Overview

Senior Quality Assurance Manager - Coke and Refinery (Technical Assessor). Contract role. Location: Remote, UK coverage.

We are looking for a Technical Assessor with experience of manufacturing coke oven products. Our external Technical Assessors play a pivotal role in the UKAS assessment process, providing essential expertise to deliver robust assessments in Coke and Refinery.

Becoming a technical assessor for UKAS provides a unique opportunity to expand your skills and enhance your career alongside your current role.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture of coke oven products, production of coke and semi-coke, production of pitch and pitch coke, production of oven gas, production of crude coal and lignite tars and agglomeration of coke.
• Appreciation/understanding of the manufacturing of coke and refined petroleum products and the relevant environmental aspects and impact.
• Production of motor fuel, gasoline, kerosene etc.
• Production of fuel: light, medium and heavy fuel oil, refinery gases such as ethane, propane, butane etc.
• Manufacture of oil-based products for the petrochemical industry and for the manufacture of road coverings
• Manufacture of petroleum briquettes
• Blending of biofuels.

On-site knowledge areas (to gain an understanding of)

• Carbonisation processes
• Distillation process – Tar from lignite
• Mineral oil production processes
• Relevant industry standards
• Environmental legislation and environmental aspects and impacts
• Coke production process
• Coke oven gas production and coke oven by-products
• Crude coal production processes
• Distillation process – Tar from lignite
• Mineral oil production process and safety aspects

Qualifications

To be successful in this position it is required to have a degree in organic chemistry, but extensive experience in the field will also be considered.

Application information

For more information about the opportunity, inquiries should be directed through appropriate UKAS channels.