Product & Process Technical Optimiser

**Salary & Benefits**: Salary £39,362 to 47,809 per annum dependant on experience, company car through company car lease scheme, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays, additional days in lieu of working any bank holidays, plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the **Product & Process Technical Optimiser** progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more

**Work type**: We have a permanent opportunity for a **Product & Process Technical Optimise**r to join the Bio-Resource department at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you? The current work pattern is working 37 hours, Monday to Sunday between 08.00 and 16.00 which will include working 1 in 5 weekends. Level 2 standby is a future potential requirement of the role, therefore flexibility outside of working core hours is essential.

**Location**:The **Product & Process Technical Optimiser** will cover **Leeds** region. Successful applicants would need to live with a reasonable commutable distance of our **Knostrop wastewater treatment works**.

**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. Bio-Resources are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The **Product & Process Technical Optimiser** will be accountable for the production performance of key Bio-Resource sites, and ensure maximum performance of sludge throughput, maximising energy generation and optimal chemical usage.

The **Product & Process Technical Optimiser** will also be a requirement to provide the site operations team with process expertise, training, and support to deliver operational excellence. This will be a combination of ‘hands on’ front line trouble shooting couples with desk top optimisation and production planning.

**Where you fit in**:
As our **Product & Process Technical Optimiser** you will:

- The role shall form part of the area management team and must show role model leadership and be willing to lead the site operations team from a production performance perspective.
- To present data in team hubs, lead collaborative working sessions (PSTB etc.,), and be active on sites. Estimated to be 40% on site time, 60% office-based activity.
- To provide support and challenge in ensuring all activity is undertaken in a safe manner, in accordance with all Y.W. Health & Safety policies.
- To deliver industry leading operational performance in the following areas: Energy Generation, Generation Performance, Chemical Optimisation, Asset Reliability Investigations, Management of Change.

**Energy Generation**:

- To ensure sites meet their optimum throughput, through effective thickening/dewatering performance and accurate import availability to maximise digester throughput and minimise logistics penalties.
- To plan, organise and drive planned and reactive works relating to site gas users, within the KAM system and with resolution on site.
- To monitor, investigate and report on PSPI events.
- Chemical Optimisation:

- To monitor site chemical usage and work with the site operations to ensure the usage is at the optimum level and to intervene when this is not being achieved. The role will
- To own any corrective actions and demonstrate an understanding of current chemical run rates, with an expectation to be able to report on this.
- To liaise with chemical partners to trial new systems where applicable.
- To ensure strict savings targets are met.

**Asset Reliability Investigations**:

- To monitor site operations AO&M quality of completion. Providing support and guidance where necessary.
- To understand the outstanding risks across the sites that they accountable for. To control these and escalate wher