Recycling Optimiser

Hello Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

- We offer a competitive salary range from **£35,395 to £44,244**, depending on experience.
- A company car through company car lease scheme
- Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).
- Attractive pension scheme (up to 10% company contribution).
- Development opportunities in line with the **Recycling Optimiser **progression plan.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus an extra wellness day
- Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
- A great benefits package - opt in health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
- Retail savings scheme.
- Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more

**Location**: Buttershaw / Hybrid Working, with site visits across the YW region

**Work type**: 12-month secondment opportunity. 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for Recycling Optimiser to join the Bioresources team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. **Could this be you?**

**What we do**:
Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Bioresources are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

**Where you fit in**:
As our **Recycling Optimiser** you will
- Drive excellent standards and performance in health and safety, risk management and control of work and ensure compliance with the YW Safety Policy and internal compliance procedures
- Support the Recycling Manager in coordinating a consistent approach and level of performance across our sites.
- Challenge contract partners to deliver excellent Health & Safety and environmental compliance. Ensure all sludge data required from partners is available in a timely, consistent, and accurate manner, and produce performance reports for use at site and region wide level and to inform the Bioresources management team.
- Provide sludge treatment and recycling volume forecasts to contract partners and YW.
- Promote positive relationships with EA and EHO officers and ensure sludge operations do not create environmental nuisance.
- Liaise with strategically important customers to ensure we maintain a sustainable recycling operation.
- Provide information and commentary for OFWAT and EA regulatory reporting requirements. Lead and participate in regulatory audits.

**What skills & qualifications you will need**:

- Understanding of sludge treatment and sludge recycling processes.
- Experience of operational site management.
- Develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships.
- Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise but remain flexible - this can be a reactive environment.
- Experience of supporting and embedding change, able to influence and drive the right culture and behaviours.
- Clearly demonstrate the Yorkshire Water company values and behaviours.
- Experience of understanding where your role fits within a business plan and then developing ways to deliver the outputs.
- Full valid UK driving licence (No more than 6 points)

**You will also benefit from having**:

- Previous experience gained within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process or manufacturing industry sectors.
- Contractor management experience.
- IOSH &/ NEBOSH Health & Safety qualification.
- A relevant WAMITAB/CIWM Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) or EU Skills/ DEFRA Competence Management Scheme (CMS). Demonstrate Continuing Competence (CC) through WAMITB or CIWM.
- Agricultural experience and knowledge.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy

**Do we sound like your cup of tea?**

**Recruitment Process**

**Closing date - 2 October 2024**

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