period of foundation training and where working time regulations allow)
This is an exciting time, and a fantastic opportunity, to embark on a hands-on career with Alpek Polyester UK Ltd, a leading global company within the industrial sciences sector.