Process Engineer
Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:
Benefits
* A competitive salary, depending on experience £34,920 - £43,650
* A Company van
* Annual incentive related bonus (up to £1,000 per performance year)
* Up to 12% pension contribution with attractive scheme
* Development opportunities inline with the Process Engineer progression plan
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2 extra wellness days
* Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
* Health cash plan, 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
Calder water production team covering sites: Ingbirchworth, Holmbridge, Blackmoorfoot and Longwood.
Work Type
This is a permanent position, working an average of 37 hours per week. The working pattern covers the core business hours and will involve weekend working and taking part in a 24/7 standby rota once fully trained.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer to join the Water Production 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. Water Production are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
Water Production is a close-knit dynamic environment, where water is continuously treated across the 50 Water Treatment Works to produce clean and safe drinking water to our valued customers. Water Treatment Works are large manufacturing facilities both with indoor and outside areas, using different chemicals and processes to change the water from reservoir or river water to drinking water, using lots of mechanical and electrical equipment. This is an operational role rather than a design or supervisory type Process Engineer role.
Responsibilities
* You will be based at a Water Treatment Works, taking care of and completing operational and plant maintenance activities to provide wholesome water to our customers. Tasks consist of a proactive planned workbasket that includes but is not limited to cleaning and calibrating instrumentation, completing water quality laboratory checks, fault finding and diagnosing treatment issues, integrating trend data, cleaning process tanks, working with electrical and mechanical colleagues to resolve faults, and accepting chemical deliveries. This ensures compliance with water quality standards, environmental regulations and health and safety, and process safety is achieved and managed across all the WTWs.
* You will lead chemical and process optimisation of the clean water treatment processes to achieve the water production optimal plan and manage cost. You will share best practice, ensuring that water production service outage is minimized at all times, manage asset failure, operational recovery from the field and support cost information monitoring.
* You will review risk assessments and methods statements, issue control of work documentation, adhere to safe systems of work, identify hazards and implement mitigation, update reporting systems to ensure H&S compliance across the WTW in line with Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Water Quality Requirements (DWI) and the Environment Agency statutory requirements are followed at all times.
* You will complete operational actions on site and provide support during incidents or operational events, ensuring they are escalated and managed appropriately.
* You will embrace Modernisation ways of working and reduce asset failure through Dynamic Asset Maintenance while supporting the new operational asset management system (ERP).
Qualifications
* The successful candidate will be multiskilled, have a hands‑on practical approach. Ideally have previous water treatment understanding but this not essential. A willingness to learn and be self‑taught with an understanding or awareness of regulatory health, safety and environmental obligations. You will be analytical, keen to fault find, with the ability to review data and identify trends and issues.
* You will demonstrate rigorous attention to detail, to ensure 'right first time' performance and be proficient in the use of IT systems whilst having knowledge of risk policies and procedures. You will also embrace new technologies, innovation and be open to new ways of working in a fast‑paced operational environment.
* You will develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of key internal and external stakeholders, including colleagues across the business and service partners.
* Desirable experience in a commercial‑oriented or regulated environment and previous experience gained within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process or manufacturing industry sectors.
* As part of this role you will work within confined spaces and must pass strict medical criteria including BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing and spirometry tests to ensure your full safety when working in hazardous environments.
* A full, valid UK driving licence is required with no more than six points on the licence.
* Flexibility to respond to out‑of‑hours incidents on a rota basis after full training.
Why join us
If you have experience in Process Engineering and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then a career with Yorkshire Water could be what you want.
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