# Boiler Operator - Fundamentally Trained

**Company**: Lush
**Location**: Poole, England
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full-time
**Salary**: £14.10-£16.10 per hour
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Cosmetics

**Apply**: https://lush.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/73d61fb7-3a2d-47e6-9a81-eda0aa09fc7b?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Diversity matters at Lush, a partly employee-owned, family-run company that prioritises putting more back into the world than it takes.

We are seeking a highly motivated and responsible Boiler Operator to learn and understand how to operate our industrial steam boilers within Lush Manufacturing.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Operate and adjust industrial steam boilers in the manufacturing plant.

- Maintain a safe operating environment by adhering to safety policies and procedures.

- Monitor gauges, meters, and control panels to ensure efficient, effective, and safe boiler operation.

- Perform routine daily inspections, including testing of boiler function and chemical feed water treatment.

- Record daily operations logs and report any anomalies in boiler function to the Maintenance team and Management.

- Respond promptly to emergencies or issues involving boiler operation.

- Coordinate with the Maintenance team and Management to ensure smooth operations across the boiler plant.

- Determine if risks from the boiler are at acceptable levels or if additional measures are required.

- Work at heights and have flexibility to work/cover alternative shifts.

- Assist with DAF operator duties when not carrying out boiler jobs.

**DAF Operator Responsibilities (as and when required)**

- Check and record chemical levels.

- Check tank pH and temperature.

- Check pumps, air and chemical feed lines.

- Check pH probe cleanliness and calibration.

- Check tank levels and sludge blanket.

- Check weir clarity and end of treatment water sample.

**Requirements**

- Prior experience or knowledge of steam boilers is an advantage.

- Attend and pass D6 - Steam Boiler Operation Fundamentals - City & Guilds Accredited Course.

- Proactive and highly motivated.

- Ability to learn and develop new skills.

- Excellent record-keeping skills.

- Great communication skills, written and verbal.

- Initiative to carry out daily tasks and manage own workload.

- Meticulous, competent, and responsible.

- Flexibility required to cover all shifts.

**Benefits**

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

- 6 months of full pay for parental leave.

- Enhanced paternity leave.

- Bonus scheme.

- Day off for weekday birthdays.

- Holiday purchase scheme.

- 50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments.

- Cycle to work scheme.

- Discounted rail and bus season tickets.

- Employee assistance programme.

- Wellbeing & mindfulness sessions.

- Access to employee-led Community Networks.

## Skills

### Required
- steam boiler operation
- safety policies and procedures
- record-keeping
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- prior experience of steam boilers

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Source: [Apply at lush.pinpointhq.com](https://lush.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/73d61fb7-3a2d-47e6-9a81-eda0aa09fc7b?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)