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Closing Date 

Glaslyn

23:59 - 16th April 2024

What you’ll be responsible for

•    Be accountable for the development and maintenance of the technical capability of Analytial Services at both Glaslyn and Bretton sites.  
•    Interpretation of new technical requirements to ensure that Analytical Services continues to meet all regulatory obligations and requirements of ISO17025 and DWTS. 
•    Act as the recognised expert for technical support and advice on matters related to analytical testing for the Water Services business.
•    Role will be the designated Deputy Technical Manager for purposes of ISO17025 and DWTS accreditation as specified in Clause 4.1 of the standard.
•    Develop and Manage Analytical staff technical training program.
•    Develop and Manage Analytical Services technical audit program.
•    Represent DCWW on relevant internal and external technical forum, e.g. SCA Steering Group.
•    Act as Project Management lead for Laboratory innovation and development projects. 
•    To manage the Analytical Services Technical Team for the monitoring of water quality for the purpose of protecting public health.
•    Plan the implementation and development of new systems and services for analytical testing.
•    Plan and deliver Technical training and development of Analytical Services staff.
•    To manage the process for technical enquiries, and coordinate between the laboratory and operational delivery teams on technical matters.
•    Keep up to date with current techniques, topics and legislation to ensure accurate implementation of their requirements.
•    Prioritisation of resources and budget for the Analytical Services Technical Team.
•    Manage the capital expenditure budget for Analytical Services.
•    Produce and present business cases for the purchase of new analytical instrumentation and introduction of new processes and analytical methods.
•    Identify analytical testing research opportunities and innovations and manage Analytical Services research program.

About you

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

• Supervisory and staff management experience.
• Project Management experience, ideally within a technical development or innovation role.
• Considerable understanding of problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Technical background, qualified to degree level in Chemistry, Biology or a relevant subject. (equivalent relevant experience may be considered as an alternative to formal qualifications)
• A full understanding of DCWWs statutory and regulatory obligations, knowledge of the water industry.
• Considerable (ideally 5 years minimum) relevant laboratory (ISO IEC 17025 / GLP accredited) experience.
• Chartered membership of a relevant scientific professional body.
• Considerable knowledge and understanding of chemical and/or biological analysis with proven experience of practical application.
• Training in COSHH and Health and Safety regulations, and experience in producing risk assessments.
• Knowledge of the operation and management of Potable Water systems.
• Good understanding and experience of LIMS packages used for laboratory reporting
• To be able to communicate highly technical material to different levels within the organisation and externally to regulatory authorities and Stakeholders.

Good to know

Mon– Fri 9-5 or 8-4. 1 in 6 standby

For any further information please contact Amanda Rogers - amanda.rogers@dwrcymru.com 

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.
 

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

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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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