Biosurfactant Plant Operator

Plant Operator (Shifts)

Location: Wallasey, Merseyside

£33,000 Basic Salary

Share Options + 25 days Holiday + Pension

About Us:

Holiferm is a biotechnology company that develops sustainable and eco-friendly processes for manufacturing chemicals. We are based in the Northwest of England with a research and development laboratory in Manchester, a pilot plant in Daresbury and a commercial plant on the Wirral, Liverpool. We developed our first process using our patented fermentation with gravity separation technology, which we use to produce sophorolipids, and have already taken this from R&D to commercial scale.

Our commercial plant produces our products at kilotonne scale for our global customers from local, independent companies to multinationals. We are actively working on other processes to manufacture a range of molecules in order to diversify our portfolio, including rhamnolipids and MELs which will be introduced to market in 2024. This will move us closer to our mission of removing the need to use petrochemicals in the production process and allowing our customers to create 100% biobased formulations.

Due to our exciting growth plans we are looking to recruit a number of Plant Operators to produce these biosurfactants.

Role Responsibilities

As a Plant Operator, you will be responsible for:

• Safely, reliably and sustainably running both upstream and downstream processes of the commercial plant
• Operating a variety of production equipment including up to 60,000L capacity vessels, valves and pumps
• Performing and monitoring a variety of fermentation and downstream processing reactions
• Liaising with the QC team for analytical testing to ensure quality and yield of product
• Working with the process development, other production staff and the supply chain manager for raw material supply to ensure that the whole process provides products with suitable properties for a range of applications and industries, first from the pilot and then from the commercial plant.

Role Requirements

To be considered for this role, candidates will have:

Experience operating pilot plant/production scale equipment (pumps, valves, vessels etc), ideally in the biotechnology industry (but this is not essential).

Experience working with working with microorganisms, aseptic technique and inoculation techniques would be highly desirable, as would experience with fermentation process development and interpretation of fermentation data.

Ability to take responsibility for your own projects and demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to effectively communicate with colleagues at all levels.

Keywords: Biosurfactants, Plant Day Operator, Process Operator, Process Technician, Plant Technician, Plant Operator, Production Technician, Production Operator, Biotechnology, Fermentation, Process Development, Downstream, Aseptic Technique, Microorganisms, Production Vessels.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £33,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location