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Work history
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Robert Dixon

Robert Dixon

Hartlepool,Durham

Summary

Process technician with over 30 years experience in the chemical, and bio chemical industry. Experience in all facets of chemical plant operations, including leadership, control room activities, outside operations, multiskilled activities and analytical techniques.




Overview

37
37
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Lead Technician

Ensus Cropenergies BioEthanol Plant
Middlesbrough
02.2020 - 05.2025
  • Deputise for the Shift Manager when appropriate, and assist in the management of operational and maintenance activities
  • Ensuring the plant is operated safely and within specified parameters.
  • Ensure all key tasked are carried out by the shift team and that appropriate operating procedure are followed.
  • Write and update Operating procedure as required.
  • Ensure equipment is isolated and prepared for maintenance as per Safe Systems of Work guidelines.
  • Issuing of Permits to work to maintenance personal for routine and breakdown activities.
  • Trainer and validator for DCS technicians.

Control Room / Panel Operator/ Outside Operator

Ensus Cropenergies BioEthanol Plant
Middlesbrough
10.2013 - 02.2020
  • Responsible for the safe operation of the front end of a top tier COMAH plant, using a Delta V DCS control system. This includes the operation of the grain storage, grain cleaning, milling, mashing, cooking and liquefaction sections of plant before feeding 8 X 4000m3 fermenters to ferment various cereal grains to produce fuel grade ethanol, DDGS for animal feed, and CO2 for food use.
  • Operation of the Nippon CO2 liquefaction plant
  • Operation of the plant services and utilities.
  • Carry out outside operations
  • Carry out multiple analytical techniques.

Process Technologist

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
Chilton, Billingham
12.2007 - 09.2013
  • Operating in a clean room environment the fermentation of a variety of substances from e-coli to yeasts to produce API(active pharmaceutical ingredients) for use in the medical industry.
  • Writing and reviewing of batch manufacturing records to meet customer and regulatory standards for a GMP process.
  • Analytical tasks (pH and conductivity, Dry and wet weight, OD, glucose analysis and integrity measurement)
  • Carry out multi skilled activities to meet production needs
  • Operation of plant using a Siemens and Bioengineering control system.

Senior Process Technician

AstraZeneca
Billingham, Cleveland
01.1993 - 12.2007
  • Deputise for the Team Leader, when appropriate, and to assist in the management of operational and maintenance activities
  • To carry out multi skilled activities to meet production needs.
  • Preparing and issuing of Permits to Work certificates to allow for maintenance activities to be carried out.
  • Operation of the Quorn assets using an ABB Taylor MOD 300 system
  • Online analytical tasks

Process Operator

ICI Biological Products
Chilton, Billingham
01.1992 - 01.1993
  • To operate a number of different monoseptic biological fermentation reaction systems
  • To operate harvesting and separation processes to pharmaceutical and food standards.

Process Operator

ICI Chemical Products
Billingham
01.1990 - 01.1992
  • Carry out product storage movements as required
  • To operate 4 Still batch distillation plant.
  • To operate TGNP distillation plant.
  • Tanker loading/offloading
  • Toxic chemical sampling for analysis
  • Carry out valve movements and tasks as requested by panel operators.
  • Assist lead operator in start-up and shut down of the plant

Process Youth Trainee

ICI Chemical Products
Billingham
01.1988 - 01.1990
  • Trained in process operations across a number of process plants on the Chemical products site including the Amines, Oil Gasification, Carbonylation and Phenol processes.
  • Attended Langland's College to study for City and Guilds in Process Plant Operations Parts 1,2 and 3

Education

City & Guilds in Process Plant Operation - Parts 1, 2 and 3

Langland's College
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
01.1988 - 01.1990

GCSE's - English Language, English Literature, History, C.D.T, Mathematics, Physics, RE, Art and Design

English Martyrs Comprehensive School
Hartlepool
09.1984 - 08.1988

Skills

  • Team leadership
  • Control Room DCS operations
  • PTW issuer
  • Site Emergency Response Team member
  • Forklift truck/ Telehandler/ Front end loader licences

Industry related training


  • IOSH Managing Safely
  • Cert in HACCP principles
  • NEBS Certificate in Supervisory Competence
  • Falck Incident Management Trained
  • Falck Fire Anti Gas Training
  • Forklift truck/telehandler licence
  • Front end loader licence

Affiliations

  • Musician, saxophone, wind synthasizer
  • cycling
  • Walking

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Lead Technician

Ensus Cropenergies BioEthanol Plant
02.2020 - 05.2025

Control Room / Panel Operator/ Outside Operator

Ensus Cropenergies BioEthanol Plant
10.2013 - 02.2020

Process Technologist

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
12.2007 - 09.2013

Senior Process Technician

AstraZeneca
01.1993 - 12.2007

Process Operator

ICI Biological Products
01.1992 - 01.1993

Process Operator

ICI Chemical Products
01.1990 - 01.1992

Process Youth Trainee

ICI Chemical Products
01.1988 - 01.1990

City & Guilds in Process Plant Operation - Parts 1, 2 and 3

Langland's College
01.1988 - 01.1990

GCSE's - English Language, English Literature, History, C.D.T, Mathematics, Physics, RE, Art and Design

English Martyrs Comprehensive School
09.1984 - 08.1988

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