Shift Lead Operator
A great opportunity to work as part of an amazing team in a fast paced environment, where no two days are the same.
We have exciting opportunities for a Shift Lead Operator's to join our team at Rotherham. As Shift Lead Operator you will operate the plant to the required SHE & Quality standards, plan and prepare for maintenance and issue & accept work control permits.
About the role
The Shift Lead Operator will safely operate & control the plant, including both routine and emergency start up and shut down of the complex units without any supervision. You will routinely be the most senior Victrex employee on site out of hours and as such will be in charge of the site and have to provide a competent and professional response to emergencies. You will be the main point of contact for Victrex with the Incident controllers, emergency response team and blue light services. Therefore a good understanding of the Environmental permit, external reporting thresholds and Victrex procedures such as the Recovery Plan would be required.
As Shift Lead Operator you will prioritise and plan workloads in an ever changing business environment and be able to co-ordinate and lead teams of both Victrex and external resources in order to meet production or maintenance schedules. This may entail a degree of flexibility especially during project, maintenance and commissioning activities.
You will issue a high standard of permits and isolation logs for both planned & unplanned activities. To ensure that everyone working under these permits complies with all appropriate procedures, instructions and standards. To ensure any SHE conditions are raised, investigated and resolved.
The Shift Lead Operator is responsible for identifying & leading CI activities including updating existing and writing new work instructions or training packages, as well as training & coaching new members of the shift team.
You will be required to work shifts and a shift disturbance allowance is to be paid on top of the basic salary for this role.
Your experience
We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills (verbal and written), with good attention to detail and sound analytical and numeracy skills. With a minimum of 4 GCSE’s or equivalent relevant industrial experience.
Our successful candidate will have a thorough knowledge of isolations, Permit to Work and other safe systems of work, proven capability to update and write operating procedures from scratch. And be a trained PTW issuer & acceptor. You will have a working knowledge of emergency response, emergency procedures, environmental & SHE permits and reporting criteria.
You will have proven track record of systematic troubleshooting and problem solving of plant equipment and their control systems. And be experienced enough to train and validate new / inexperienced operators and to lead CI activities. We are looking for someone with demonstrable leadership skills to effectively plan, lead & coordinate the shift activities on multiple plant, prioritising tasks with minimal resources.
NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.
At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.
About Victrex
Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.
With over 40 years‘ experience, we are developing world leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholders
Vision and culture
At Victrex we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.
This underpins our core values; passion, innovation and performance which are at the heart of our business.
Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement and doing the right thing. Our values, passion, innovation, and performance are at the heart of our business and we value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.
Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities. We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies. We are also proud to be recognised as a ‘Disability Confident’ employer.
Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone. So, if you need any help, advice or just want a confidential chat regarding any Diversity, Equity or Inclusion matters even before you apply to Victrex, then here is what you need to know:
The enabling support that Victrex prides itself on giving, starts from when anyone applies or wants to apply to join our team.
We are always here to help provide any ‘reasonable adjustments’ you may need during your application process. So please contact us to discuss your specific requirements in more depth.
We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, and a confidential chat......whatever you need to know, and to help ensure an equitable solution, that’s right for you, right from the start!
That email is: enablerecruitment@victrex.com
Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all
sections of the community.
Please talk to us about flexible working.
- Department
- Specific Vacancies
- Role
- Manufacturing
- Locations
- Victrex Rotherham
- Yearly salary
- £36,000 - £40,000
- Shift Allowance
- £9,062.93
Shift Lead Operator
A great opportunity to work as part of an amazing team in a fast paced environment, where no two days are the same.
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