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£26,480 - £33,100 per annum (+ 20% Shift Allowances)

Whittle Dene, Newcastle

About the role

Water Supply Production Operator (Shifts)

Full time – 37 hours per week

Full Time Permanent

Salary – £26,480 - £33,100 per annum (+ 20% Shift Allowances)

Location – based at Whittle Dene Water Treatment Works

About the role

We have a great opportunity to join our Water Supply team as a Water Supply Process Operator, ensuring we deliver great high-quality drinking water for our customers.

This role offers full training to support the successful candidate to complete the various technical aspects of this role. This means we’re seeking someone with transferrable skills which would allow them to develop into this position.

The successful candidate will be based at Whittle Dene Water Treatment Works and will also be able support activities across the Central Water Supply operating group if required.

This role offers full training to support the successful candidate to complete the various technical aspects of this role. This means we’re seeking someone with transferrable skills which would allow them to develop into this position.

We understand the importance of professional development which means we offer opportunities for training and growth within the organisation.

You will operate the treatment process using company systems to identify trends in performance and when issues arise you will undertake fault-finding investigations.

You’ll be using laboratory testing and recording results for regulatory auditing and to support decision making. Working with chemicals and validating and calibrating instruments will be key to your role in effectively operating the treatment process.

You will support process unit cleaning, site general maintenance and cleaning tasks. This includes cleaning tanks to remove waste material.

About you

Communication is essential in this role therefore we seek someone who is an excellent communicator, both verbally and written. You will be a good problem-solver allowing you to respond quickly to issues, understand the problem, and identify the best solution.

We are looking for a team player who is adaptable to meet a varied workload and someone who is also comfortable working alone and outdoors with minimal supervision.

Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

We’re committed to ensuring “Everyone Home Safe Everyday” therefore awareness of health and safety would be.

You may have experience operating production processes including various mechanical and electrical equipment. This may include experience of using instrumentation to validate and calibrate a process is desirable but not essential.

If you are practical, pragmatic and enjoy hands-on problem solving then this could be a great role for you. Please note a full driving licence is essential.

Please note:

This role has been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

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