Sampling Quality Co Ordinator

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbrian Water Limited is seeking a Sampling Quality Co-ordinator to oversee UKAS 17025 procedures across Regulatory Sampling teams. You will coordinate quality/H&S processes and sampling software, maintaining accreditation standards in collaboration with internal teams.

The role requires a science-based background, strong organisational skills, and willingness to travel 2–3 days per month, with base at Horsley or Hanningfield.

Qualifications

• Science-based background with regulatory environment experience.
• Experience working to UKAS accredited procedures.
• Strong ability to organise workload and prioritise tasks.
• Willingness to travel regularly (2–3 days per month).
• Experience with laboratory or sampling software packages.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate quality/H&S processes and sampling software for water operations.
• Maintain UKAS 17025 accredited procedures across sampling teams.
• Establish relationships with internal/external stakeholders and suppliers.
• Travel to Horsley or Hanningfield regularly for site coverage.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Flexibility

Travel readiness

Education

Science-based background

Tools

AQCTOOLS

Coruson

Remote Sampler

Lims

Job description

We have a great opportunity to join us as our Sampling Quality Co Ordinator based at Horsley, Northumberland or Hanningfield, Essex. You will be responsible for maintaining the UKAS quality systems across our Water Operations Regulatory Sampling teams. The Successful candidate will maintain all aspects of the Water Sampling team UKAS 17025 accredited procedures. You will work in partnership with the Operational Sampling Supervisors, coordinating the quality/H&S processes and sampling software packages for water sampling operations, ensuring that both regulatory and operational sampling programmes are collected in accordance with HSE/DWI/UKAS requirements. You will manage and maintain sampling devices and software packages for Remote Sampler and AQC Tools. Establishing and maintaining relationships with Key internal and external stakeholders/ suppliers including the Accreditation, Laboratory and Water Quality teams. Based at either location there will be a requirement to travel to Horsley
or Hanningfield on a regular basis usually 2-3 days per month.

To be successful in this role were looking for you to have a science-based background and experience in working in a regulatory environment with demonstrable experience of working to UKAS accredited Procedures and performing root cause analysis. Were looking for you to have good communication skills with the ability to organise own workload and prioritise, always look for improvements to ways of working. You will be flexible and willing to support other members of the sampling team with a customer focussed approach. Ideally you will have experience of working with laboratory or Sampling software packages such as AQCTOOLS, Coruson, Remote Sampler, Lims.

£32,980

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, 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 11%. 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 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.