Industrial Placement Student

Job title:

Industrial Placement Student

Company

Croda

Job description

Industrial Placement StudentVacancy Number: req4504Location: DittonLocation Address:
Foundry Lane, Ditton
Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 8UB
United KingdomClosing Date: 15/04/2025Croda is a FTSE100 organisation driven around our purpose of Smart Science to Improve Lives™. With over 6,000 employees across 39 countries, we are focused on the research and development of novel and highly sustainable raw materials for the Life Sciences and Consumer Care sectors.We are passionate and excited about how we can develop and utilise new technologies to shape and inspire changes within an ever-growing marketplace. As our business looks to deliver its ambitious strategy of growth, we are looking for an Industrial Placement Student to join our engineering team at Ditton, Cheshire for 12 months from August/September 2025. This placement is an excellent opportunity to experience life on a manufacturing site and gain exposure to a wide variety of typical process plant equipment used in batch-processing as well provide a platform in which to develop technical skills. The main purpose of this role is to design and implement improvements on site to address safety, environmental and operational issuesYou will be responsible for achieving operational excellence through innovation, efficiency optimisation whilst maintaining high SHE and quality standards on site.Who We’re Looking For:At Croda, we believe our people are the heart of our success. We are committed to fostering an environment where you can grow, make a meaningful impact, and thrive.

• You will need to be a self-motivated individual with the ability to manage and plan your own workload.

• Team work, strong communication skills, attention to detail and problem analysis are essential for this role.

• You will be a Chemical Engineering undergraduate finishing their second or third year working towards 2.1 or higher.

• Previous work experience within the chemical industry is desirable but not essential

What You’ll Be Doing:Be part of a site team that values diversity, sustainability, and continuous innovation, where your ideas and contributions matter. In this position, you will work within the onsite engineering function aiming to deliver a varied array of short term and long term objectives to support manufacturing. Under the guidance of Process Engineers:

• Provide operational support to the manufacturing plants; troubleshooting within a fast paced environment to assure production continuity. Installing plant modifications to improve operational and safety issues facing plant operators.

• Support delivery of small to medium sized capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects, from initial design concept and sizing, cost estimation, business case through to installation and commissioning.

• Implementation and driving Process Safety methodologies for small modification through to full plant Process Risk Reviews. Support onsite hazard studies as scribe and design engineer roles. Provide technical sizing capabilities to support pressure relief system sizing. Executing remedial actions arising from Process Safety activities with innovative solutions to reduce risk at minimal cost and disruption to the business.

• This role will be an excellent opportunity to work alongside a range of departments and disciplines – EC&I engineering, mechanical engineering, maintenance technicians, process operators, external contractors, and process development scientists, among others. This will be ideal for understanding the role a multi-skilled Process Engineer plays in the successful operation of a manufacturing site.

What We Offer:Join a global organisation with countless opportunities for growth and leadership.The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary and benefits package including:

• Defined benefit pension scheme

• 25 days paid holiday allowance (plus bank holidays)

• Private medical insurance

• Access to share plans

• Cycle to work scheme

• Car leasing scheme

• Generous parental leave

• Retail platform benefits

• Free car parking on Croda sites

• Flexible working arrangements

Additional InformationIf you require any reasonable adjustments during the hiring process or experience any issues with our online application process, please email candidate@croda.com.Croda recognises employees as our strength and the diversity they bring to our workforce are directly linked to our ongoing success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including age, race, colour, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

Expected salary

Location

Ditton, Cheshire

Job date

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:48:23 GMT

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