Technical Operator

Technical Operator - Specialist Automated Production Process
Braintree | £15.00-£22.50ph

This is not a standard production operative role. We're recruiting on behalf of a long-established, specialist manufacturer supplying high-quality ingredients into the food and pharmaceutical industries, for a technically skilled Technical Operator with experience in industrial control systems (e.g. SCADA) to manage and monitor a bespoke automated production process.

Full training will be given on the specific process itself, but you'll need a solid technical foundation in control systems to pick it up, this is a genuinely unique piece of kit, not your average production line.

The Role

As Technical Operator, you'll be responsible for:

• Operate and monitor computer-controlled, specialist production equipment as part of the manufacture of food ingredients
• Assist in the manufacture of products to established standards of safety, output, quality and hygiene
• Store, feed, mix, blend and package products in line with good manufacturing practice
• Pack, metal-detect and inspect finished products; palletise, wrap and label as required
• Carry out cleaning/sanitation schedules to a high standard
• Complete process and food safety documentation accurately

What You'll Need

• Experience in a similar production environment, FMCG, food, pharmaceutical or chemical sectors all considered
• Hands-on experience programming, monitoring and controlling complex production equipment/systems (SCADA, PLC)
• Previous exposure to manual handling
• Confidence working with IT-based monitoring/control systems, data interpretation, alarm handling, troubleshooting
• FLT licence (Counterbalance/Bendi) advantageous but not essential

The Details

• 39 hours at £15.00ph, remaining 4 hours at £22.50ph
• 25 days + bank holidays, rising with service to 28 days
• This role is physically demanding, including repetitive lifting (up to 25kg) and working at heights, it is not desk-based

If you've got the control systems background and want a role that's anything but routine, apply now to be considered for this Technical Operator position.

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