Position Summary:
Baxter’s are recruiting for an Effluent Plant Operator to join the team. The successful candidate would join the engineering team working on a shift basis covering part of the weekend. The successful Candidate will be responsible for safe operation and frontline maintenance of a wastewater treatment plant ensuring compliance to external standards.
Main purpose of the role:
- To ensure safe and consistent operation of the wastewater treatment plant.
- Ensure all frontline maintenance is carried out on all plant and services
- Take ownership and responsibility for the equipment’s performance
- To provide support to the Engineering team members in a proactive manner in carrying out allocated work where required
- To identify and implement continuous improvement activities across the area to increase equipment efficiency and availability.
Main accountabilities:
- Operations: Safe and effective operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Preventive Maintenance: Performing regular inspections of equipment and systems to ensure they’re in good working condition and implementing maintenance plans to prevent equipment breakdowns ensuring efficient and effective operation of the plant. Communication with local waste carriers to ensure any waste is removed in a timely manner to avoid disruption to treatment process. Troubleshoot frontline issues and escalate to Engineer when required.
- Compliance: Ensuring all equipment and procedures comply with any external regulations. Daily water sampling and work with internal Laboratory to maintain compliance to standards.
- Documentation: Keep accurate records of maintenance activities within the CMMS including any repairs, replacements, and inspections and use of diaries where appropriate
- Continuous Improvement: Regularly evaluating and improving processes and procedures
Company Policies and Procedures:
- Ensure your awareness and implementation of and compliance with the Quality, Health & Safety and Human Resource Policies and Procedures, with any doubts being raised with your Direct Line Manager.
Food safety, Legality & Quality:
- Ensure that all staff are suitably trained and where necessary make recommendations to your Direct Line Manager
- Ensure that all Food Safety, quality and legality procedures and processes are followed
Health & Safety:
- Ensure that the area in which you are working is safe for yourself and others who may be working nearby and that you comply with your responsibilities in accordance with the Company Health and Safety Policy.
- Report any accidents/near misses immediately to the Health and Safety Advisor or your Direct Line Manager.
- Maintain good housekeeping within your work area
Key Characteristics:
Knowledge and skills required:
Technical:
- Mechanical/Technical background or good understanding of Engineering principles or a willingness to learn.
- Problem Solving skills
People Skills:
- Communicate relevant information to the team and encourage good communication between team members.
- Motivate people to ensure correct practices are always adhered to, to ensure works are RFT
Results Orientated:
- Motivated to continuously improve operations and participate in Improvement opportunities
- Escalate Issues Speedily
Dignity & Respect:
- Treat people equally and with respect.
- To understand and role model the codes of conduct.
- Build good working relationships.
- Hold people accountable when they behave in a poorly manner.
Flexibility and Reliability:
- Be flexible towards additional hours that may be required.
- Be flexible towards changing shifts to cover your role fully
- Self-starter who can work in challenging environment
- Flexible Team player
Qualifications and training required:
Engineering Qualifications: Beneficial but not required would be any Engineering apprenticeship or relevant certifications such as City & Guilds, HNC, or equivalent in electrical, mechanical, or other engineering fields.
Previous Experience Required: Previous experience with operating or maintaining Effluent Treatment process preferred Manufacturing specific experience would be beneficial
Salary: £32,000 - £35,000