At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to improve environmental performance and compliance in wastewater treatment.
- Company: Wessex Water, providing essential services to millions while protecting the environment.
- Benefits: Up to 20% pension contribution, 25-28 days holiday, healthcare package, and career progression.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional development and a supportive work culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on environmental performance while collaborating with diverse teams.
- Qualifications: Degree in Science or environmental subject, strong communication skills, and IT literacy.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Do you like to ask why? Are you interested in identifying issues and working with people to improve performance? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you to join our team as a Regional Process Scientist! We provide water to 1.4 million customers and treat the sewage of 2.9 million customers. Our Scientists help ensure we protect the environment, improve performance and comply with regulatory requirements efficiently and safely.
This role will see you working with multiple teams and travelling to different sites across the entire Wessex Water region, which covers Bristol, Salisbury, Bournemouth, Bridgwater and everything in between.
What you'll do
- Work with people across the wastewater business to monitor and improve our environmental performance.
- Cover all areas of performance and compliance within Wastewater Treatment, including leading our Root Cause Analysis of incidents to monitor trends, identify areas for improvement and help implement the solutions.
- Be part of a small team to become an integral part of the investigation and analysis process, following environmental incidents and improving performance.
- Lead root cause analysis meetings following incidents identifying solutions and areas for improvement on small and large scales.
- Design and implement initiatives to improve performance.
- Monitor and report on environmental performance and improvements.
- Provide information for regulatory requirements.
- Analyse scientific data to provide actionable insights.
- Collaborate with people across the business to ensure consistency and promote cross-team learning.
- Deliver basic training on root cause analysis processes.
What you'll need
- A self‑motivated individual who has a passion for understanding why things happen and using data to identify ways of improving them.
- Comfortable working both independently and collaborating with multiple teams.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to provide constructive challenge to both processes and people at all levels.
- Desirable qualifications include:
- A degree (or equivalent experience) in Science or an environmental subject.
- IT literacy.
- Strong knowledge of wastewater treatment processes.
- An understanding of the wastewater regulator environment.
- The ability to interpret and analyse scientific data.
- Experience presenting technical data to senior leaders.
- A full driving licence.
What you'll receive
- A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
- Career progression and professional development opportunities.
- 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
- The opportunity to buy up to 10 days' holiday and sell up to five every year.
- A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
- Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
- A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary.
- Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
- One paid volunteering day each year.
- Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
- An interactive health and wellbeing platform.
- Support from mental health first aiders.
- A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us.
We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.
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At Wessex Water, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where our Regional Process Scientists can thrive. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide extensive professional development opportunities, a generous benefits package including a combined pension contribution of up to 20%, and a focus on health and wellbeing. Our inclusive culture fosters collaboration across teams, ensuring that every voice is heard as we work together to protect the environment and improve performance for our 1.4 million customers across the beautiful Wessex region.
