Senior Process Scientist
Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
What you’ll be doing
As a Senior Process Scientist you will be responsible for:
Providing expert knowledge and experience of sewage treatment processes to Operations, capital delivery and other business areas.
You will be focused on driving improvements through predicting, identifying, investigating and resolving issues on site. Key factors will involve working closely with the Operational Team to deliver demonstrable benefits and efficiencies in cost and planning. To use your process experience and knowledge to maintain regulatory compliance.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide Thames Water with expert wastewater treatment process knowledge and direction to deliver local and company wide optimisation projects to reduce costs
- Assist in identifying, prioritising and promoting through the risk process and develop, maintain, improve and implement standards
Performance Measures
- Work with operations to deliver 100% compliance against WRA and UWWTD & sludge regulations
- Provide timely support to field operations as requested based on risk prioritisation
- Ensure compliance issues are escalated appropriately to drive resolution
- Identify and promote local or company wide optimisation opportunities
- Use data intelligently to facilitate the identification and prioritisation of optimisation activities
- Implement successful Innovation ideas that reduce cost within own area
- Review risks and identify trends at local month risk review meetings
We are looking for you to have
- NVQ Level 3 Process Effluent and Sludge and extensive Process Engineering or operational experience
- Degree or equivalent in a related subject would be advantageous
- Experience in Managing Projects is advantageous
- Experience of working within wastewater treatment processes
- Experience in coordinating multi-disciplinary activities
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good fault finding skills
- Driving licence is essential
- Ability to work across departmental boundaries
- Experience of training/coaching staff advantageous
- Computer literacy is essential
- Must be able to lone work on STW & SPS sites
What’s in it for you?
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 26 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we’re moving to a hybrid approach where we’ll provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader and we’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
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