Senior Water Process Controller | Lead & Optimize Plants

Pertemps; Bourne End; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £32,715+ per year, plus bonus?

Holiday 24–28 days + bank holidays

Performance-related pay plan

Pension scheme through AON

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Thames Water is seeking a Senior Process Controller to lead and optimise operations across water treatment works, reservoirs, and booster stations in the South Chilterns area. Based at Bourne End, the role combines working supervision with hands-on process control to ensure water quality, safety and efficiency.

You will support planning, training, and asset availability, with a focus on H&S standards and regulatory compliance, while coordinating with multiple site teams to maintain

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Competent using company IT systems and Microsoft Office.
• Can-do attitude with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the production manager with new starter training, site admin, and daily planning for process controllers and M&E, recorded as SHE6A.
• Support the technical coordinator with asset availability for the area, MDM programme reviews and updates, and specific sign off of technicians on sites following LTO completion of new starters.
• Issuing TWOSA’s, H&S permits, and raising PTW’s where required.
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements such as maintenance of sampling kits, use of logbooks, and ensuring information is recorded into the Reservoir Surveillance Form (RSF) app.
• Promoting safe working practices, and maintaining H&S standards.
• Supporting the production manager and technical coordinator in the weekly planning meetings, attending where required.
• Supporting stock optimisation to maintain resilient levels of spares, service kits, and consumables.
• Supporting the production managers with task audits for process controllers/technicians– to be recorded as SHE6A.
• Supporting the production manager and technical coordinator with meeting contractors to obtain quotes for remedial work.

Skills

Driving licence

IT systems knowledge

Microsoft Office

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Job description

Thames Water is seeking a Senior Process Controller to lead and optimise operations across water treatment works, reservoirs, and booster stations in the South Chilterns area. Based at Bourne End, the role combines working supervision with hands-on process control to ensure water quality, safety and efficiency.

You will support planning, training, and asset availability, with a focus on H&S standards and regulatory compliance, while coordinating with multiple site teams to maintain