Role: 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.
Playing a pivotal role, our external Technical Assessors are a crucial part of the UKAS assessment process, providing UKAS with the essential expertise required to deliver robust assessments in Coke and Refinery.
Becoming a technical assessor for UKAS provides a unique and rewarding opportunity for industry professionals to expand your skills and enhance your career alongside your current role.
Key skills:
* 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.
To gain an on-site appreciation of one or more of:
* Carbonisation processes.
* Coke oven gas production process
* Distillation process – Tar from lignite
* Mineral oil production processes.
General understanding of:
* Relevant industry standards
* Environmental legislation and environmental aspects and impacts
* Coke production process
* Carbonisation processes.
* 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
To be successful in this position it is required to have someone with a degree in organic chemistry but extensive experience in the field will also be considered.
To find out more about the opportunity follow the link:
https://www.ukas.com/about-us/careers/independent-technical-assessors/
Candidate privacy notice link:
https://www.ukas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/UKAS-Candidate-Privacy-Notice.pdf