Process Manufacturing Technician Apprentice
Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited
Hull (HU12 8DS)
Closes on Wednesday 25 March 2026
Posted on 17 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Mitsubishi Chemical UK Ltd (MC UK), are looking for Apprentice Process Technicians to join their team. Candidates should be confident, keen, enthusiastic, and committed with a positive attitude to work. This is an ideal opportunity to learn all aspects of Process Operations and achieve an Advanced Apprenticeship qualification.
- Wage
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£15,600 a year
- Training course
- Process industry manufacturing technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday / Shift Rota once on site. Due to shifts and insurance purposes, you must be over 18.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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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
The business is looking for an Apprentice to train alongside our existing experienced team of Process Operators. As an apprentice, you will study a range of programmes working towards a Process Industry Manufacturing Technician L3 Apprenticeship standard, covering a variety of skills and qualifications while earning a wage and completing invaluable practical skills in industry. You will be working alongside a mentor and assisting the experienced process shift team with the following duties:
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Start up and shut down the plant process as per operating procedures
- Operating the plant and process within the set production and safety parameters
- Take samples as per the sampling schedule and procedure
- Complete daily logs and make notes of operational events, and communicate with the Shift Team Leader and the oncoming shift team
- Assist in the commissioning of new plant and equipment
- Carry out permit to work isolations, de-isolations
- Report any Health and Safety issues/incidents via the CATS reporting system
- Report any Engineering issues via the MAXIMO work order system
- Ensure good housekeeping standards are maintained on the plant.
Other responsibilities:
- Ensure correct stock control of any raw materials used on plant
- Ensure control of emergency equipment and PPE in the area
- Ensure correct control of any waste streams and assist in the management of the controlled waste zone
Initially, you will be based at the CATCH facility (Immingham) followed by being on site following a shift pattern. However, whilst apprentices are required to work both day and night shifts, individual arrangements will be provided to facilitate day release for college attendance if required.
Transport to the college is provided, and there are two pick-up points: Hull Bus Station, Humber Bridge. Following block training at CATCH you will be based at the Hull plant, Saltend, Hedon, Hull, HU12 8DS.
There will be some working at height and in confined spaces, with PPE required when working with chemicals. This is a 24/7 industry:
This position will involve shift work once initial training is undertaken, and agreed shift allowances will be paid at this time.
*New applicants who meet the entry requirements of the role will be contacted by the Apprentice Employment Agency team to discuss their application and the apprenticeship in further detail. Please ensure you provide up-to-date contact details and check your junk folder in case of redirected emails. Failure to respond to communications will result in your application being withdrawn.
Where you'll work
Soarnol House
Saltend
Hull
HU12 8DS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HCF CATCH 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
During this three-year programme, you will undertake 'off the job' training at CATCH Training Centre, Stallingborough, for the first 10 months, followed by the remaining duration onsite, where you will receive specific on-the-job training by an experienced mentor/supervisor/line manager.
You will also be supported by a dedicated assessor who will guide and mentor you throughout your apprenticeship.
You will undertake the Process Industry Manufacturing Technician L3 Standard Apprenticeship, and you will be required to undertake an end-point assessment.
Apprentices must complete a level 3 or 4 qualification in a science or technology discipline relevant to their occupation prior to completing the apprenticeship’s end-point assessment.
Successful achievement of the end-point assessment will lead to final certification of the apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Enthusiastic
- Punctual
Other requirements
Apprentice Employment Agency is a Flexi-Job Apprentice Agency & we will employ you for the duration of the apprenticeship. The company named in this vacancy is a Host Employer. Your application will be shared with them and training providers. You must hold unrestricted right to live and work in the Uk to apply for this role.
About this employer
SoarnoL™ (EVOH) is produced in Europe at Mitsubishi Chemical UK facility in Hull, UK. Additional facilities are located in Japan and America. Formally Nippon Gohsei UK Limited, now part of the Mitsubishi Chemical global Company.
After this apprenticeship
Progression to Process Technician / Shift Team Leader and beyond, subject to performance.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HCF CATCH LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000016285.
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Closes on Wednesday 25 March 2026