Engineer/ Senior Engineer- Waste Water

MURPHY GROUP; Rugeley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in water and wastewater management seeks an Engineer/Senior Engineer for their Cannock office. Key responsibilities include overseeing water operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining infrastructure. The role offers competitive benefits, opportunities for professional growth, and a diverse workplace environment.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Above market rate pension scheme

Life assurance and health screening

Investment in professional development

Retail discounts and cashback

Qualifications

• Experience as an Engineer in Waste Water.
• Understanding of Non-Conformance reporting.
• Auditor experience with ISO 9001:2015.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operations of wastewater and clean water networks.
• Ensure compliance with UK water quality standards.
• Manage maintenance and inspection programs.

Skills

Water Quality Standards

Root Cause Analysis

ISO 9001:2015

Water Distribution Knowledge

Site Inspection Management

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Engineer/ Senior Engineer- Waste Water

Job Location: Cannock office

Country/Region: United Kingdom

Cannock office or work from home

MUA Group is an independent electricity and gas distribution network operator, connecting homes and businesses to essential energy infrastructure. We're also a regulated water and wastewater company, adopting water and wastewater networks across Britain.

Our mission at MUA is to help build better and more sustainable places to live and work, by adopting and operating multi-utility networks nationwide.

The Engineer/ Senior Engineer is responsible for overseeing the processing, planning, quality, operation, and maintenance requirements of Waste Water supply and distribution systems to ensure the delivery of clean, safe, and sustainable water services. This role involves managing processes, procedures of the NAV business, site inspections, aligning resources, ensuring regulatory compliance, and optimizing efficiency of the MUA Water networks.

A day in the life of a MUA Waste Water Engineer

• Proactive management to oversee the daily operations of our wastewater and clean water networks including connections, sampling and testing, inspections, monitoring and maintenance all in accordance with the company procedures and making recommendations to avoid any recurrence.
• Management of all maintenance, faults and emergency logging throughout the end-to-end process to drive improved outputs with all service providers.
• Support and manage the CRMC clean water process, routine maintenance and inspection programme; raise purchasing orders, and work on cause and effect approach with escalation of open and close out reports with all SLPs and developers, as required.
• Providing support to the entire team and ensuring that all operational admin queries from SLPs, site developers, contractors, and service providers have been resolved.
• Ensuring that service providers' clean and wastewater connections and commissioning documents are properly stored, suitable, sufficient, and of good quality.
• Ensure compliance with UK water quality standards and regulations, including Ofwat, the Environment Agency, and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI). Maintain accurate records and reporting.
• Monitor water quality, implement treatment solutions, and ensure all safety protocols are met in accordance with UK legislation.
• Oversee the maintenance, repair, and replacement of infrastructure, including pumping stations, pipelines, attenuation, and sewers.
• Implement contingency plans for water emergency planning & response, supply disruptions, droughts, or contamination incidents in line with UK emergency planning frameworks.
• Provide assurance that asset management, document control, folder structure, and records of network assets are maintained and compliant with industry, regulatory, and legislative standards.
• Maintain technical and safety audit/inspection records, ICPs whereabouts, authorization records, pre- and post-construction records for all assets.

Still interested? Does this sound like you?

• Experience as an Engineer in Waste Water
• Understanding of Non-Conformance reporting with Root Cause Analysis, Inspection & Test Plans & Quality Plans
• Auditor with solid understanding of ISO 9001:2015 and experience in auditing
• Knowledge of water distribution networks
• Familiarity with WIRS SLP Water construction standards
• Managing site inspection and auditing records
• Operation and maintenance records management

What's in it for you?

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy additional days; holidays increase with service length
• Discretionary annual bonus and salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance, health screening, and enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, maternity returner bonus
• Additional holiday for weddings and wedding bonus
• Subsidised canteen facilities
• Investment in your professional development
• Additional benefits: retail discounts, cashback, gym memberships, cycle schemes, etc.

About Murphy

Murphy is a sector-leading employer, Gold Investors In People accredited, with a reported operating profit increase of 57%. We pride ourselves on a diverse workforce, with over 60 nationalities, backgrounds, ethnicities, and ages. With a GBP3.3b order book and GBP39m invested in environmentally friendly plant, we offer exciting opportunities.

If you cannot apply via the usual process, please call Lorna Rhodes for more details.

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.