Process Science Technician

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water; Dolgellau; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in the UK is seeking an individual to enhance the efficiency and compliance of wastewater treatment processes. Join a dynamic team supporting the optimization of systems and the implementation of innovative solutions. The role requires strong scientific knowledge and effective communication skills to interact with various stakeholders and ensure that all operations align with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in wastewater and sludge treatment processes and legislation.
• Ability to deliver solutions and communicate effectively.
• Full driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations of wastewater treatment processes to meet compliance.
• Assist in delivery of Research&Innovation programs.
• Perform analysis and prepare reports on scientific data.

Skills

Scientific background

Wastewater treatment experience

Root cause analysis

Effective communication

Health and Safety awareness

Education

HNC or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

What you’ll be responsible for

Working closely with our operational colleagues for the identification, planning and delivery of solutions to improve and/or optimise our wastewater treatment plants. Responsbilities will include:

1. Supporting our operational colleagues with ensuring smooth day-to-day running of our wastewater treatment processes in line with our regulatory obligations and business targets such as:
   - 100 environmental compliance with UWW, UV, nutrients, habitats, PFF
   - Reducing operational costs
   - Customer satisfaction
   - Delivery of environmental monitoring programmes
2. Assisting with the delivery of our Research&Innovation programme for wastewater treatment
3. Implementing best practices for wastewater treatment processes and ensuring adequate governance is observed
4. Attending escalations and provide practical solutions in a real time fashion to prevent failures
5. Delivering pro-active investigations and health checks as indicated by the management team
6. Assisting with:
   -Determining the best strategy for alarm management
   - Monitoring the completion of OSM sampling and compliance outcomes
   - The use and management of remote technology for monitoring the treatment process and performance
   - Communications with the regulator such as control, issue and recording of OpNOTs and UVNOTs
7. Assist in influencing, developing and implementing ‘improvement programmes’ in line with QMS procedures
8. Ensuring that all sampling and analytical equipment is fit for purpose and calibrated as needed
9. Collating, analysing scientific data and preparing reports to deadlines
10. Work closely with the Trade Effluent team to identify remedial actions, assist with collection of trader samples or pollution investigations as required
11. Assisting in the commissioning of new capital schemes and as requested providing process support to capital schemes
12. Attend meetings as necessary and represent wastewater science
13. Ensure procedures and activities comply with all H&S legislation and DCWW Health & Safety policy in maintaining a safe working environment
14. Supporting the management team with developing and maintaining a database of process equipment, biological and analytical information on DCWW wastewater assets

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Welsh Water management team – Operations, Assets, Energy, Biosolids, SmartHub, H&S, HR
• Welsh Water Contract Partners – suppliers, alliance partners and delivery managers
• Welsh Water Wastewater Service management team colleagues

External

• Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales
• Local Authorities

About you

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Scientific background with the minimum of HNC or equivalent experience
• Have experience of wastewater and sludge treatment processes and legislation
• Experience of influencing people and demonstrating performance
• Ability to deliver root cause analysis, plan and deliver solutions
• Ability to communicate ideas and targets to others, especially other team members
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Computer literate, particularly good knowledge of MS ‘Word’ and ‘Excel’. Ability to be quickly trained in mainframe scientific database systems
• Health and Safety awareness
• Full driving license and ability to travel as job requires

Good to know

• This role includes site based working, with some occasional hybrid working