Chemical Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the HSSE Team Leader, the key duties and responsibilities will be: 

• Day to day and long-term management of boiler and cooling water quality, which includes providing condition monitoring for quality control including: logging of system variables; sampling; laboratory analysis; managing records; interpretation of results; troubleshooting and making informed recommendations for actions to Shift Leaders.
• Management of chemical inventory to maintain adequate stocks, including ordering, reordering, usage, storage, access and disposal.
• Managing ‘COSHH’ records, providing advice and assistance on COSHH to other departments for chemicals / substances used or present onsite.
• Carrying out the role of Selected Person (Atmosphere) under the Safety Rules, which includes providing ‘Selected Person Reports’ for confined space working under the ‘Safety Rules’.
• Monitoring of confined space atmospheres for hazards and assigning precautions, taking responsibility and providing confirmation to the SAP that specified areas are safe for work.

Essential:

• Strong working knowledge of water treatment technologies, particularly the production of RO/DI and demineralised water. 
• Strong working knowledge of relevant HSE legislation.
• Practical experience of good laboratory practices and environment sampling.
• Knowledge of relevant chemical philosophies, existing and proposed technical legislation, policies and legal obligations.

Desirable:

• Previous experience within a power station or the electricity sector. 
• Experience of operations, including boiler water chemistry.
• Experience with Safety Documents (Permit for Work) systems.
• Ability to understand, operate and predict consequences of plant operation.
• Knowledge of planning techniques and project management.

Interested candidates, please forward an updated copy of your details for the attention of Sandra Brennan @CPL Group