At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure top-notch water quality and mitigate risks through data analysis and onsite work.
- Company: Join a leading water company committed to sustainability and community wellbeing.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous pension, private healthcare, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with excellent career growth and support for personal development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in water quality while developing your scientific skills.
- Qualifications: Degree in a scientific field and strong data interpretation skills required.
The predicted salary is between 42725 - 42725 £ per year.
The exciting role will be to ensure the optimum quality of water is produced from our water treatment works and risks to this are mitigated. Focusing on quality source to source, through a mixture of onsite work and using data, you will continually be looking at getting the optimum quality of wholesome water out for our customers.
Working alongside Operational colleagues, you will provide scientific understanding and effectively challenge our processes to safely produce wholesome water. During reactive events, you will use your scientific understanding and appreciation of actions to successfully and safely navigate incidents.
Key responsibilities- Regular review of water quality standards across the area to support excellent water quality from treatment works
- Proactive interventions will include onsite interaction where early warning process performance deteriorations occur, and regular data interrogation to identify process performance deteriorations
- Identify and investigate water quality risks from source to tap ensuring appropriate mitigation is in place including abstraction management
- Deliver and continually improve water quality risk assessments
- Undertake comprehensive onsite water quality investigations following proactive or preventative triggers and ensure water quality action plans are prepared as required
- Deliver the company’s Drinking Water Safety Planning approach
- Be the key point of contact for local operations teams for water quality risk assessment
- Lead the development of short- and medium-term strategies to reduce risks to water quality
- Be part of an out of hours standby process support for the business across the region
- Provide scientific advice on Regulation 31
- Personal private health care
- Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
- 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
- 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
- Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
- Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
- Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
- Bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
- Educated to degree or postgraduate level in a relevant scientific subject or equivalent qualification or experience
- Able to critically evaluate information to take tactical action
- Excellent data interpretation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build rapport with operational colleagues
- Able to influence those around you in making positive decisions to protect wholesomeness of our water
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: Monday 29th June
Water Process Scientist in Grantham employer: Anglian Water Group Ltd.
At Anglian Water, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and professional growth. As a Water Process Scientist, you will benefit from competitive remuneration, generous pension contributions, and flexible working arrangements, all while contributing to the vital mission of ensuring high-quality water for our communities across Lincolnshire and beyond. Join us to be part of a team that values your expertise and fosters a collaborative environment where your contributions make a real difference.
