Process Scientist

Wessex Water; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 20%

Career progression and development

25 days holiday rise to 28

Car allowance or company car

Volunteer day per year

Employee health & wellbeing platform

Job summary

Wessex Water is seeking a Process Scientist to join a multi-disciplinary team in Somerset, with mix of office and field work. The role covers water recycling centres and regulatory compliance across the region, including travel within Somerset.

You will support operations, improve process performance, and engage with stakeholders to meet environmental standards. You will bring expertise in monitoring and optimising processes to meet permits, with a methodical, analytical approach and a focus on

Qualifications

• Degree in science, environment or engineering related field.
• Experience with wastewater or environmental permitting and treatment processes.
• COSHH knowledge is highly desirable.
• IT literacy and good data analysis skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and optimise sewage treatment processes.
• Provide process support to operational staff during issues.
• Ensure compliance with environmental permits and quality standards.
• Lead initiatives to reduce operating costs.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on new plant installations.

Skills

Data analysis

Microsoft Excel

Environmental permits

IT literacy

Driving licence

Education

Science/Environmental/Engineering degree

Tools

COSHH

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Process Scientist to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring we meet environmental compliance standards for our water recycling centres within Somerset.

If you have wastewater process science experience working in the water, environment or food manufacturing industry, we want to hear from you!

This role involves a mixture of office and field-based work and is primarily based in Chilton Trinity and the surrounding area. It will involve travel across the wider region of Somerset at times.

What you'll do

Our Process Scientists help ensure that we not only comply with all the regulatory requirements

but also make sure there is no detrimental impact on the environment through our operations.

You will join the Science team, taking responsibility for ensuring water recycling compliance and process performance with your local operations team.

In addition, there will be regular engagement with colleagues across the wider business on a variety of interesting projects.

As a Process Scientist, you will ensure compliance with quality standards at water recycling centres, including numerical, descriptive and flow permits. You will plan and install measures to improve quality and lead initiatives to reduce operational costs.

Additionally, you will be involved in:

• monitoring and optimising the effectiveness of sewage treatment processes
• providing process support in urgent operational issues
• providing technical support to operational staff to protect and maintain quality
• innovating new operational practices
• collaborating with engineering and construction colleagues to support the installation and commissioning of new plant to meet tighter regulatory requirements
• liaising with various internal and external stakeholders, including the Environment Agency.

What you'll need

You will need to be an experienced Process Scientist with knowledge of monitoring and optimising processes to meet regulatory permits, understand the importance of environmental regulations and have a methodical and analytical approach to your work. You will also act as a role model for health and safety.

You are going to be joining a very welcoming and supportive team. To build on this, you'll need to be able to build professional and supportive relationships with your fellow colleagues, as well as being able to confidently engage and influence various internal stakeholders.

In addition, you will have:

• a degree or equivalent level of experience in a science, environmental or engineering subject
• sound knowledge of environmental permitting and wastewater treatment processes
• COSHH experience would be highly desirable
• IT literacy
• data analysis skills – comfortable using Microsoft Excel to an intermediate level
• a valid full UK driving licence.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• A car allowance or company car option.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 450-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Arena – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.