Job Description This job is with Southern Water, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
Closing Date
2025-06-22 Job Title: Sampling & Logistics Team Leader
Location: Kent
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37/ week, Fri - Mon 9am - 6.45pm (4 day compressed weekend)
Salary: £35,000
There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!
Job Overview
In this role, you will manage a shift team of Water Quality Technicians who deliver water and wastewater sampling activities to meet the needs of Southern Water and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI)/Environment Agency (EA) regulatory programme requirements.
Day to day you'll be:
- Co-ordinating the scheduling of sampling events and the team resource to ensure collection of samples within required timescales and delivery of regulatory sampling programmes.
- Providing guidance to your team to ensure sampling activities adhere to Southern Water quality systems and comply with the quality accreditation standards as required under ISO/IEC 17025 and Monitoring Certification Scheme for equipment (MCERTS).
- Supporting the Sampling Manager in the day-to-day operations and deputising in their absence.
- Maintaining the equipment register and ensuring equipment is suitably maintained and within calibration/servicing dates.
- Assisting the QMS Team with annual audits required for Water Quality Technicians.
- Training and maintaining competency as a potable Water Quality Technician.
- Providing guidance to your team; ensuring that they always adhere to Health & Safety policies and procedures.
- Participating in out of hours standby rota.
About You
You will have experience of leading a team, to include scheduling work activities, 121 team management activates, motivating a team and acting as a support.
Ideally you will have knowledge of the water industry and water sampling and a good understanding of what Southern Water do as a business.
You will need to drive and have access to a car.
Package
This role will be full time Friday to Monday on a compressed 4 day weekend 9am - 6.45pm.
We are offering a salary of up to £35,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:
• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme
• Private Medical Insurance (Senior Levels Only)
Join our Sampling team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.
Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
If this role isn't quite what you're looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
Privacy Statement:
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.
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