Environmental Process Scientist

Anglian Water; Colchester; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking an Environmental Process Scientist to support wastewater management and compliance in the Colchester area. The role involves designing strategies to optimize infrastructure, ensuring treatment efficiency, and collaborating with operational teams. A degree in a relevant scientific field and strong analytical skills are essential for success in this position.

Benefits

Full private healthcare with no excess

26 days leave plus Bank Holidays

Flexible working culture

Competitive pension scheme

Life Assurance at eight times your salary

Bonus Scheme

Flexible benefits for wellbeing

Paid time off for health reasons

Excellent Family Leave package

Qualifications

• Background in wastewater management or relevant scientific education.
• Strong IT skills for data manipulation and interpretation.
• Experience in wastewater collection and treatment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver wastewater process science support and compliance advice.
• Design and implement strategies to reduce operational costs.
• Develop and implement risk assessments and sampling programmes.

Skills

Data manipulation

Data interpretation

Communication

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Education

Degree in a relevant scientific subject

Job description

Salary Circa £41,500 + Cash for Cars Allowance

Full time, 37 hours a week, Permanent

Field-based covering: Colchester, Saffron Walden, Sudbury & Haverhill

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Water Recycling is at the heart of our operations. The key services that we are responsible for are delivered by our in-house, highly skilled workforce. We collect and treat the water that customers have used, returning it to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. Our network includes 76,000 kilometres of sewers which feed over 1,000 water recycling centres. Would you like to be part of a team who are responsible for the safe and sustainable operation and maintenance of our water recycling assets?

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:

- Full private healthcare with no excess

- 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

- A flexible working culture

- Competitive pension scheme - we double-match your contributions up to 6%

- Life Assurance at eight times your salary

- Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary

- Bonus Scheme

- Lots of great discounts

- Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

- Paid time off when you're physically and mentally unwell

- An excellent Family Leave package - to help you support your family

What will you be doing?

Covering Colchester, Saffron Walden, Sudbury, Haverhill areas and reporting directly to the Process Science Manager, you will be responsible for delivering wastewater process science support and advising Water Recycling Services on how to maintain compliance and ensure treatment efficiency. This will involve providing reactive and proactive performance improvements, implementing strategies to exploit the full potential of our infrastructure as well as reducing operational expenditure where possible. You will also be involved in data evaluation and compliance reporting, developing and implementing sampling programmes, as well as spending time coaching and developing our operations teams in their knowledge of treatment processes.

Duties will include:

- Designing and implementing strategies to fully exploit the potential of the infrastructure and reduce OPEX

- Providing process advice and support to proactively reduce energy and chemical usage

- Developing and implementing risk assessments and action plans

- Designing and implementing strategies to correct adverse performance trends to maintain compliance

- Scientifically leading the prevention and resolution of incidents and non-conformance affecting processes and network infrastructure

- Developing and carrying out risk assessments and action plans

- Supporting Operational Managers in handling customer complaints/enquiries

- Develop and implement sampling programmes.

- Measure process performance and interpret data and provide regular reports on compliance and performance

- Lead scientific and regulatory liaison with local Environment Agency

- Providing rotational scientific standby

What does it take to be an Environmental Process Scientist?

- A background in wastewater management or educated to degree level in a relevant scientific subject

- Strong IT skillset, specifically around data manipulation and data interpretation

- Demonstrable expertise in wastewater collection and treatment as well as sludge treatment would be advantageous

- Excellent communication skills including the ability to influence others

- Proven problem-solving capability

- Stakeholder management experience

- Possesses the skillset to work autonomously as well as cross collaboration with teams

- Analytical mindset

- Full driving license is essential for this role

- You will need to live within either the Colchester / Saffron Walden / Haverhill or Sudbury area to be considered for this role

- Flexible approach to work as there will be a small amount of standby required within this role

Why Anglian Water?

Here at Anglian Water, we are striving to do the right thing for our people, customers and our environment. Our culture involves collaborative, innovative and inspiring work putting people at the heart of our business, and we truly love what we do! We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.

If you are interested in adding value to our team and progressing your career with us, please apply today!

Closing date: 5th June 2025

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