Company description:
Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.
Job description:
Water Quality Scientist
We have an exciting opportunity for a Water Quality Scientist to join the Water Quality team 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 5.4 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.
This is a vital role, as you will be providing the best customer service and resolution to water quality related contacts. You will optimise assets, systems, processes, and procedures in line with continuous improvement in water quality performance and protection of public health at all times. You will work towards minimising water quality related contacts and to help deliver our vision of taking responsibility for the water environment for good.
Where you fit in:
As our Water Quality Scientist you will:
* Lead a co-ordinated, planned and effective response to incidents across the business, ensuring that processes and procedures are followed and agreed actions or requirements are implemented.
* Prepare reports for submission to our regulator/Senior Managers and investigatory reports and review of exception reports provided by the team of scientists.
* Ensure compliance with our Performance Commitments - specifically the Compliance Risk Index (CRI), the Event Risk Index (ERI), Customer Contacts and Unplanned Outage (UPO) commitments.
* Undertake the role of water quality consultant on a 1 in 5-week basis providing water quality support within water quality and across the business and to external stakeholders.
* Once fully trained, be part of the water quality standby rota on a minimum 1 week in 5 frequency, providing expert support and advice on behalf of the Water Quality Manager.
What skills & qualifications you will need:
* Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of water quality processes and regulatory obligations.
* Ability to deal with incidents and events to protect public health and to minimise impacts on water quality compliance.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including written report writing and verbal communication.
* Strong analytical skills and ability to fault find processes and systems.
* Ability to handle large amounts of diverse data and to spot potential risks to compliance.
* Excellent influencing and networking skills to build relationships with key stakeholders.
Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Participation in an out of hours standby rota is a requirement of the role.
Recruitment Process
Closing Date - 11th February 2025
If you have experience in Water Quality Scientist and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.
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