Senior Process Engineer

Department: Operations and Maintenance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Hope Cement Works, Derbyshire

Reporting To: Stephen Kearsey

Description

As a Senior Process Engineer, you are a confident analyser and decision-maker. Motivated by a drive for improvement, you play a key role in optimising processes and confidently support a team of technically-minded individuals. Confident in your own experience and ability, you equally recognise the value of others’ experience and encourage their input. You possess the skills to effectively communicate your views and engage with others.

This role is about being a key, valuable member of the Hope Operational Team, working together to constantly improve. You will drive process optimisation, and manage the Process Engineering team day to day, guiding them to deliver efficient and sustainable clinker and cement production. You aspire to be part of a forward-thinking business that is committed to progress.

To excel in this role, you must be confident leading by example and engaging with others at all levels, working with dedication and a strong sense of personal integrity. You will have experience of: problem-solving; monitoring, analysing and optimising processes; evaluating equipment and technology; ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations; and providing technical training and support in a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Team management: Personal Development Plans, KPIs, targets, incentives, action plans
• Process Optimisation: Evaluate and optimise the manufacturing processes involved in cement production, including raw material preparation, grinding, pyroprocessing, and cement grinding.
• Troubleshooting and Problem-solving: Identify and resolve operational issues and process inefficiencies, utilising analytical techniques and engineering principles to achieve optimal performance and minimise downtime.
• Process Monitoring: Monitor and analyse key process and quality parameters, such as temperature, pressure, flow rates and chemical composition, to ensure adherence to quality standards and troubleshoot abnormalities promptly.
• Process Improvement: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process improvement initiatives, such as optimising energy consumption, reducing emissions, and enhancing productivity.
• Safety and Environmental Compliance: Ensure compliance with safety regulations, environmental standards, and other relevant legal requirements. Identify and implement measures to mitigate potential risks and improve environmental performance.
• Equipment and Technology Evaluation: Evaluate existing equipment and technologies and recommend improvements, upgrades or replacements projects to enhance process efficiency and productivity.
• Documentation and Reporting: Prepare technical reports, maintain accurate documentation of processes, procedures and projects. Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Training and Development: Provide technical training and support to plant operators, promoting a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Degree in Chemical & Process Engineering (or related)
• NEBOSH National General Certificate (or equivalent)
• Proven experience in cement industry or heavy industry
• Experience supervising technical teams

Ideal…

• Knowledge and experience of high level control systems and use to optimise running plant
• Technical understanding of pyroprocessing and combustion
• Energy management knowledge and experience (i.e. KPI monitoring and associated improvement plans/projects)
• Good knowledge of process control methods and statistical troubleshooting methods

At Breedon Group, we are proud of our values and are known for our commitment to making a material difference to the lives of our colleagues, customers, and communities. Our mission is to build meaningful relationships and foster constructive collaboration as we strive to become the leading vertically-integrated international construction materials group. Joining the team at Hope means collaborating with like-minded individuals who believe in delivering quality while prioritising safety. Our employees choose to stay with us because of the supportive and positive work environment.

We believe in keeping things simple, making things happen, showing we care, and constantly striving to improve. These values guide our actions and define who we are as a company. As the largest independent construction materials group in the UK & Ireland, we are on the rise with a goal to expand internationally.

Job Benefits

• Company Pension
• Bonus scheme
• Discount Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoptions Scheme
• Free on-site Parking
• Gym Access
• Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
• Life Assurance
• Share Save Scheme
• Volunteering Policy
• Subsidised canteen
• Holiday buy scheme
• Share Save Scheme
• Employee discount schemes
• Digital GP