We are currently recruiting for a Pilot Plant Technician to join our team based at our Abingdon site in Oxfordshire, UK. This is an exciting opportunity within our Pilot Plant. The successful applicant will work a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday.
Job Type: Permanent, (Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week)
Location: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Reporting directly into the Operations Support Supervisor, the successful candidate will provide support to all Production operations.
Role overview: Performing daily checks/calibrations, housekeeping, equipment maintenance and maintaining a stock of consumables. This role also plays a part in our drive to improve efficiency, reduce costs and simplify processes and procedures.
Responsibilities will include:
* Ensure that plant safety is maintained and safety procedures are adhered to.
* Ensure operational procedures are followed.
* Identify and suggest areas where improvements can be made. Participate fully and diligently in project schemes to support continuous improvement.
* Complete and review logbooks and relevant documentation promptly and accurately.
* Daily tasks around the plant, including equipment calibrations, housekeeping, maintaining stocks of consumable items, blowing down boilers.
* Preventative maintenance of equipment such as vacuum pumps, thermal control units, gas detectors.
* Checking/sampling/adjusting systems such as purified water generator, wet scrubbers, dosing tanks, carbon adsorption units.
* Weighing out critical raw materials.
Your ideal qualifications and experience:
* Good communicator, able to liaise between different departments.
* Demonstrated successful planning and organisational skills.
* Good time management and prioritisation capabilities. Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
* Able to work effectively and efficiently on your own and as part of a team.
* Strong sense of accountability for the outcome.
* IT literate with good Microsoft Office skills.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package:
* Pension on completion of your 3-month probationary period. Contributions start at 6% employee and employer, Evotec will match up to 7.5%.
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional length of service days awarded on the anniversary, up to a maximum of 30 days.
* Private health insurance with BUPA for the employees and their partner/family under the company scheme.
* Private dental cover, after 3 months service.
* Life assurance at four times your annual base salary.
* Wellbeing support 24/7 and counselling services.
* Permanent health insurance providing 75% of base salary after the qualifying period.
* Subsidised on premise restaurant.
* Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme. This is a discretionary benefit.
* Excellent career progression opportunities within the company; we have excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Refer a friend scheme, team and annual events, recognition awards and many more!
Onsite Facilities:
* Onsite parking.
* Subsidised canteen.
* Good public transport links with the shuttle bus service.
Interested?
Apply NOW – please upload your up-to-date CV and covering letter to Workday via our website, careers page.
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