Process Industry Manufacturing Technician Apprentice - Cargill PLC

Role Overview

This role involves working as part of a process team to ensure operation of the rapeseed oil Crush & Refinery departments, working to high safety, quality and efficiency standards. During the apprenticeship, you will participate in a recognised training programme in science manufacturing along with comprehensive on-the-job training.

What you'll do at work

The role involves working as part of a process team to ensure the successful operation of the Crush and Refinery departments while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and efficiency. During the apprenticeship, the incumbent will participate in a recognised Science Manufacturing training programme alongside comprehensive on-the-job training.

• Train towards and demonstrate competency in the safe and effective operation of process equipment across the plant
• Perform in-process quality control and analytical checks to ensure product quality and compliance with site standards
• Work towards and successfully complete the Level 3 Process Industry Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship
• Support plant operations through front-line maintenance, housekeeping, and other production-related activities as required
• Maintain quality systems, operational logs, and other required documentation accurately and in a timely manner
• Keep detailed training records to support apprenticeship progress, training activities, and studies

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

• Regent Road, Liverpool, Bootle, L20 8DF
• Branch Dock Two, Gladstone Dock, Bootle, L20 1BG

Training provider

COGENT SSC LIMITED

Training course

Process industry manufacturing technician (level 3)

What you'll learn

Course contents

• Review instructions or information to understand the task.
• Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost.
• Identify hazards and risks in the workplace and personal safety and mitigation measures.
• Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
• Follow environment emergency procedures. For example, make area safe, evacuate.
• Apply sustainability principles for example, minimising waste.
• Apply standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Check equipment.
• Select, check, and prepare raw materials for process for example, weighing, measuring, control and blending, conditioning, dissolving, and sanitisation.
• Set and adjust processing parameters such as temperature, pressure, speed or time, distance.
• Monitor process for example, take readings and conduct walk-arounds.
• Conduct the control of product streams to maintain specifics.
• Apply quality assurance procedures. For example, density checks, contaminant check, and take samples for laboratory testing.
• Apply intermediate or post-manufacturing procedure for example, labelling, packing, storage, visual inspection, discharge.
• Manage waste streams.
• Clean equipment for example, boil-outs, steam-outs, bake-outs, steam in place SIP, clean in place (CIP).
• Conduct calculations for example, conversations, tare weight, charge weights, yield calculations.
• Store tools and equipment.
• Identify equipment for handover.
• Apply signage and access restriction measures.
• Shut down the process and equipment.
• Isolate process and systems.
• Complete isolation checks.
• Empty equipment for example, drain, purge, vent, and de-pressure.
• Purge, fill, pressurise and leak test.
• Complete post maintenance equipment checks.
• Line-up equipment.
• Connect service connections such as water, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic for chemical or petrochemical processing.
• De-isolate process, mechanical and electrical systems.
• Complete pre-start up checks.
• Start-up plant and equipment.
• Re-start process.
• Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
• Interpret data for example, process data, quality control and test procedure data.
• Interpret drawings and graphs.
• Identify issues for example, defects, deviations, process variance, and maintenance requirements.
• Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
• Apply problem solving and fault-finding techniques.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make a suggestion for improvement.
• Use information and digital technology for example, management information systems, human machine interfaces, word processing, spreadsheet, email, virtual learning platforms, document sharing platforms. Comply with cyber security requirements.
• Produce written documents for example, handover notes or emails, non-conformances, design change requests.
• Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Apply team working principles.
• Plan how to meet personal development needs. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development (CPD) activities.