BOSS have been retained by a leading climate technology company seeking to hire an Operations Support Engineer for their facility in East Anglia.

Responsibilities for the Operations Support Engineer 

• 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 Operations Support Engineer 

• 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.