Sampling Officer (6 Month Opportunity) in Scotland

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland. At Scottish Water, we look after Scotland's most precious natural resource. From source to tap, we're guarding Scotland's reputation for refreshingly pure water and caring for our environment at the same time.

We’re looking for a Sampling Officer to join our Water Sampling team, who keep a close eye on the water quality across Shetland on a 6 month secondment/fixed-term opportunity.

What you’ll do:

• When there’s a water sample to be taken, you’re there – you’ll plan, collect, process and deliver them across your patch. That means visiting all sorts of places, from Water Treatment Works to customer’s premises – every day is different.
• Many of our sampling procedures are accredited by UKAS, so you’ll need a keen eye for detail.
• You’ll often be working alone – but your contribution to the team’s targets will be huge.
• Every day you’ll be out and about collecting samples, representing Scottish Water – your friendly, professional manner is part of the uniform.

What you’ll bring:

• You’ll need a full, clean driving licence as you’ll spend a lot of time in one of our branded vans.
• You should be goals-focused too, always with one eye on helping the team meet daily and weekly targets.
• Sometimes a sample needs to be taken after dark or at the weekend – you’ll be part of a standby rota to cover these jobs.

Looking out for you:

This is a part-time role (25 hours per week) with some weekend working and standby requirements. You’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days (pro-rata) of holiday every year (including public holidays). You can also take time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events, we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.

For your future, there’s our pension and life assurance. You will participate in a company bonus scheme and have access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.

The not-so-small print:

This role will be a Grade 2. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £28,480 (pro-rata). Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £31,260 (Pro-rata).

If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be - we’ll be accepting applications until midnight on 24th July.

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc.

A few final things worth knowing: Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! Everyone has a learning curve.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you’ll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Please note, Scottish Water takes the safety, health and wellbeing of our employees, colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.