Operations Support Engineer

BOSS Energy Consulting LTD – Operations Support Engineer
BOSS Energy have been retained by a leading climate technology company seeking to hire an Operations Support Engineer for their facility in East Anglia.
Responsibilities
Operating and servicing the plant at their first industrial Pilot Plant, Norfolk - the UK’s first ever deployment of carbon negative DAC technology.
Conducting safe start-up for their DAC modules.
Maintain and report on sustained operations over months of plant operations.
Following and demonstrating our at-site Health & Safety culture.
Assisting with execution of the pilot plant experimental plan in liaison with our Plant Operations Manager.
Reporting back on unit performances, especially regular failure modes and input ideas for product improvement.
Troubleshooting issues that arise, with good record keeping for required interventions to be passed back to the product improvement team.
Get involved in failure analysis, using multiple methodologies to find root causes and propose improvement plans
Executing maintenance routines.
Deputising for the Plant Operations Manager in inducting site visitors if needed.
Key Competencies
Interest in developing skills in an exciting start-up, new technology environment, where you can rapidly grow your experience.
Experience in operations and maintenance, especially commissioning, start-up and maintenance of a variety of process plants.
Experience operating and repairing plants in challenging environments.
Strong understanding of Reliability, Availability, Maintenance / OEE.
Functional understanding of chemical, electrical, mechanical portions of various unit operations such as gas-liquid contacting, water treatment, membrane processes.
2+ years’ experience in the chemical industry
Nice to Have
Experience running and repairing Research & Development pilot facilities
Suitable safety accreditation e.g. NEBOSH
Lean operational certificate, e.g. six sigma or equivalent
Continuous improvement training / programme experience.
Experience working with absorption, scrubbing, continuous gas-liquid systems and/or electrodialysis.
Engineering Level 3 qualification.
Good understanding of hazard and risk identification
Basic understanding of electrochemistry and industrial chemistry knowledge.
Familiarity with servicing of processes handling industrial gases, especially CO2.