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Process Lead - Refinery


Location: 

Bury St Edmunds, GB, IP32 7BB

Category:  Sugar Production
Date:  26 Jun 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salary

£60,499 to £74,109 per annum

 

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Refinery APU Lead you will support the delivery of the Refinery’s performance objectives within Quality, Environment, Safety & Health (QESH); cost management; technical budget delivery; engineering reliability and compliance; continuous improvement, housekeeping, capability, and team development. The role is integral to ensuring optimal daily performance whilst continuing to drive improvement activity.

Core Accountabilities

  • Safety leadership: developing a culture leading to zero lost time injuries and the delivery of all elements aligned with business goals.
  • Develop a people plan in your area with clear focus on leading, coaching and motivating a flexible and capable team who embody the British Sugar values and leadership model.
  • Provide day to day operational support to Shift Performance Manager as well as direct line reports & wider Refinery members to enable the achievement of objectives and delivery of operational plan.
  • Support the Refinery APU Lead, work collaboratively with Water Treatment Process Lead and other members of the Refinery Leadership team in delivering the S&OP plan.
  • Support capability across the Refinery in line with the site’s Factory of the Future plan.
  • Provide line leadership to a team of Process Technicians and Support Technicians.
  • Analyse factory performance data and recommend appropriate remedial action to ensure continuous optimisation of throughput, energy, extraction, process chemicals and product quality
  • Work in partnership with other Area Process Leads and technical support functions across the sites to ensure best practice is identified, captured, shared, and implemented across the business.
  • Working closely with relevant stakeholders, drive forward automation and improvement plans for the Refinery, ensuring our metrics embed the continuous improvement journey to support our factory of the future ambition.
  • Capability to develop a clear commercial understanding to drive performance.
  • Deputise for the Refinery APU Lead and support financial governance within budget requirements.

 

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

  • Experience of successfully leading high performing technical manufacturing teams.
  • Proven record of effective problem solving/fault diagnosis.
  • Continuous improvement mindset with a manufacturing excellence focus.
  • Budget and cost management experience.
  • Good communication/coaching/influence skills.
  • Strong IT skills - particularly MS Excel.
  • Ability to organise and prioritise.
  • Works on own initiative and ability to work as part of a team.

We are committed to creating an environment where all our people are treated with respect and given the opportunities to succeed. We want British Sugar to be a great, inclusive place to work for everyone.

 

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

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