Vacancy: Process Engineer

Location: Swindon

Job Family: Engineering

Together for a cleaner, healthier world.

Johnson Matthey, a FTSE 100 company, is a global leader in sustainable technologies specialising in catalysis, precious metal products, chemicals and process technology. With operations in over 30 countries, we employ more than 13,000 people. Johnson Matthey uses science to make the world cleaner and healthier. Over the past two centuries we have built our reputation and place as a global leader through quality, integrity, and innovation. Today, more than 93% of the group's sales come from products and services which provide sustainability benefits through the positive impact they have on the environment, resource efficiency and human health, but that’s not enough. We have ambitious plans for growth and need talented individuals to help shape and lead us into our next century.

As the Process Engineer you will be involved in the continuous improvement and development of all process equipment within the Hydrogen Technologies Sector, initially focused within our Swindon site for manufacturing materials, including but not limited to; ink &dispersion mixing, coating, and converting production equipment. You will lead and develop robust solutions that increase plant reliability, process capability, and reduce waste. As the business expands this role will expand to support other facilities.

Your goal / purpose will be to execute production performance improvement projects and provide support to the Production Unit Manager in safety/environment, quality, capacity, competitiveness. You will ensure seamless integration of processes, improvements and new products to business as usual within production facilities.

As global action on climate change gathers pace, so does the shift to cleaner energy sources, such as hydrogen, to provide low or zero emission power for our homes, industry and transport. Johnson Matthey's technologies are already at the heart of enabling this energy transition and we are investing further in the Clean Hydrogen space. We want to strengthen Johnson Matthey's position at the forefront of the Hydrogen Economy. We are in a fortunate position that we have a long and successful history in Hydrogen and we plan to build on our well-established and solid foundations. We’re self-starters, people who take ownership and courageously embrace change to make things happen. We work in dynamic, evolving environments, anticipating changes and shaping our global markets; whilst striving to create entrepreneurial opportunities and value for our customers.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead a safety culture within production as well as ensure correct safety protocol adopted and delivered for any new processes.

• Key projects will be identified and allocated through the Process Engineering Meeting to investigate specific improvements in all areas of manufacture. These will include improvements in both efficiency and quality which may be complex in nature, availability, and attainability.

• Provide escalation support to production to overcome problems. This can include but not limited to: analytical equipment, machinery, raw materials, dispersions or substrate, material transition through unit processes.

• Support or lead investigations into technical issues to identify & resolve problems to support production units and / or R&I projects. Follow investigation processes within the business and use strong analytical skills to identify and resolve problems.

• Transfer, in collaboration with the R&D the production process expertise to Production (plant description, operating procedures etc.)

• Compile documents and data including technical, technological or process information and prepare reports.

• Generation of SOPs (SWE) documents for new products along with changes that come about through Manufacturing Change Requests.

• Proactively seek & deliver solutions to problems identified in any internal and external customer demands or complaints.

• Data analysis and review of analytical techniques and results to establish route cause for out of spec (OOS) material. Review of process control across manufacturing to help put mitigations for failure in place.

• Contribute to the technical design and definition of requirements of new facilities.

• GAP analysis assessments of current equipment for suitability of manufacturing new products. Where required support design upgrades to existing equipment.

Requirements for the role:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering or Chemistry or an equivalent level of work experience.

• Existing experience within a similar role.

• 6 sigma experience (Desirable)

• VBA, Python or any programming language (Desirable)

How you will be rewarded:

We offer a competitive compensation and JM Elements benefits package including bonus, excellent pension contributions and 25 days annual leave (varies for shift-based roles). Our JM Elements Benefits programme helps our employees understand and manage the JM benefits, as well as helping you focus on your overall wellbeing – for you and your family.

We use our inspiring science and technology to enhance lives. For those who are passionate about sustainable solutions and shaping our markets, we offer stretch and a wealth of diverse opportunities.

We’ll give you freedom to bring your whole self to work and be part of a team where difference matters and all voices are heard, that genuinely cares for you and where your contribution is appreciated. We’ll empower you to lean in and make things happen, to create solutions and value for our customers. United by our values and vision, we’re self-starters sharing the same values and accountability and always with a shared commitment to doing the right thing. We’re passionate about making a difference and delivering a better tomorrow for us and for you – a cleaner and healthier world, today and for future generations.

Johnson Matthey is open for discussion on part time, job share and flexible working patterns

Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks, early application is advised

For any queries or should you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact UKRecruit@matthey.com.

How to apply:
If you have the necessary skills and experience to join our team, please apply online. For any queries or should you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application please let your recruiter know when they contact you.

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