+additional earnings of up to £4000 a year with standby & planned overtime

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Closing Date 

Ganol

23:59 - 14th March 2024

Who we are

Bath-times, half-times, party-times, meeting-times, and cooking-times. Our water brings Wales to life! It helps 3 million people stay healthy and clean every day. It keeps businesses running smoothly and life flowing along. 

We’re different. And proud of it. We’re for everyone, not for profit. We’re people from every walk of life. All with an opportunity to develop and grow amazing careers. All sharing the benefits of bringing our whole self to work. 

We’re the engineers and scientists, rangers and customer advisors that keep the taps flowing and keep our customers happy. And we’re thousands of other incredibly diverse roles with National responsibility. All working to the highest standards of satisfaction. In a business where safety and care for every colleague is never compromised.

We’re in every community. And for every community. We’re Welsh Water. The people with the passion to bring futures to life in a business that brings Wales to life! 

Discover the difference Welsh Water can bring to your life.

What you’ll be responsible for

Operating and maintaining Wastewater Treatment Works and associated sewage pumping stations in line with environmental permits to company Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Health and Safety requirements. This will include:

•    Take responsibility for operating sites in line with environmental permits to protect environment; general maintenance of equipment and site, taking effluent samples to monitor and improve biological performance
•    Take responsibility for identifying and where applicable undertaking reactive work as required. Raise reactive work for equipment when required and liaise with multi-discipline craft team on facilitating repairs
•    Identifying potential pollution risks from our assets, taking measures to prevent pollution, and escalating when required
•    Liaising and coordinating with the area Supervisor and team members on operating activities and continuous improvement for the area
•    Take responsibility for personal and colleagues’ safety through compliance with company Health and Safety procedures
•    Understand and adhere to quality system requirements to ensure audit compliance
•    Ownership of sites, ensuring house-keeping standards are maintained and defects reported
•    Willing to develop and learn within the role and have the flexibility and competence to operate and maintain multiple sites
•    Participating in arrangements and cover for annual leave and sickness for area of operation
•    Undertaking any other duties as required to meet the needs of the business
 

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Strong working relationships within the catchment wastewater treatment team including Performance Manager, Operations Coordinator, Craft team
• Advice and support from Science and Support, Statutory Maintenance, Wastewater Assets
• Liaison with local network team

External

• Liaison with Environment Agency and/or NRW
• Liaison and assistance with external contractors and Capital partners

About you

Knowledge, Skills & Experience 

 
•    NVQ Level 2 or higher, BTEC, ONC/HNC qualifications in wastewater treatment Process (desirable).      
•    Experience gained in industry to ensure full compliance and adherence to all Health & safety standards.        
•    Enthusiastic about putting our customers first every day.          
•    Awareness of regulatory bodies such as Environment Agency/NRW..    
•    Computer systems literate including Success factor, Scope X, Word and Excel are essential.
•    Team player, willing to take part in all necessary training requirements required for the role.  
 

Good to know

•    Multi-site mobile working, no home working.
•    Mon – Thurs 0700 – 1600, Fri – 0800 – 1530 and 1 in 4 Saturdays
•    Requirement to cover standby & 260 hours of planned overtime with additional earning potential of up to £4000 a year
•    Company Vehicle Provided
 

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

•    Variable pay schemes ((your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
•    Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
•    Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•    Enhanced family friendly policies
•    Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•    Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
•    Cycle to work scheme
•    Free on-site parking at all our sites
•    Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•    Car-leasing scheme
•    Health CashBack scheme
•    An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment

Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.
 

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Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

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