Water Quality Lead

Here at Bristol Water we have a rare and exciting opportunity for someone to join our Water Quality team as the Water Quality Lead to ensure continuity in delivering excellent water quality and meet the needs of our future customers.
**What will you be doing?**
As the Water Quality Lead you will manage and empower the Water Quality function within the Bristol Water region, supporting the delivery of good, safe drinking water; actively promoting a Quality First approach.
Provide high quality technical support to Drinking Water Services and other functions in all areas of water supply from source to tap, ensuring that the public health of the customer base is protected; actively promoting a Drinking Water Safety Planning approach.
Promote and implement strategies to ensure that existing assets are monitored, optimised and maintained in such a way to meet current water quality and financial requirements. Investigate and report on Water Quality events, failures or other trigger point situations.
Ensure the business is aware of the current and emerging Regulatory Framework, minimising the Company’s exposure to risk by developing short, medium long-term strategies.
Develop the Risk Assessment Risk Index (RARI) approach to tracking and prioritising business interventions to mitigate water quality risks super regionally - at a tactical day to day and periodic review level.
The post holder will work collaboratively and progressively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders empowering the water quality team to deliver their duties in a responsible manner to ensure trust and confidence in drinking water is maintained.
Oversee the strategy and day to day delivery of our duties associated with enforcing the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations.
**What we’re looking for...**

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Relevant scientific degree or higher
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Considerable water industry experience, ideally with considerable experience in a scientific operational role
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Advanced interpersonal, analytical and presentation skills
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Track record of managing, developing and empowering professional/technical teams, delivering change
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Full UK Driving licence

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Ideally, you’ll also have *

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Corporate membership of a relevant scientific professional body for example IWA Chartered Scientist, CIWEM, RSC
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Track record of managing, developing and empowering professional/technical teams, delivering change

Importantly, you will need to demonstrate our core values: TRUST, SUPPORT, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, PROFESSIONALISM, PRIDE and AMBITION.
**What’s in it for you?**
As well as a great opportunity to develop your career, the role offers:
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15% bonus opportunity
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27 days holiday, plus bank holidays (you can also buy/ sell up to 5 days)
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Pension: We put in 8% if you put in 4%
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Flexible, supportive friendly working environment
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Access to flexible benefits and discounts via our portal
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Opportunity for some home working
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Free onsite parking when you’re in the office.

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Why Bristol Water?*
Since 1846, we’ve been making people healthier and the economy stronger. We’ve served generations of families and will serve generations to come.
We’re here to have a positive impact on people and the planet for generations. We don’t just give people water - we keep them healthy and help them grow. We work around the clock, testing our water hundreds of times every day.
We take this same view with our 600 employees, we don’t just give them jobs in water, we keep them healthy and help them grow.
**The best of both worlds**
We’re one of the smallest water companies in the UK. Being small means we’re nimble and can achieve things quickly for our customers and our people.
But while we’re small, we’re also part of a larger family. In June 2021 we became part of the Pennon group, who also own South West Water and Bournemouth Water.
This means that as part of our team, you’ll get the best of both worlds - the dynamism and fast pace of a smaller company, along with the security and breadth of opportunity that comes with being part of a large organisation.

**Salary**: £65,000.00 per year