Water Quality Specialist

If you have a scientific and analytical mind you may be suited to a career as a Water Quality PR24 specialist. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join our Water Quality team for a fixed term contract to work on our plans for the next asset management planning period and our future plans to ensure continuity in delivering excellent water quality and meet the needs of our future customers.
**What is your role?**
In your role as Water Quality PR24 specialist, you’ll be responsible for detailing business cases for investment across our supply system, anything from schemes to bring back mothballed source waters to design of a new treatment process or targeting improvements to our distribution network.
These business cases will look at the company strategic aims and objectives but also take into account
You’ll also have opportunity to work on water quality strategies, support programmes delivering education in our community, and initiatives to minimise the risk of adversely impacting on water quality.
**Day to day you’ll be**
- Literature reviews and gathering of data to form the Lead aspect of Bristol Water business plan.
- Evaluate datasets and engage with internal and external colleagues in the PR24 process.
- This role will not be limited to lead and there will be the need to support the creation and writing of other PR24 business cases as directed by PR24 WQ manager.
- Provide scientific support to other business areas within the Company, external organisations, and customers.
- Process evaluation and customer journey through Lead.
- Future risks and mitigation for lead and industry wide strategy.
- Proactively monitor water quality through the supply system and provide evidence from data, investigate actual or perceived deterioration in water quality with regard to Lead.
- Provide advice and support when representing water quality during the design, construction and commissioning of Network and Production related projects and operational programmes.
- Represent water quality on all matters relating to PR24 supported by PR24 manager.

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What we’re looking for *
- Ideally, you’ll have experience in water quality or another similar environment.
- A broad understanding of the operation and maintenance of water treatment processes, water science, and water distribution networks, or similar industrial processes.
- An ability to understand and complete complex scientific calculations to optimise both quality and cost obligations.
- Confident and articulate verbal communication and an ability to influence.
- Strong IT skills (particularly in Word and Excel).
- An understanding of the regulatory framework associated with the water industry and water fittings regulations
- A degree or equivalent qualification in a science, environmental or engineering related discipline.
- Full Valid UK Driving Licence.

Above all, you will need to demonstrate our competencies and 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:

- 7.5% bonus
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Entry into the company pension scheme
- Flexible benefits and access to discounts
- Supportive friendly working environment
- Opportunity for some home working
- Onsite parking, when you’re in the office

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Why Bristol Water?*
Bristol Water provides water to over a million customers in the Bristol area, this equates to over one thousand square miles and 264,000,000 litres of water supplied every day
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 don’t just give people water. We keep them healthy and help them grow. People are the reason we work around the clock and test our water hundreds of times every day.
We’re here to have a positive impact on people and the planet for generations. Without people, it’s just water. With water, families flourish, businesses grow, and people create.
We’re a morning cuppa, that well-deserved bubble bath (although we’d prefer a four-minute shower), and that cold Friday pint after a long week.
We’re full of colour, pride and spiritjust like our small patch of the planet.
**We’re local**
We’ve been here for generations, we served your great-great-great grandparents (if they lived in Bristol, anyway).
Almost everyone who works here, also lives in the area.
We were born out of the needs of Bristolians and we’re still part of that today. So, we do what we do for ourselves, our families, our friends our people.
**We’re nimble**
Did you know we’re one of the smallest water companies in the UK, and we love it.
It means we’re closer to people and we can do the things that matter. Being small means we can be responsive. We punch above our weight, leading the way. We show others how it’s done and have big opportunities for our staff.
**We’re i