Distribution Water Quality Scientist

About the role:
Reporting to the Distribution Water Quality Manager you will be responsible for providing technical expertise to operational teams, in the field of drinking water quality and clean water distribution systems. Furthermore, you will be pivotal in developing the technical expertise of a small team of Water Quality scientists.
Within this role, you will be primarily responsible for ensuring appropriate investigation to water quality failures, events and customer complaints as well as providing the necessary water quality approval, for maintenance or upgrade of the distribution system. There will also be opportunities to carry out field activities (Network risk assessments) and network investigations in response to identification of risks to the water supply.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
Ensuring the team maintains and develops current expert knowledge with regard to advances with respect to network water quality and maintenance of water quality.
Taking responsibility for investigations into operational and statutory failures for network water quality parameters where initial response shows an ongoing issue.
Acting as event scientist for network water quality events and incidents.
Technical input to relevant distribution regulatory returns, commitments, notices and undertakings and relevant Company Network Asset Management Standards.
Supporting the team on the review of relevant P2W activities requiring WQ sign off.
Developing relationships with external stakeholders to maintain the Company brand and to ensure new developments are rapidly understood by the team.
Participation in DWSP audits/network risk assessments.To be successful you will have the following skills and experience:

Previous experience of working within the Drinking Water Industry is essential.
Field experience of network operations.
Qualified to HNC/Degree level in an appropriate discipline and/or experience in a scientific field.
A good understanding of the relevant legislation, regulatory and operational requirements surrounding water quality would also be advantageous.
Strong organisational & communication skills to engage with key stakeholders across the business.
Ability to work in a logical and analytical manner and maintain a positive and professional approach when dealing with customers.
Working as part of an essential team that protects the public health, you must be a strong team player with the ability to respond to events.
Competent with Microsoft Office Tools.
Basic knowledge of GIS (geographic information system) would be advantageous.
Travel to other sites is a requirement of this role so and possession of a valid UK driving license is therefore essential.What''s in it for you?
You will be working as part of a small team ultimately responsible for the delivery of Drinking Water Safety Plans for the Network and Customer assets. You will be responsible for ensuring that the company delivers on regulatory commitments, providing technical support to operations for both planned and unplanned activities, investigating Water Quality issues identified via customer complaints to establish the root cause and corrective actions.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme. This includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets, loyalty awards for continuous service plus much more, including our refer-a-friend bonus, where you can receive up to £1,000 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company.
We''re also proud to be here for our local community, offering all of our teams two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities.

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