Hydraulic Expert

Affinity Water; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance

Learning & development

Annual bonus

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Family benefits

Wellbeing centre

Tap4Perks discounts

Affinity days

Life assurance

Job summary

Affinity Water is recruiting a Hydraulic Expert for the Control Operations Team to provide a 24/7 modelling capability and support incident management across our network. The role integrates with Network and Production desks to drive continuous improvement in hydraulic data, modelling, and short- to mid-term asset optimisation plans.

Key duties include maintaining BI tools and hydraulic models, guiding operations on network changes, conducting root cause analyses, and delivering calibration and

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of water quality standards.
• Provide expert hydraulic advice to the business, diagnose and take corrective action.
• Make recommendations to improve processes and Network management.
• Apply comprehensive knowledge of hydraulics, value operation, pressure, flow and leakage monitoring.
• Able to forecast and predict outcomes utilising data available from the network.
• Makes strategic recommendations utilising data available from the network.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and use a suite of Business Intelligence tool including hydraulic models and asset performance software.
• Provide technical guidance when operations colleagues need to modify the network in order to carry out their duties
• Carry out root cause analysis following asset failures and propose site and network improvements.
• Provide 24/7 (shift work) hydraulic modelling support for incident management.
• Improve and validate Hydraulic data and response procedures
• Deliver short/mid term Network calming plans.
• Validation of DG2 metrics
• Internal authors of contingency plans.

Skills

Hydraulic expertise

Water quality standards

Data analysis

Network management

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Affinity Water to become a Hydraulic Expert in our Control Operations Team.

The Role:

As a Hydraulic Expert you will provide a 24/7 modelling capability within the Control Operations environment.

Control operations is the ‘controlling mind’ of all operational activities and is integral in the Strategic movement of water and analysis and action of data alarms to ensure our customers experience a continuous supply of wholesome water.

This role will be integral in the response to events in the business and provide hydraulic solutions to support incident management, while performing ongoing validation and improvement of our modelling and hydraulic data whilst providing a short to mid term asset optimisation plan working closely with both the Network and Production desks to drive a healthy cycle of continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing:

• Maintain and use a suite of Business Intelligence tool including hydraulic models and asset performance software.

• Provide technical guidance when operations colleagues need to modify the network in order to carry out their duties

• Carry out root cause analysis following asset failures and propose site and network improvements.

• Provide 24/7 (shift work) hydraulic modelling support for incident management.

• Improve and validate Hydraulic data and response procedures

• Deliver short/mid term Network calming plans.

• Validation of DG2 metrics

• Internal authors of contingency plans.

What you'll need:

• Comprehensive understanding of water quality standards.

• Provide expert Hydraulic advice to the business, diagnose and take corrective action.

• Make recommendations to improve processes and Network management.

• Apply comprehensive knowledge of hydraulics, value operation, pressure, flow and leakage monitoring/control.

• Able to forecast and predict outcomes utilising data available from the network.

• Makes strategic recommendations utilising data available from the network.

Advert Closing Date: 15/10/26

Benefits:

• Salary: £42,000 - £53,000 (salary dependant on skills and experience)
• Hours: 24/7/365 shift work, 6-6 days and nights
• Shift Allowance: £12,416 per year (Starts immediately with role due to unsociable hours)
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• A competitive annual leave package.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme
• Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

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