Treatment Works Controller (Day)

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group); Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Pension match

Free local attractions

Discount scheme

Living Well wellbeing

Cycle to work

Life Assurance

Income protection

Development opportunities

Job summary

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) seeks a Treatment Works Controller to operate and maintain water treatment assets across the Essex area. You will analyse data, adjust processes, and perform plant checks, providing a 24/7 service to customers in all weather conditions.

Applicants should have good IT skills, be able to interpret information to identify issues, and hold a full driving licence. Training will be provided for technical aspects of the role.

Qualifications

• Good IT skills and ability to analyse and interpret information to identify process issues.
• Strong focus on quality and data interpretation to optimise asset performance.
• Willingness to undertake a variety of tasks in all conditions, indoors and outdoors.

Responsibilities

• Operate and control key Water Treatment Assets across the Essex area.
• Conduct routine water quality analysis and adjust treatment processes.
• Monitor, control flow rates, carry out plant checks and maintenance tasks.
• Carry out data validation on instrumentation and maintain records.

Skills

IT skills

Data analysis

Quality focus

Driving licence

Job description

About the role

We now have an opportunity for a Treatment Works Controller to join the team who operate & maintain Water Treatment Assets across our Essex Supply Area.

Working as part of a team, you will be responsible for operating and controlling key Water Treatment Assets across our Essex operational area. Within this role you will conduct tasks in all conditions to ensure these assets operate correctly and efficiently, undertaking fault investigations and appropriate actions when issues are found.

You will need to have good IT skills and be able to analyse and interpret various pieces of information to identify process issues and optimise the assets’ performance.

You’ll carry out routine water quality analysis, adjusting treatment processes, monitoring, and controlling flow rates, undertaking plant checks, front line maintenance tasks, validation checks on various types of instrumentation and completion of both paper and electronic records.

Full training will be provided to undertake the various technical aspects of this role.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

About You

Our Treatment Works Controllers play a key role in maintaining the quality and quantity of water through our treatment sites and processes; therefore, we are looking for people who have a strong focus on quality and are comfortable with the analysis and interpretation of data. We need people who are happy to undertake a variety of tasks in all conditions and enjoy working outside, as well as inside, providing a 24/7 service to our customers - whatever the weather!

If you have a full driving licence and experience of working in a technical environment and would like a role that will engage you physically and mentally, in a great company, we want to hear from you.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWL are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About Us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG At a Glance

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement starting 23 days, 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 10%.
• 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 a 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.

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water. We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.