Water Quality Technical Specialist

Water Quality Technical Specialist

Full Time – 36 hours

Permanent role

Salary £40,880 - £51,100 (depending on experience)

Sandon Valley House, Hanningfield

About the role

We are currently looking for a Water Quality Technical Specialist (known internally as a Water Quality Scientist) to join our busy Water Quality team. The team are responsible for ensuring we can demonstrate that Essex & Suffolk Water meets our regulatory requirements for drinking water quality.

You’ll be responsible for assessing the risk to public health for planned and reactive work and as a technical expert you’ll investigate a range of matters affecting water quality.

This will require you to prepare technical reports and carry out technical audits of water treatment processes and network assets.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the protection of public health and will involve providing technical expertise and advice to key internal and external customers. To do this the candidate will have to develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including Local Authorities, UK Health Security Agency and the Drinking Water Inspectorate.

We will expect you to collate and interpret data to help identify areas for improvement and assess performance. The successful candidate will also be responsible for all water quality issues at assigned treatment works and assets, the development and promotion of best practice with reference to Water Quality and integration of appropriate legislation.

You’ll also be required to participate in a standby rota, providing support and advice on any water quality matters.

About you

This is a wide ranging; varied role and you will be required to show an adaptable approach to be able to prioritise your workload. We’re looking for someone with experience of regulations and risk assessment, with a degree in a relevant scientific subject.

Knowledge of drinking water regulations, water treatment and distribution systems would be beneficial.

You’ll have proven experience consulting and influencing stakeholders and will work well in pressurised situations. Experience of presenting to large groups is desirable as the successful candidate will be required to do this as part of their role.

Being comfortable writing clear and concise reports is also essential as well as being able to communicate with people on all levels.

Here at Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.