Summary
Are you ready to live your future? Do you want to be part of building a greener, healthier, and stronger North West? Come and join us! With a range of award-winning roles on offer, you’re sure to find your perfect career here at United Utilities. We’ll provide you with industry-leading skills and experience you need to succeed in your chosen field.
Wage
£19,000 a year
You have a starting salary of £19,000, which will increase each year based on performance
Training course
Water industry treatment process technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
37 hours a week
Possible start date
Wednesday 3 September
Duration
3 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
As an Apprentice Hub Technical Officer, you’ll:
* Learn about the end-to-end Wastewater System from customers homes to treated effluent being returned to the environment
* Support the daily operation of the Wastewater County hub
* Analyse, report on and identify opportunities for proactive interventions and efficiency opportunities across the Wastewater System
* Learn a wide range of wastewater treatment technical skills to effectively monitor and control assets across a County
* Develop well-developed IT, numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills to deliver operational and financial performance targets.
* Gain excellent presentation and written and oral communication skills
* Develop excellent knowledge and practical experience of wastewater treatment processes including operational best operational
* Gain an understanding of future regulatory requirements within wastewater operations
Where you’ll work
Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment Works
Trafford Way
Urmston
Manchester
M17 8DD
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
Your training course
Water industry treatment process technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Comply with (water or wastewater) industry regulations and procedures.
* Follow alarm intervention procedures. Resolve alarm issues.
* Inspect (planned) and check assets (reactive) and identify action.
* Follow procedures to remove assets for routine maintenance and recommission.
* Carry out validation or instrument checks of online equipment and identify action.
* Monitor first line maintenance of process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Identify issues. Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques: identify root cause. Resolve faults.
* Consider, identify, and promote areas for improvement for example, in relation to quality, cost, time, safety, and impact.
* Interrogate and interpret electronic control systems. For example, HMI or SCADA.
* Use data monitoring and control systems to monitor and control equipment.
* Inspect and check safety equipment: identify and take action.
* Identify and instigate incident escalation procedures.
* Apply site standards for housekeeping.
* Conduct risk assessments: identify and document risks and hazards in the workplace. Apply control measures.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and safe working practices and procedures.
* Follow site security procedures.
* Follow procedures for emergency situations.
* Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements. For example, safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, and efficient use of resources.
* Apply principles of sustainable development. For example, in choice of materials.
* Conduct and assess impact of activity for example, environmental, cost, reputation, safety, and health. Apply control measures.
* Identify and escalate issues.
* Read and interpret written information. For example, work instructions, and service level agreements.
* Complete work records.
* Use information technology. Follow cyber security procedures. Comply with GDPR.
* Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources to complete work tasks.
* Communicate verbally and in writing. For example, with colleagues, stakeholders, or others. Use water industry terminology where appropriate.
* Liaise with, negotiate with, and handle conflict in individual or group environments.
* Select raw water source or blend of sources.
* Monitor and control water abstraction.
* Monitor and control water chemical dosing procedures.
* Operate water process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Take water samples.
* Analyse and interpret on-site laboratory data and check against water process parameters.
* Monitor and control water treatment processes and performance.
* Monitor and control the effectiveness of disinfection.
* Monitor and control waste stream processes and performance.
* Apply procedures to shut-down, isolate, and re-commission water process streams.
* Monitor and control incoming flows.
* Control internal pumping station operations.
* Operate wastewater process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Take wastewater samples.
* Analyse and interpret on-site testing data and monitoring equipment data and check against wastewater process parameters.
* Monitor and maintain grit removal and screening assets.
* Monitor and control the performance of sedimentation, biological and chemical treatment operations.
* Monitor and control wastewater treatment processes and performance.
* Apply procedures to shut-down, isolate and re-commission wastewater process streams.
* Follow wastewater hygiene personal procedures.
* Comply with (water or wastewater) industry regulations and procedures.
* Follow alarm intervention procedures. Resolve alarm issues.
* Inspect (planned) and check assets (reactive) and identify action.
* Follow procedures to remove assets for routine maintenance and recommission.
* Carry out validation or instrument checks of online equipment and identify action.
* Monitor first line maintenance of process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Identify issues. Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques: identify root cause. Resolve faults.
* Consider, identify, and promote areas for improvement for example, in relation to quality, cost, time, safety, and impact.
* Interrogate and interpret electronic control systems. For example, HMI or SCADA.
* Use data monitoring and control systems to monitor and control equipment.
* Inspect and check safety equipment: identify and take action.
* Identify and instigate incident escalation procedures.
* Apply site standards for housekeeping.
* Conduct risk assessments: identify and document risks and hazards in the workplace. Apply control measures.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and safe working practices and procedures.
* Follow site security procedures.
* Follow procedures for emergency situations.
* Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements. For example, safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, and efficient use of resources.
* Apply principles of sustainable development. For example, in choice of materials.
* Conduct and assess impact of activity for example, environmental, cost, reputation, safety, and health. Apply control measures.
* Identify and escalate issues.
* Read and interpret written information. For example, work instructions, and service level agreements.
* Complete work records.
* Use information technology. Follow cyber security procedures. Comply with GDPR.
* Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources to complete work tasks.
* Communicate verbally and in writing. For example, with colleagues, stakeholders, or others. Use water industry terminology where appropriate.
* Liaise with, negotiate with, and handle conflict in individual or group environments.
Your training plan
* Your apprenticeship will last 36 months, and successful apprentices will achieve a Water Industry Treatment Process Technician, Level: 3 (wastewater pathway) standard, endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships
* During your first year, you’ll spend 1 week every month for 12 months working from Bolton Technical Training Centre during the working week (Monday - Friday). If you’re from outside of the area, accommodation will be provided by United Utilities during this period, excluding weekends
More training information
* You will need to be mobile in this role, we’ll contribute up to £500 towards driving lessons and tests to help to get you on the road
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* 5 GCSEs incl. Maths, English & Science/Tech (grade grades A-C or grades 9-4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Presentation skills
* Administrative skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Patience
Other requirements
Offers subject to pre-employment checks before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory report from the Disclosure Scotland/ the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please only apply for one apprenticeship. Please note that we are unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this role.