Eyecare
Long service awards
Qualification loan

Water Supply Production Operator

Salary £26,450 - £33,063 per annum (depending on experience) plus shift allowance
Location Horsley, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Mergefield Title {Mergefield Value}
Mergefield Title {Mergefield Value}

This is a , Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Water Supply Production Operator

Full time – 37 hours per week shift work

Up to 12 months secondment/fixed term contract

Salary – £26,450 - £33,063 per annum (depending on experience) plus shift allowance

Location – Horsley, Newcastle Upon Tyne 

 

About the role

We have a great opportunity to join our Water Supply team as a Water Supply Process Operator, ensuring we deliver great high-quality drinking water for our customers. 

 

The successful candidate will be based at Horsley Water Treatment Works.

This role offers full training to support the successful candidate to complete the various technical aspects of this role. This means we’re seeking someone with transferrable skills which would allow them to develop into this position.

 

We understand the importance of professional development which means we offer opportunities for training and growth within the organisation.

 

You will operate the treatment process using company systems to identify trends in performance and when issues arise you will undertake fault-finding investigations.

 

You’ll be using laboratory testing and recording results for regulatory auditing and to support decision making. Working with chemicals and validating and calibrating instruments will be key to your role in effectively operating the treatment process.

 

You will support process unit cleaning, site general maintenance and cleaning tasks. This includes cleaning tanks to remove waste material.

 

 

About you

Communication is essential in this role therefore we seek someone who is an excellent communicator, both verbally and written. You will be a good problem-solver allowing you to respond quickly to issues, understand the problem, and identify the best solution.

 

We are looking for a team player who is adaptable to meet a varied workload and someone who is also comfortable working alone and outdoors with minimal supervision.

 

We’re committed to ensuring “Everyone Home Safe Everyday” therefore awareness of health and safety would be.

 

You may have experience operating production processes including various mechanical and electrical equipment. This may include experience of using instrumentation to validate and calibrate a process is desirable but not essential.

 

If you are practical, pragmatic and enjoy hands-on problem solving then this could be a great role for you. Please note a full driving licence is essential.

 

 

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 has 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.

 

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

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.

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer
Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Christmas savings club

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan

Alternatively, please sign in with...


Published

Not Published

Closing

in X days

{Expiry}