Production Technician

What you’ll be responsible for

Operate Water Treatment Works and associated water pumping stations to company BMS and Health & Safety requirements. This will include:

• Controlling chemical and other stock levels and consumables by control and management of purchasing via SAP. Monitoring and controlling expenditure to meet budgetary targets
• Inducting, supervising and managing outside contractors carrying out revenue and reactive capital maintenance breakdowns and projects ensuring full compliance to Health & Safety and BMS requirements and ensuring quality control
• To liaise with ME&I craftsmen on revenue and reactive capital maintenance work
• Liaising and planning work with network supervisors and operatives to ensure uninterrupted supply when plant shut downs are required for maintenance and other associated work required on site
• Participating in arrangements and cover for annual leave and sickness for area of operation
• Undertaking any other duties as required to meet the needs of the business

About you

• NVQ Level 2 or higher, BTEC, ONC/HNC qualifications in Water    
• Experience gained in the industry with use of SCADA systems, Instrumentation and Mechanical and Electrical equipment    
• Experience gained in the industry to ensure full compliance and adherence to all H&S issues    
• Enthusiastic about putting our customers first every day    
• Computer systems literate including SAP, Scope X, Exchange, Word and Excel    
• Awareness of regulatory bodies such as DWI and Environment Agency/NRW    
• Dealing with control of abstraction under licence at raw water intakes    
• Dealing with discharge consent licence for all environmental discharges    

Good to know

• Requirement for standby (1 in 6)
• Interview to be week commencing 13th July 
• If you would like further information on this role, please contact Lewis.Tucker2@dwrcymru.com

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days  annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary will always stay the same, but depending on the performance of the company you could receive a yearly bonus)
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car-leasing scheme
• Health CashBack scheme
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.