Network Controller

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group); Washington; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday

Company pension

Discount scheme

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work

Job summary

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) is recruiting a Network Controller for its Washington site to manage strategic water and wastewater systems and coordinate the 24-hour shift team.

You’ll oversee daily operations, balance cost and resilience, monitor alarms, and respond swiftly to incidents while maintaining customer service excellence.

Qualifications

• No formal software or technical tools are specified in the ad.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day management and optimisation of water and wastewater networks.
• Monitor operations and alarms, coordinating with field teams.
• Act as key contact for emergency customer service outside regular hours.

Job description

About The Role

Network Controller

Full time - 37 hrs per week

Permanent

Location – Washington

Salary – £31,025 - £36,500 + 20% Rotating Shift allowance & 15% Alternating Shift allowance.

About The Role

Looking for an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in managing Northumbrian Water's strategic water and wastewater systems? As a vital part of our Regional Control Centre, you'll be at the heart of ensuring seamless operations while coordinating out-of-hours activities alongside a dedicated 24-hour shift team.

Your responsibility will be to oversee the day-to-day management and optimisation of the water and wastewater networks, ensuring that every decision balances cost, Resilience, Water quality and Customer services. You'll work closely with field teams to monitor operations, manage alarms, and respond swiftly to any emerging situations, always prioritising the customer experience. Additionally, you'll be the key point of contact for emergency customer service outside regular hours, helping to maintain our exceptional standards.

This is more than just a job, it's an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on essential Water/Wastewater services, working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. If you're ready to take on a dynamic role where no two days are the same, we’d love to hear from you.

About You

Don’t worry if you’re new to the world of control, we’ll train you in all the technical skills you’ll need to do a great job. The important stuff is that you’re a great team player with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and ready to learn. If that’s you, we want to hear from you.

As a Network Controller, you’ll have the ability to assess situations with clarity, prioritise tasks based on severity, impact, and cost to ensure the best possible outcomes. We’re looking for someone who is proactive, organised and although a valuable team member, has the ability to use their own initiative and work alone when needed.

Good communication skills with the ability to use a wide variety of systems is essential, along with a practical hands on approach and a knack for problem-solving would be great.

Are you ready to play a key part in providing a service to the communities of the North east of England, if so come and join us today.

Here at Northumbrian 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.

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 starting 23 days, 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

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

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.