Technical Process Water Specialist

TN United Kingdom; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Process Water Specialist to provide essential support in industrial water treatment operations. This role involves monitoring process performance, fault finding, and leading water-related projects across the UK. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in clean/process water treatment and a strong engineering background. Join a forward-thinking company committed to sustainability and excellence in service delivery, where your expertise will help shape the future of water treatment solutions.

Benefits

Company Vehicle or Car Allowance

25 Days Holiday + Statutory Days

Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare after Probation

Group Income Protection

Death in Service Benefit

Qualifications

• Degree and post-graduate qualification in relevant engineering or water treatment discipline.
• 5+ years of site-based water treatment experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to water treatment operations across the UK.
• Lead water-related projects and business development opportunities.

Skills

Industrial Clean Water Treatment

Process Engineering

Fault Finding

Project Management

Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Engineering

Post-Graduate Qualification in Water Treatment

Job description

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Client:

Saur EUROPE

Location:

Scarborough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Place of Work/Group Company: Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland, Yorkshire

Summary:
The role involves providing technical front-line support to industrial process/clean water treatment operations across the UK, monitoring process performance day to day and over time, fault finding, providing site technical guidance with significant technical capabilities to both understand and implement process changes to maintain process performance.

The Technical Process Water Specialist will provide NSI’s primary technical on-site presence for the operations teams and will be required to travel predominantly within a set region and occasionally around the UK.

The Technical Process Water Specialist will also be required to lead and/or support water related projects and business development opportunities throughout the UK. The Technical Development Specialist is required to lead site-specific feasibility studies and develop process improvement plans within the territories, ensuring that best practice is shared and received from the O&M performance teams within the region.

The Technical Process Water Specialist will be supported in their role by the Site, Area, and Territory Managers, and specialists from the rest of the Technical Development Team and other company services (such as Engineering Solutions, Service & Upgrades, iConsult department) when necessary. They will be an experienced Water Treatment/Chemical/Process Engineer who will use their theoretical and practical knowledge to drive treatment process efficiencies, investigate process performance issues & support the Operations teams with Technical/Process matters.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate and promote safety leadership in all aspects of the Company’s business.
• Uphold company policies and procedures, legislative requirements and acts as a role model for the Company’s values and behaviours.
• In-depth process knowledge for fault finding and determining impacts, risks and potential implications relating to process changes.
• Site-specific process knowledge to enable technical decisions to be made.
• Day-to-day process performance monitoring and technical guidance to ensure NSI activity process performance and risk mitigation.
• In-depth knowledge of site-specific process parameters, KPI’s, client requirements and regulatory consents to ensure compliance.
• Front-line support to industrial water treatment operations.
• Focus on operational costs on all sites and how they are influenced by the operation of the process.
• Ability to determine when particular work activities or projects will require support from the O&M performance teams to prevent impacting the primary focus of day-to-day performance monitoring and site-specific activities.
• Work with O&M performance teams to share and receive site-specific best practices for the benefit of other contracts.
• Analyze risk within the context of long-term site service contracts and manage to minimize.
• Attend customer review meetings to report on plant optimization, progress, performance and risk.
• Identify areas where the customer would benefit from additional support from NSI and provide that support either directly or indirectly.
• Identify development and new business opportunities on site and assist operations in their implementation.
• Lead and develop water-related business opportunities in the UK with the help of the NSI Business Development Team.
• Assist other business units (particularly the Laboratory and Technical Support) in developing specialist water treatment related services.
• Review all data related to customer site water treatment assets to trend and identify potential performance issues and solutions.
• Agree on a structured approach to resolving problems, including stages, risks, success criteria, and costs, and deliver the plan with support from the operations team.
• Coordinate the operation of pilot plants, collect, organize, present, and distribute data.
• Be the NSI Process representative in design reviews for new assets and manage customer process/production changes, determining risks and mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to debates on alternative technologies and modifications to maximize plant performance using process experience and research.
• Lead by example, deliver business objectives openly and inclusively, and embrace group values.
• Collaborate with wider NSI teams.
• Respond to emergencies from a technical perspective.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Degree and post-graduate qualification in relevant Engineering and/or water treatment discipline (or significant relevant experience).
• In-depth understanding of industrial clean/process water treatment (membrane separation, ion exchange, EDI, etc.).
• At least 5 years of site-based water treatment experience.
• Appreciation of business strategy development and delivery.
• Ability to adapt communication to different stakeholders and organizational levels.
• Critical thinking skills, ability to lead change, influence, and assertiveness.
• Full clean driving license.
• Qualifications in HSQE, leadership, project management, site management, incident investigation, auditing are beneficial (desirable).

Working for us means:

The salary is open to negotiation depending on experience.

Hours of Work - 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Company Vehicle or Car Allowance

Holidays – 25 days + statutory days

Probationary Period – 6 months

Pension – Can join immediately or auto-enrolled after 3 months - Employee 5% and Employer 5% via salary sacrifice

Eligible to join Private Healthcare after probation

Enrolled in Group Income Protection and Death in Service (4 x basic salary) upon employment start

Notice – 1 week during probation, increasing to 1 month afterward

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are committed to maintaining Environmental & Social Impact goals:

To reach Net Zero emissions across our value chain by 2040.
To meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, accountability, maintaining B-Corp Certification.
To be a socially responsible company creating positive impacts for stakeholders including workers, communities, customers, and the planet.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please do not call or email us unless contacted first. We prefer to find our new colleagues ourselves; agency support is not desired. Unsolicited resumes sent by agencies will be treated as direct applications from candidates.