Water Treatment Scientist Leader

2 days ago


Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time

Job Description: Water Treatment Scientist Leader

Location: Marlow & Didcot, UK

Salary: Up to £42,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

Thames Water is seeking a Water Treatment Scientist Leader to take on a challenging role in ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and codes of practice regarding wastewater treatment. As a leader in the field, you will be responsible for driving innovation and excellence in our water treatment processes.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in wastewater treatment processes, including operational experience in a relevant field. They will also possess excellent leadership and communication skills, able to inspire and motivate a team to achieve outstanding results.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leading root cause investigations into pollution incidents and driving actions to resolve.
  • Driving fault identification on site, proactively introducing efficiencies and improvements.
  • Ensuring our sites are compliant with all permitted requirements.
  • Improving our flow to treatment compliance, reducing storm discharges and aiding flow data analysis.
  • Utilising all tools and data available to investigate issues and recommend practical solutions.
  • Engagement with various project delivery teams, inputting technical design queries using detailed site knowledge.
  • Optimisation of site processes, such as chemical dosing, aeration systems, sludge thickening/dewatering, power consumption etc.
  • Supporting regular business reporting and local/regional compliance meetings, being confident in presenting and communicating to different audiences.
  • Engaging with operations teams, contractors, and other scientists, building rapport and improving technical understanding through mentoring and coaching.
  • Producing investigative reports and root cause analysis, driving learning throughout the business to prevent repeat occurrences.
  • Participating in an out-of-hours call-out rota, offering expert advice to front-line staff during event scenarios.
  • Supporting our programme for continuous improvement; engaging with various teams to drive innovative, effective scopes forward.
  • Supporting in gathering data for regulatory information requests for our regulators, customers, and other third parties.
  • Ensuring sites are working to their full potential to reduce the need for extra plant hire costs.
  • Staying up-to-date with new technologies for processes, disseminating this knowledge to the wider teams as appropriate.
  • Coaching and mentoring frontline operations teams, raising the bar of knowledge of our sites and processes.
  • Undertaking key technical and health & safety training and responsibilities.

Requirements:

  • Experience in implementing process improvements within a highly regulated environment, making recommendations to senior leadership, and supporting the rollout.
  • Experience in the wastewater industry and detailed knowledge of compliance KPIs, environmental regulation and wastewater processes.
  • Qualifications in water/waste treatment, biological/chemical/environmental sciences, or engineering will be of benefit. Degree-level (BSc/MSc) qualification is not essential but highly advantageous.
  • Operational experience in a relevant field – ideally a minimum of 3-5 years or more.
  • A methodical and data-driven approach, able to wield multiple data sets and IT systems with ease, is essential. Able to confidently write reports and communicate to wide audiences.
  • Full UK driving license is necessary due to travel requirements.
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills – able to inspire and motivate a team to achieve outstanding results.


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