Role Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Water Quality Sampling Coordinator to join the Water Quality Compliance team, here 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. Water Asset Strategy are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
With this in mind to ensure that Yorkshire Water complies with Water Quality sampling regulations you will be co-ordinating the workload of the WQ Sampling team. You will be responsible for day to day resource management, ensuring overall delivery of the sampling programme and facilitating investigational sampling resource. You will be ensuring the efficient operation of the sampling teams by allocating samples in line with the DWI regulations, sampling procedures, skill set and local geographical knowledge.
Responsibilities
* Deliver the co-ordinated output of the regional Water Quality sampling teams.
* Work to maintain 100% compliance to the regulatory sampling programme through excellent proactive and reactive resource management.
* Make sound and considered decisions to maximise efficiency.
* Act as a key Water Quality sampling contact for the sampling teams and wider business.
* Support the day to day Health & Safety of the Sampling Team.
* Demonstrate relentless drive, energy and determination to deliver sustainable outperformance for YW that rigorously achieves against demanding competitive industry benchmarks.
* Have an in-depth understanding of all relevant Water Quality procedures.
* Support compliance with all requirements of the WQ Sampling Procedures, QMS and ISO17025 and rectify/report anything that might affect public health.
* Be responsible for proactive fleet management, record keeping and planning as well as responding to reactive fleet issues.
* Manage weekly workload based on resource and demand i.e. moving jobs to proactively manipulate resource.
* Build and maintain strong networks with stakeholders in relevant teams such as Ops Science, Public Health, Distribution, Production, Security etc.
* Deputise on behalf of the Water Quality Sampling Team Leaders in their absence.
Qualifications
* Develops and maintains effective internal and external relationships.
* Influences and negotiates to achieve required outcomes and deliver results through others.
* Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills.
* Experience of developing and maintaining effective internal and external relationships.
* Strong organisational skills with the ability to proactively manage multiple and conflicting demands whilst maintaining effective operational relationships and ensuring 100% compliance.
* Good verbal and written communication skills, ability to work across all levels and functions.
* Experience of supporting and embedding change, able to influence and drive the right culture and behaviours.
* Clearly demonstrates the Yorkshire Water company values and behaviours.
* Highly motivated and with a clearly demonstrated ability to use own initiative and deal with unforeseen events.
* Is able to plan ahead according to the demands of the sampling programme and other factors.
Benefits
* Competitive salary: £31,399 to £39,118, depending on experience.
* Annual incentive related bonus (maximum £1,000 opportunity for the performance year).
* Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
* Development opportunities in line with the Water Quality Sampling Coordinator progression plan.
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus 2 extra wellness days.
* Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
* Great benefits package – 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.
* Hybrid role with mix of working from home and at least 2 days per week at our laboratory office in Ossett or other sites across the region as required.
* Permanent with a working pattern of 4 days on, 4 days off averaging 37 hours per week.
Location
Hybrid role with a mix of working from home and at least 2 days per week at our laboratory office in Ossett or other sites across the region as required.
Work type
Permanent with a working pattern of 4 days on, 4 days off averaging 37 hours per week.
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