Process Engineer

Wolviston Management Services is recruiting on behalf of Tioxide Materials Ltd for two Process Engineers to join its Engineering team at its manufacturing facility in Greatham, Hartlepool. Please see details below:

Job Purpose:
The Process Engineer provides technical, operational and process safety support to the area team, helping to ensure plant operations are safe, reliable, compliant and capable of delivering required production and quality targets.
The role drives continuous improvement in plant process and operational performance by identifying and implementing improvement opportunities relating to capacity, variable costs, product quality, environmental performance and process safety.

Roles and Responsibilities:
◆ Drive continuous improvement of plant performance by identifying and implementing improvement opportunities that support current and future production capacity, variable cost reduction and product quality improvement.
◆ Investigate process incidents, production losses and operational issues using appropriate problem-solving tools, ensuring effective corrective actions are identified and implemented to prevent recurrence.
◆ Provide technical understanding, oversight, guidance and training to operations teams to support high levels of process competence, safe operation and consistent performance.
◆ Participate in the site technical duty rota, providing technical advice, escalation support and process engineering input as required to support safe, compliant and reliable plant operations.
◆ Fulfil Management of Change and inhibit signatory responsibilities, providing technical review and approval to ensure proposed changes are appropriately assessed, controlled and compliant with site governance requirements.
◆ Lead plant trials, ensuring technical and safety assessments are completed in a timely manner and trial requirements are clearly communicated to the manufacturing team.
◆ Promote environmental performance and environmental compliance, ensuring environmental issues are investigated, understood, resolved and escalated where required.
◆ Support area energy improvement activity, including contribution to the ISO 50001 improvement plan where required.
◆ Demonstrate behaviours that support a positive values-based culture, effective collaboration and continuous improvement across the manufacturing area.

Experience and Qualifications:

Essential
◆ Degree qualified in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or a related discipline.
◆ Chartered Engineer status or actively working towards Chartered status.
◆ Minimum of two years’ industry experience within an Upper Tier COMAH manufacturing, chemical or process environment.
◆ Manufacturing operational experience, including manufacturing improvement and delivery of measurable business benefits.
◆ Experience leading problem-solving activity across Production, Engineering and Technical functions.
◆ Proven ability to analyse problems, identify root causes and take effective corrective or improvement actions.
◆ Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to mobilise technical contributors across the organisation without direct line management authority.
◆ Well-developed IT skills, including Excel and PI/FIS.
◆ Ability to create tools, reports or analysis models within relevant software packages.

Desirable
◆ Experience acting as, or training towards, on-call technical support for process upsets and major accident hazard tactical response.
◆ Experience acting as, or training towards, Management of Change and Inhibits signatory responsibilities.
◆ Experience acting as an Energy Champion or supporting ISO 50001 improvement activity.
◆ Experience leading plant trials within a manufacturing or process environment.
◆ Experience supporting process safety assessments, environmental compliance or operational risk reviews.
◆ Experience working on TiO₂, chemical or high-hazard process manufacturing assets.

Benefits
We offer a Workplace Pension Scheme via Legal & General. There is a 4% minimum employee contribution, and the company will match your own contributions up to a maximum of 8%. We also allow employees to make Additional Voluntary Contributions to help you save for the future.

Private Medical Insurance (optional), Life Assurance and Income Protection are all included as contractual benefits with us, providing desired security where it matters most.

About the Organisation
Tioxide manufactures premium-performance titanium dioxide (TiO₂) pigments, marketed under the TIOXIDE® and DELTIO® brands, and supplied to customers worldwide across a range of essential applications.
Headquartered in Stockton-on-Tees in the UK, Tioxide combines more than 50 years of manufacturing heritage with advanced technical expertise, strong customer partnerships and a commitment to continuous innovation.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of LB Group, the world’s leading TiO₂ pigment and titanium sponge manufacturer, Tioxide is entering an exciting new chapter. As the business continues to evolve, we are welcoming new talent to help build on our strong heritage and contribute to our future success.

At Tioxide, you’ll have the chance to make a real impact in a business where people work together, take ownership, deliver on their commitments and continually look for better ways of doing things.

Whether you’re starting your career or bringing years of experience, you’ll be joining a business with a proud history, a supportive team and a clear vision for the future