Company Description
Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.
Job Description
Water Quality Scientists - Potable x 2 Roles! Join to apply for the Water Quality Scientist - Potable role at CUPONING PULICIDAD S.L.
Benefits
* We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience£34,052 - £42,566
* Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
* Attractive pension scheme (Currently up to 12% company contribution)
* Development opportunities in line with the Water Quality Scientist 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 – choose from 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 & Working Hours
Location: Working in the West team, the roles cover Sheffield & Huddersfield areas. Base location will depend on home location. These roles will be a mixture of site/office/home working. Work type: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Participation in an out of hours standby rota is a requirement of the role.
Responsibilities
* You will lead a co-ordinated, planned and effective response to incidents across the business, and to ensure that processes, procedures are followed and agreed actions or requirements are implemented.
* You will prepare reports for submission to our regulator/Senior Managers and investigatory reports and review of exception reports provided by the team of scientists.
* You will ensure compliance with our Performance Commitments – specifically the Compliance Risk Index (CRI), the Event Risk Index (ERI), Customer Contacts and Unplanned Outage (UPO) commitments.
* You will undertake the role of water quality consultant on a 1 in 5-week basis providing water quality support within water quality and across the business and to external stakeholders. You will support and deliver key initiatives and projects in relation to Water Quality Compliance, Customer Contacts, Network, Production and Capital support.
* Once fully trained you will be part of the water quality standby rota on a minimum 1 week in 5 frequency. Providing expert support and advice on behalf of the Water Quality Manager to field, Asset Management, the Duty Manger and the wider business as required.
Skills & Qualifications
* The successful candidate will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of water quality processes and regulatory obligations, water treatment and distribution processes.
* You will be able to deal with incidents and events to protect public health and to minimise impacts on water quality compliance.
* You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills – this includes both written report writing and verbally.
* You will be able to solve problems often under pressure and to deadlines.
* You will have strong analytical skills and be able to fault find processes and systems.
* You will be able to handle large amounts of diverse data and to spot potential risks to compliance.
* You will have a can-do attitude with not only an ability to plan for the future but a capability to deal effectively with the unforeseen.
* You will have excellent influencing and networking skills to build relationships with key stakeholders at all levels within Yorkshire Water, service partner organisations and with external key stakeholders. You will consider health and safety at all times and support a zero accident culture. You will be comfortable using a range of IT systems.
Recruitment Process
Closing Date 19th November 2025
All applications are subject to pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check. Depending on the role, a security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance may be required. All roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.
We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible. If you have an accessibility need, disability or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.
Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur.
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