Drinking Water Safety Plan Co-Ordinator
Salary & Benefits: £25,618 - £30,028 per annum dependant on experience, essential car user with car provided, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!
Location: Buttershaw, Bradford. Expect site visits to water treatment works across Yorkshire region, roughly once a fortnight.
Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Drinking Water Safety Plan Co-Ordinator to join the Service Delivery business unit at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?
What we do:
Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.
We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.
New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The service delivery function is a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
This role provides essential support to ensuring YW maintains water quality “through a consistent, embedded and integrated approach to Drinking Water Safety Planning that demonstrates our understanding and effective management of source-to-tap water quality risks. Reporting to the Drinking Water Safety Plan Manager, they work to deliver team objectives, provide effective information management and assist towards managing regulatory risks.
Where you fit in:
As our Drinking Water Safety Plan Co-Ordinator you will
1. Provide a clear centre of expertise on the implementation of Drinking Water Safety Planning for the Company.
2. Provide technical support to the programme of DWSP risk reviews in the Company.
3. Support the management of water quality & regulatory risks via the process of regular risk review meetings.
4. Carry out work on the data systems that are in place to record and analyse risks to meet the Company’s regulatory obligations, its operational needs, and provide sufficient data for future plans to be based on sound information.
5. Contribute to delivering the company's vision and performance commitment of zero failures in the eyes of our customers and 100% compliance with regulatory standards, by identifying trends in water quality risks both temporally and geographically to predict when and where failure could occur.
6. Work as a key member of the DWSP and WQ Compliance team in ensuring effective use of resources, to ensure the successful achievement of team priorities.
7. Provide support to information provision to key stakeholders ( the DWI / NAVs), including involvement in the production of DWSP Reg28 returns and Legal Instrument reporting steps to the Regulator.
8. Support the collection of information and production of reports for DWI on progress with Legal Instruments / Improvement Programmes.
9. Support the WQ risk input into Periodic Review process and subsequent implementation of initiatives by provision of clear risk analysis.
10. Work with other teams ( Asset Planning / Operations) to improve any other processes which will drive improvements into the overall DWSP process.
11. Act as Technical Secretary at the regular DWSP Working and Progress Groups and DWSP reviews.
What skills & qualifications you will need:
12. Knowledge and experience of Water Quality, including the Regulations, particularly those relevant to data and customer contact issues.
13. Scientific or engineering related degree.
14. Ability to develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships.
15. Rigorous attention to detail to ensure ‘right first time’ performance.
16. Proficient In the use of IT, particularly for analysis of complex datasets.
17. Proven effective organisational skills.
18. Ability to apply own knowledge to diagnose and resolve various problems / issues within the DWSP processes.
You will also benefit from having:
19. Understanding of water quality, treatment, distribution, materials.
20. Analytical diagnosis of water quality issues.
21. Knowledge and previous use of IT systems (preferably REACT front-end/sequel databases and SharePoint.
22. Previous experience gained within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process of manufacturing industry sectors.
23. Project Management.
We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 1-2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours.
If you’re an experienced water or utilities professional and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.
We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.
If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.
Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.