PB Leiner is one of the world’s leading producers of high quality gelatins and collagen peptides. It has a global presence in terms of both its plants and sales representatives. PB Leiner’s objective is to recognize and explore opportunities for its customers and to anticipate future trends.
In this regard, PB Leiner was the world’s first gelatin producer to market multifunctional gelatin products. PB Leiner supplies a continuously growing market in food, pharma, health nutrition and technical applications. PB Leiner has approximately 1,200 collaborators throughout the world and is part of Tessenderlo Group.
Job description
Are you enthusiastic about process and production engineering? Do you want to gain experience of working in an industrial setting? At PB Leiner we have exciting opportunities within our well established and friendly engineering teams, with vacancies for two Year In Industry Students.
One student will be working in within our production engineering department. The other within our process engineering department. The Year In Industry Students will work closely with multiple departments and get experience of our full process (raw material to finished product). There will be the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of different activities and the students will be active team members, making positive contributions.
Apply here for both roles and specify any preference of department in your application.
The production YII student will be involved in
- The analysis of hourly production data and downtime
- Process monitoring and analysis
- The implementation of small throughput improvements projects
- Taking part in problem solving exercises
- Interfacing with many different departments and job roles from operators to plant manager
- Providing support to engineers and department heads
- The Health and Safety of all our employees is of utmost importance and you will be expected to comply with all the requirements in place
The process YII student will be involved in
- The gathering and analysis of process data
- Assisting the production team to solve processing issues
- The implementation of small process improvements projects
- Aiding the implementation of larger process improvement projects
- Taking part in problem solving exercises
- Interfacing with many different departments and job roles from operators to plant manager
- Providing support to engineers and department heads
- The Health and Safety of all our employees is of utmost importance and you will be expected to comply with all the requirements in place
These roles are based in our Treforest plant.
Profile
Skills and abilities
Are you self-motivated, keen to learn, and reliable? If you thrive working in a fast paced environment and are able to work both independently and as part of the team, then you may have the skills we are seeking.
Requirements
- Be studying for a degree in Chemical Engineering or similar and achieving a 2:1 or higher
- Have a high level of safety awareness
- Be computer literate
- Have strong interpersonal skills
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be flexible
- Be able to work well individually or as part of a team
As part of the application, please submit a cover letter telling us why you would like to work at PB Leiner and what you can bring to the team!
Offer
What can you expect from us? We are committed to supporting our employees ambitions through training and development opportunities and as a result you may will be required to undertaken some mandatory training and have the opportunity to help train others if you are if sufficiently competent in a given task.
We aim to collaborate with your university study and support you throughout your placement. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applicants from all walks of life. We promote a healthy work life balance and in addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of benefits, including:
- Private medical insurance
- Above average pension contribution structure
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Sickness absence insurance
- Training and development opportunities,
- Social events and more
