Senior Operative (WW Treatment) Keith, Scotland
Scottish Water
Full Time
Keith, Scotland
19932 - 22657 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.
An exciting position has arisen within Scottish Water to join the East Wastewater Operations Team and have frontline involvement in operating wastewater treatment works as a Senior Operator within the Don North area.
The successful candidate will be required to support and manage a team of skilled and motivated personnel to operate, maintain, problem solve and optimise wastewater assets whilst ensuring that environmental quality and excellent Health & Safety performance is maintained.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a high performing leadership team within the North Grampian Area , who are dedicated to maintaining our asset compliance and protecting our environment.
In wastewater, our continued investment in our sewer network and at our wastewater treatment works; which serve communities across Scotland; will help ensure that we continue to play our part in improving the standards of Scotland’s bathing waters and aquatic environment.
About the Role
In this role you will work as part of an experienced team who are responsible for ensuring that we meet our responsibilities in protecting the environment. You will support the team to monitor and maintain processes within the site and ensure that all relevant recording and reporting is completed. You will also operate and adjust processes in response to the results of samples and tests undertaken and ensure regular maintenance is undertaken to enable optimum operation of the site. You will work alongside the Team Leader for the area, to support and develop all members of the team in their role. On occasion, you will be required to operate and maintain assets.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have good verbal and written communication skills.
- Be confident to work on your own, taking responsibility for ensuring regular tasks are carried out in a timely and efficient way.
- Have a strong attention to detail with the ability to accurately record information and to spot changes in monitoring records which may need addressed.
- Have strong problem-solving skills and a dedication to find a solution to any issues that arise within the site.
- Have experience or an understanding of working within a strong Health & Safety culture to ensure that all Health and Safety policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Be a quick learner, with the ability to use new computer systems and on-line learning modules which are essential to the role.
- Be a strong team player, who can work well with others to achieve common goals.
- Operating and maintaining Wastewater treatment works & Pumping Station assets
- To ensure all information is accurately and timeously recorded for audit purposes
- To provide emergency cover to deal with all infrastructure problems by way of participation in an out-of-hours standby rota
Essential Criteria:
- Experience / understanding of working within a strong health & safety culture
- Full current driving licence – the post involves lone working
- Strong problem-solving skills
- With full training and risk assessment the role holder will be working with confined spaces; lone working; remote working; deep water; animals; noise, etc. This involves successful completion of occupational health assessment confirming suitability to work in such environments.
Desirable Criteria:
- Knowledge of wastewater treatment works and pumping station assets and strong problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of Health and Safety procedures
Due to the nature of our customer focused business, you will be required to participate in out of hours and standby working once suitably trained.
You can also expect
- 38 days of holiday per year (including public holidays) with the option to buy 5 more
- Eligibility to join the defined benefit, contributory pension scheme
- Annual company bonus
- Life assurance scheme
- Paid time off for community volunteering
- Access to "SW Splash", saving you money on holidays, bills and shopping
- Excellent family friendly policies around Adoption, Maternity, Parental Leave, and Flexible Working
Closing date for applications: 30th of May 2023
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Working at Scottish Water
Scottish Water is one of the UK's leading water companies, the quality of drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has never been higher - but we want to be even better – and you could help play an important part!
We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and collaborative work environment where we respect people’s differences. We are committed to creating an engaging environment and a positive experience for our employees.
We were recently recognised as a Top 10 Flexible Employer in Scotland at the Flexibility Works Awards 2021 and by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2019.
In 2019 we also won the Age Inclusive Award at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards and were winners of the Best Public Sector Employer at the Family Friendly Working Scotland Awards 2020.
We have Carers Positive Exemplary Status and were Silver Award 2019 & Gold Award winners 2020 of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).
We aim for work to be an energising and fulfilling experience and everyone plays their part to ensure that Scottish Water is trusted to serve our customers and communities.
We are passionate about creating opportunities for young people and are proud to have achieved the Gold standard in the Investors in Young People accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to creating rewarding opportunities for young people.
You will have access to a host of benefits which include 38 days holiday a year, a defined benefit pension scheme, a discounted medical cash plan and cycle to work, plus a variety of agile working arrangements and family-friendly policies designed to support your wellbeing.
Next Steps
Any offer of employment with Scottish Water will be subject to the successful completion of a mandatory pre-employment screening process, including Disclosure Scotland and eligibility to work in the UK. Details can be found on our website.
For more information about this role or if you require any additional support throughout the application process please contact the recruitment team:
As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it is important that Scottish Water employees are resident in Scotland and contribute to the Scottish economy by paying Scottish income tax on their earnings. As a result we ask all potential employees to confirm that they are resident in Scotland, or to confirm their intentions to move to Scotland within 3 months of their start date.
Please note that candidates who have not submitted an application in the last 12 months will be automatically removed from our system records.
Scottish Water
www.scottishwater.co.uk
Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Douglas Millican
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Government
Energy & Utilities
2002
