Process Operator

Date: 5 Dec 2024- Company: DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water Plc- City: Porthmadog- Address: Porthmadog, Wales, GB, LL49 9PP**Job Requisition Number**
- 7204

**Work Type**
- Permanent

**Job Function**
- Operational

**Salary Range**

£26,173.00 -£29,738.00

Up to £36,164 including standby / weekend work

+Overtime

+Annual cost of living increase

+Annual salary uplifts

+Annual pay reward

+Company vehicle

**Base**
- Porthmadog

**Closing Date**
- 23:59 on 19/12/2024

**What you’ll be responsible for**:
As a Process Operator you will be part of the operating team that ensures the treatment of sewerage and waste water are to the required standards. You will be working across multiple sites and be responsible for maintaining equipment and working with the team to rectify any issues.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Ensuring compliance to required standards and procedures including Health & Safety
- Operating Waste Water Treatment Works and associated water pumping stations to company BMS and Health & Safety requirements
- Inducting, supervising and managing outside contractors carrying out capital maintenance breakdowns and projects ensuring full compliance to Health & Safety and BMS requirements and ensuring quality control
- Liaising with ME & I craftsmen on maintenance work.
- Participating in arrangements and cover for annual leave and sickness for area of operation.
- Liaising and co-ordinate with area Supervisor and team members on operating activities and to formulate effective and efficient cost reductions plans and savings.

**Who you’ll work with**:
**Internal**
- Strong working relationships within the catchment wastewater treatment team including Performance Manager, Operations Coordinator, Craft team
- Advice and support from Science and Support, Statutory Maintenance, Wastewater Assets
- Liaison with local distribution team

**External**
- Liaison with Environment Agency and/or NRW
- Liaison and assistance with external contractors and Capital partners

**About you**:
**Knowledge, Skills & Behaviour**
- NVQ Level 2 or higher in Waste Water Treatment Process Operations would be desirable but not essential
- Computer systems literate including SAP, Scope X, Exchange, Word and Excel are essential
- Experience gained in the industry with use of SCADA systems, Instrumentation and Mechanical and Electrical equipment would be advantageous
- Experience gained in the industry to ensure full compliance and adherence to all H&S issues
- A full UK Drivers Licence

**Good to know**:

- A full UK drivers licence is required.

**Benefits**:

- As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

- Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
- Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
- Enhanced employer pension contributions - Up to 11% employer contributions
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free on-site parking at all our sites
- Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
- Car-leasing scheme
- Health CashBack scheme
- An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.

**Who we are**:
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.