Process Engineer

-; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A major water utility company located in York is seeking a Process Engineer to ensure operational excellence in water treatment. You will manage maintenance and optimization processes while ensuring compliance with safety regulations. The ideal candidate is multiskilled with a hands-on approach and a strong grasp of health and safety standards. A full UK driving license is required due to site travel. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company vehicle

Annual incentive related bonus

Attractive pension scheme

Development opportunities

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Life assurance cover

Health cash plan scheme

Gym membership discounts

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and be self-taught.
• Understanding of Health, Safety and Environmental obligations.
• Experience in a commercial or regulated environment is desirable.
• Must pass medical criteria for confined space work.
• Flexibility for out-of-hours incidents.

Responsibilities

• Complete operational and plant maintenance activities.
• Optimize chemical and process for clean water treatment.
• Review Risk Assessments and adhere to safe work systems.
• Support during incidents or operational events.
• Embrace Modernisation in works and maintenance.

Skills

Multiskilled hands-on approach

Attention to detail

Ability to fault find

Analytical skills

Ability to maintain relationships

Education

Previous experience in water or wastewater sectors

Full UK driving licence

Tools

IT systems knowledge

Job description

Process Engineer

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience £33,496 - £41,871
• Company vehicle will be provided
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (Currently up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Process Engineer progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

This is a permanent position, working an average of 37 hours per week. The working pattern covers the core business hours and will involve weekend working and taking part in a 24/7 standby rota once fully trained.

What we do!

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Water Production is a close-knit dynamic environment, where water is continuously treated across the 50 Water Treatment Works to produce clean and safe drinking water to our valued customers. This is an operational role rather than a design or supervisory type Process Engineer role.

Where you fit in!

• You will be based at a Water Treatment Works, taking care of and completing operational and plant maintenance activities to provide wholesome water to our customers. Task consists of a proactive planned workbasket that includes cleaning and calibrating instrumentation, completing Water Quality laboratory checks, fault finding and diagnoses of treatment issues, integrating trend data, cleaning of process tanks, completing small scale pipework repairs, working with electrical and mechanical colleagues to resolve faults and accepting chemical deliveries, all to ensure compliance with water quality standards, environmental regulations and ensure health and safety, and process safety is achieved and managed across all the WTWs.
• A key element of the role is chemical and process optimisation of the clean water treatment processes to achieve the water production optimal plan and manage cost. You will lead optimisation activities and share best practice, ensuring that water production service outage is minimised at all times. You will manage asset failure, operational recovery from the field and support cost information monitoring.
• You will review Risk Assessments and Methods Statements, issue control of work documentation, adhere to safe systems of work, identify hazards and implement mitigation, update reporting systems to ensure H&S compliance across the WTW in line with Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Water Quality Requirements (DWI) and the Environment Agency statutory requirements are followed at all times.
• You will also play a vital role in completing operational actions on site and providing support during incidents or operational events and ensure they are escalated and managed appropriately.
• You will embrace Modernisation ways of working and reducing asset failure through Dynamic Asset Maintenance whilst supporting the new operational asset management system (ERP).

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• The successful candidate will be multiskilled, have a hands‑on practical approach. Ideally have previous Water Treatment understanding but this is not essential. A willingness to learn and be self‑taught with an understanding or an awareness of regulatory Health, Safety and Environmental obligations. You will be analytical, keen to fault find, with the ability to review data and identify trends and issues.
• You will demonstrate rigorous attention to detail, to ensure 'right first time' performance and be proficient in the use of IT systems whilst having knowledge of risk policies and procedures. You will also embrace new technologies, innovation and be open to new ways of working in a fast‑paced operational environment.
• You will be able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of key internal and external stakeholders, including colleagues across the business and service partners.
• It is desirable that you have previous experience in a commercial orientated and/or regulated environment and previous experience gained within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process or manufacturing industry sectors.
• As part of this role, you will be required to work within confined spaces therefore any successful candidate must pass strict medical criteria including BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing, and spirometry tests to ensure your full safety when working in hazardous environments.
• As this role requires travel to different operational sites, a full, valid UK driving licence is a requirement of the role. You should have no more than 6 points on your licence.
• Flexibility is key as you will need to respond to out of hours incidents, once fully trained in the role, this is managed on a rota basis.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can) to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

If you have an accessibility need, disability or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application and we will discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Pre‑employment checks will include a Basic Disclosure Check and, depending on the role, may require a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance. All roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

Closing Date for this role will be the 16th November 2025.

Kelda Group values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union membership.