Rob Hancox Email & Phone Number

Ashington

Seal Sands, Middlesbrough

Responsible for a team of 4 Lead Operators, a shift chemist & maintenance technician within a shift team of around 30 people. The site is an upper-tier COMAH site manufacturing a range of chemicals for 3rd party customers using batch processes, including active pharmaceutical ingredients & agrochemicals. The role involves planning and monitoring all aspects of production performance, maximising the utilisation of both equipment and people whilst ensuring that all health & safety… Show more Responsible for a team of 4 Lead Operators, a shift chemist & maintenance technician within a shift team of around 30 people. The site is an upper-tier COMAH site manufacturing a range of chemicals for 3rd party customers using batch processes, including active pharmaceutical ingredients & agrochemicals. The role involves planning and monitoring all aspects of production performance, maximising the utilisation of both equipment and people whilst ensuring that all health & safety requirements are met. Show less

Billingham

Responsible for a small team of process operators & support staff within this ‘start up’ batch blending facility, producing high purity electrolyte for lithium ion batteries. Taking the new plant through the post commissioning stage & into the initial phases of production.

Lynemouth, Northumberland

Progressing from a shift manager position to this day based role, leading a team of 6 supervisory staff & 80+ operators within the smelter’s Carbon Plant. Responsible for ensuring that desired production targets are achieved whilst the organization’s health, safety & environmental standards are met & improvements implemented.

North Shields

Teacher of science to secondary school pupils aged 11-18 years. Successful transition into a new organisation & culture, progressing from teaching assistant to qualified teacher status through a school based teacher training programme.Building upon existing communication skills & contributing to successful team teaching of GCSE & A-level students in an ‘outstanding’ school.

Cramlington

Member of the senior management team & reporting to the site director, this role involved the management of a team of approximately 20 chemists & engineers supporting the batch manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients in accordance with cGMP.

Birkenhead

Member of the senior management team, reporting to the site director, this role involved all aspects of the day to day running of the 65,000 tonnes per annum superabsorbent polymers production facility, in a continuous operation, with a turnover of approximately £60m.

Birkenhead

Management of the production function with responsibility for a team of chemists, engineers & 5 shift supervisors. Led an R&D project from pilot-scale to full-scale production through commissioning & plant start-up within two years. Including recruitment & development of five shift teams.De-bottlenecking of two production processes by more than 25%, through implementation of improved maintenance practices, changes to process chemistry & increased efficiency.

Birkenhead

Working within a small team to improve existing products & processes and pre-commissioning activities for a new production process.

Barnsley

Developing a plastic alternative to the tin can