Water Quality Assurance Specialist

SevernTrentLife; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Severn Trent, a leading UK water company, as a Water Quality Assurance Specialist. You will play a vital role in ensuring compliance with water quality standards while managing significant projects across the country. This opportunity offers a chance to make a difference in the community, backed by substantial benefits and a supportive culture.

Benefits

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Annual bonus scheme up to £2,250

Leading pension scheme

Sharesave opportunity at discounted rate

Dedicated training and development

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Two paid volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Broad understanding of operational water quality processes.
• Ability to ensure compliance with water quality standards.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Manage the water quality process for the mains renewal function.
• Ensure compliance standards are met for water quality.
• Conduct root cause analysis on water quality issues.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

Our people are what makes Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. We’re a team of over 9,000 people with a purpose to deliver one of life’s essentials, and we do it all while thriving in our unique culture.

We’re a growing, Midlands based FTSE100 plc and welcome people from all walks of life, celebrating their individuality, as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities we represent.

It’s an exciting time to join, as we have a huge ambition to deliver bigger and better than ever before over our next 5-year regulatory period. If you’re seeking an exciting and thoroughly rewarding career, Severn Trent is the place to be.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Due to an exciting new programme which is going to see us deliver for our customers a full mains renewal across the UK over the next few years we are now on a significant recruitment drive to scale our teams to deliver this fantastic work.

This is your opportunity to play a part in this exciting transformation!

We are looking for a Water Quality Assurance Specialists who will work closely with Standards & Compliance Specialists.

The purpose of this role is to provide professional process and technical advice, monitor and analyse water quality performance, develop measures to address current and future risks, and deliver quality improvement projects for the mains renewal programme.

This role has regional responsibility for managing water quality compliance and customer acceptability through proactive and reactive management across the mains renewal function.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Manage the water quality process for the mains renewal function.
• Ensure all water quality processes are followed and compliance standards are met.
• Ensure accurate, timely water quality results to enable construction work to progress.
• Conduct thorough root cause analysis on network customer investigations.
• Drive improvements across Water Quality through operational improvement activities.
• Ensure good quality drinking water is provided throughout the mains renewal schemes.
• Support water mains for the mains renewal projects with extensive water quality requirements.
• Carry out continuous and ongoing checks across all Mains Renewal programmes.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of the operational water quality processes required to maintain our excellent distribution system. They should be capable of ensuring all mains renewal projects meet the water quality standards and comply with the regulatory requirements. This role is essential in safeguarding the quality of our water supply.

The ability to prioritise and balance a reactive workload with challenging turnaround times is essential, as are strong analytical skills to identify underlying causes from significant amounts of data. Excellent communication skills are required to convey technical water quality issues to various stakeholders, along with influencing and negotiating skills to ensure the delivery of key activities.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our Academy
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two paid volunteering days per year

At Severn Trent, you’ll be joining a culture that cares, one that works together to achieve, grow, and develop. And when it comes to our employee engagement scores – they’re some of the highest of energy and utility companies globally, and we believe that is down to our wonderful culture, created by our wonderful people.

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date too - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.

About the company

Severn Trent plc is a water company based in Coventry, England.

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