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Disclaimer: SLB completed the acquisition of ChampionX on July 16, 2025. If selected for this position, your employment will begin with ChampionX and will transition to SLB as part of the planned integration.
Plant Operator - Fawley, Southampton
We are looking for a Plant Operator located in Fawley, Southampton. This is your opportunity to join a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet.
What’s in it For You
- The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth.
- The support of an organisation that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best.
- Thrive in a company that values sustainability, drives a safety-focused culture and empowers its employees through continuous improvement.
- Comprehensive benefits package & flexible working arrangements that enable balancing work commitments with other priorities.
What You Will Do
- Maintain a tidy and safe working environment that meets the Goal Zero and Life Critical Rules set by the company.
- Take an active role in Autonomous Maintenance ensuring areas are maintained in an appropriate state of cleanliness/order and condition.
- Be able and active in making recommendations for improvements to practices and procedures in their area of work.
- To be aware of, understand and display all Quality and Safety procedures to ensure high quality product is produced, shipped and received by the customer on time.
- To be responsible for the safe operation of blending units on the Fawley site, ensuring quality, housekeeping and environmental standards are maintained at the highest level in accordance to company policy.
- To be aware of the Permit to Work system on the Fawley site.
- To be fully conversant with all safety and emergency procedures involving the Fawley Site such that they can become a member of the Site response Team and know what to do in the event of an incident/emergency – Emergency Preparedness.
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Minimum Qualifications
- Numeracy and literacy skills are required, alongside a good attention to detail.
- Previous experience in Plant Operations.
- A team player who is keen to learn and able to adapt to changing scenarios while always maintaining and improving safety standards.
- Forklift driving is a requirement and the specific training for this is provided.
Physical Demands
- This role requires working in a chemical manufacturing plant and is based on the Fawley refinery.
- As part of your role, you are required to work a shift pattern that includes night shifts. You will also be expected to participate in the weekend duty technician rota as required by the business.
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- Previous exposure to operating chemical blenders and reactors processes.
About Us
ChampionX is now part of SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century. We are a technology company that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century. Today, we face a global imperative to create a future with more energy, but less carbon. Our diverse, innovative change makers are focused on going further in innovation and inventing the new energy technologies we need to get there.


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We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.
ChampionX is now part of SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century. We are a technology company that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century. Today, we face a global imperative to create a future with more energy, but less carbon. Our diverse, innovative change makers are focused on going further in innovation and inventing the new energy technologies we need to get there.
For more news and information, visit SLB.com. Follow us on Facebook at @WeAreSLBGlobal, LinkedIn: SLBGlobal, or Instagram at @SLBGlobal.
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