Senior Water Quality Process Scientist
Apply locations: Worthing, Otterbourne, Chatham, Southampton, Falmer
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Time left to apply: End Date: February 24, 2025 (9 days left to apply)
Job requisition id: JR5074
Closing Date: 2025-02-24
Job Title: Senior Water Quality Process Scientist
Location: South Coast - You can be based in one of our offices within Southern Water patch - Chatham, Falmer, Durrington, Otterbourne - Hybrid - 3 office/site and 2 WFH. It is essential for you to have a driving licence due to site visit requirements.
Work type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: From £43,000 per annum
A great opportunity to be part of our Water Performance team working passionately to deliver our commitment towards providing water for life to enhance health and wellbeing, protect and improve the environment and sustain the economy.
As a Senior Water Quality Process Scientist working within our Compliance team, you will be investigating water quality breaches (sample failures) by analyzing data, sourcing information, and working collaboratively across functions. You will play a key role in ensuring that the frontline Operations and Scientific teams maintain compliance with both Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate Regulations governing abstraction, discharge, and water quality.
Your primary focus will be to conduct detailed root cause analysis investigations following any breach of DWI PCV limits in the potable water quality at our Water Supply Works, Reservoirs, or Zones. This will include site visits, in-depth data analysis, and auditing of paperwork and adherence to procedures in order to recommend measures that can be taken both locally and across our region to prevent such breaches occurring in the future.
To be successful in this role, you must have a strong understanding of water chemistry/biology and the principles of water treatment, and of regulatory requirements affecting the provision of wholesome drinking water. Excellent written/verbal communication and data analytic skills are essential due to the requirement of producing reports and analysis to stakeholders at all levels. Ideally, you will also have a Degree in a scientific or engineering discipline; however, it is not essential.
Interested in the role?
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so if you are interested in the position, please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.
Every Body Welcome
We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.
We succeed together
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority.
Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
* Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
* We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Need flexibility in your work?
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role? #LI-Hybrid
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