Distillation Control Analyst

Role overview

Hours and shifts

• The role is 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a rotating weekly shift pattern.
• Early shift: 06:00–14:00; late shift: 13:45–21:45.

Responsibilities

• Monitor production distillations and provide rapid-response analysis and technical advice as processes proceed.
• Analyse materials using gas chromatography, including GC-MS and headspace analysis, HPLC, sensory and organoleptic methods, and physical measurements.
• Assess raw-material suitability before distillation and help set raw-material guidelines or specifications.
• Issue and update production process instructions to support safety, quality and operational performance.
• Coordinate timely sample submission and analysis through daily distillation meetings.
• Prepare and test trial blends, adjust to specification and recommend finished bulks to the bulking and planning department.
• Track global plant KPIs; support scale-ups, commissioning and validations.
• Contribute to process-control improvement projects and use historical records to investigate problems and trends.
• Troubleshoot issues and calibrate and maintain laboratory measuring instruments.
• Maintain a clean, orderly laboratory under GLP guidelines, report hazards and support health and safety.

Candidate requirements

• A degree in a science-based discipline, or relevant hands-on experience in place of a formal degree.
• Previous experience in a similar role and/or knowledge of distillation is a bonus.

Location

• The role is based in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
• Work includes analysis and process-control support at two production sites and laboratory duties.