What you’ll be responsible for
This role will include:
- Being part of a team that will be responsible for the 24/7/365 operation and maintenance of wastewater and sludge treatment plants ensuring compliance is maintained and throughput optimised.
- Working to agreed standards to ensure the organisation meets its health & safety, contractual, regulatory, operational and financial targets.
- Actively take part in risk assessments and COSHH assessments and working live to record routine and reactive tasks. Completing statutory tasks including Fire alarm, legionella, radiation box checks, and verification of Mcert requirements.
- Demonstrating ownership of process problems & managing the decision-making process as part of the shift activities whilst escalating any issues to the bronze manager.
- Proactively carrying out planned maintenance and operational checks to required standards.
- Identifying plant issues and troubleshoot faults, rectifying where possible or raising reactive tasks on SAP work manager and escalate to Senior Operator/Operations Supervisor.
- Undertaking sampling of designated processes within wastewater and AAD process areas as per instructions and undertaking process optimisation on the back of these results and recording any analysis in the site log / diary including taking action on any recommendations from science or other process specialists to maintain optimal compliance.
- Monitoring SCADA AAD and treatment for alarms, flows, levels and pressures within their specified process parameters, taking the required action to reduce plant failures and achieve optimisation of plant.
- Following and complying with all QMS procedures relating to the plant including all record keeping and sampling to demonstrate compliance and awareness of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Biosolids Assurance Scheme (BAS).
- Undertaking training to be able to understand and deliver all requirements of our Competent Management System (CMS).
- Managing sludge levels ensuring that there is capacity for adequately desludging the WwTW. Liaising with the wider business wastewater teams and import / export contractors as necessary to ensure process is optimised and there is adequate import capacity available to receive sludges from satellite sites.
- Monitoring and maximising performance of Industrial Boilers and CHPs, liaising closely with the Energy Team and maintenance providers completing the required industrial boiler blowdown testing and daily inspections, sampling and boiler chemical dosing adjustment.
- Ensure that workplace inspections, health and safety reporting and statutory checks are undertaken (including radiation, legionella and Mcert flow tasks).
- Making daily adjustments to the Cambi THP process, with the associated responsibilities of working with high pressure steam and temperatures.
- For maintenance or reactive requirements ensure that CAMBI reactor or Boiler shutdowns are completed safely and are ready to be worked on.
- Complete Telehandler training and maintain safety records and checks on all associated equipment.
Who you’ll work with
Internal
- Advice from Wastewater Science and Support
- Advice and Support from Capital colleagues
- Liaison with Wastewater Treatment teams
- Liaison with Wastewater Network Teams
External
- Liaison and coordination of Suppliers and Contractors
About you
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- NVQ 2 in Wastewater process / BTEC in Wastewater process
- Previous experience in working in wastewater business or similar industry
- Working with gas systems, internal training will be provided
- Knowledge and experience of working with steam boiler systems and combined heat and power engines, internal training will be provided
- A good process aptitude is essential for this role to identify process/plant issues and troubleshooting problems in order to support the MEI team.
- Able to risk assess and adopt a safe working practice to undertake tasks
- Competency of working with gas and live steam apparatus
- Knowledge and use of interface systems
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- IT Literate conversant with Word, Excel, Outlook and app based systems
Good to know
- The successful candidate will be required to work a 4 on 4 off shift pattern, including nights
- Any overtime or additional work requirements would be in line with the overtime governance process and authorised by the Supervisor or Senior Operator
For more information on the role please contact [email protected]
Benefits
As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
- Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
- Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
- Free Mortgage Brokering Services
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
- Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
- Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
- Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
- An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
- Many more can be found on our website.
Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.
Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business.
Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.
We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.
To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.
In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.
Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.
