Apprentice Process Operator - PB Kent

Cogent Ssc Limited

Immingham (DN40 2QW)

Closes in 11 days (Sunday 19 October 2025)

Posted on 2 October 2025


Summary

In this apprenticeship, you will work towards becoming a process operator able to operate the granulation plant safely and efficiently, with the knowledge, skills and personal attributes to take responsibility for the operation and make decisions to optimise the process.

Wage

£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Process industry manufacturing technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm. 30 minute unpaid lunch break.

40 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 1 November 2025

Duration

2 years 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Organise intake & storage of all raw materials and monitor stock levels to ensure effective containment, material quality and accuracy
  • Ensure the production plan is continuously tracked to comply with production schedules
  • Supervise the formulation & mixing of products to achieve accurate and uniform product consistency
  • Monitor & control the operation of the herbicide intake system to control safety, consistency and quality
  • Operate the process plant to safely & efficiently produce quality granular products
  • Monitor and adjust process parameters in order to sustain reliable plant operation
  • Inspect, maintain & clean all plant equipment to keep up safety, quality and operational standards
  • Promote and sustain a high level of housekeeping to create a safe and efficient working area
  • Generate reports on production, material usage and equipment operation to effectively transfer information through the business
  • Continually assess plant and system operations to identify potential performance improvements
  • Carry out plant changeovers to maintain availability and safeguard start-up consistency
  • Regularly test products for size distribution, moisture content and general quality in order to establish efficient process settings and meet customer requirements
  • Control and record waste usage to reduce operating costs and impact to the environment
  • Carry out statutory site inspections and audits in-line with safety, environmental and quality system procedures
  • Assess hazards & risks for all work carried out (including contractor’s work) and issue Permit-to-Work documents accordingly so as to safely control all activities in the work area
  • Act as site responsible person out of hours to continue effective operation of the site, make sure the site is secure and deal with any incidents
  • Issue equipment spares, PPE and supplies to support efficient use and control of company resources
  • Contribute to project development and implementation to produce optimum business improvements

Where you'll work

Alexandra Road
Immingham Dock
Immingham
DN40 2QW

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

COGENT SSC LIMITED

Training course

Process industry manufacturing technician (level 3)

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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.
  • 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.

Training schedule

  • Process Industry Manufacturing Technician Level 3 (A level) Apprenticeship Standard
  • Training will be delivered as a blended mixture of online and in-person learning

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's including Maths, English and Science (grade 4/C or above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.

Company benefits

Holiday Allowance - 25 Days Holiday Allowance, plus Bank Holidays Pension - Employee 4%, Employer 5% Eyecare Employee Assistance Programme Onsite Parking Life Insurance Death in Service Amount Away Days/Company Parties

After this apprenticeship

  • This will lead to Process Operator role. There is scope for progression. An operator has recently moved into a day role providing operational and engineering support
  • Salary as an operator is £37000 (£16.96/hr)

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COGENT SSC LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344727.

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Closes in 11 days (Sunday 19 October 2025)

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