Sludge Press Operator (Welsh Water)
Newport, Wales, GB, NP18 1HT
Job Requisition Number | 7005 |
Work Type | Permanent |
Job Function | Operational |
Salary Range | £23,690.00 -£25,976.00 |
Base Closing Date |
Court Farm Newport 23:59 on 12/11/2024 |
What you’ll be responsible for
What we do
Getting fresh, clean water to our customers’ taps is our most important job and it involves a lot of different people, doing a lot of different roles, pulling together to create one big team – our water department.
What you'll do
As sludge operator you will:
• Be responsible for day to day running of the sludge press and thickeners including covering bank holidays and weekends as part of a 2-person rota.
• Liaise with planning/ allocators & MEI department to raise any reactive defects.
• Report near-misses via company near miss hotline.
• Control chemical and stock levels within the sludge press area.
• Operate in line with company health & safety procedures.
• Ensure all areas of the Treatment Works are cleaned thoroughly each day.
• Report any defects or damage to management immediately.
• Support Gwent operations in anyway deemed necessary.
• Pick up urgent parts from various venders.
• Move/deliver equipment around the Gwent area as required.
• Oversee pumping operations where required.
Who you’ll work with
Internal
• Planner
• Ops ME&I & Supervisors
• H&S
External
• None
About you
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Cleaning experience
- Practical Health & Safety experience in a visitor attraction or similar environment
- Experience in operating machinery
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Driving licence is essential for this role
Good to know
For further details contact: Lianne.Turner@dwrcymru.com
Shifts:
- Monday-Thursday 6am-2pm
- Friday 6am-1:30pm
- Every other weekend Sat-Sun 6am-10am
Interviews:
- Date/s:25th-29th November
- Times: AM/PM
- In-Person @Court farm
Benefits
As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• 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
• Free on-site parking at all our sites
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• 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
When you think about it, water is the most basic human need. So what we do at Welsh Water is incredibly important – we give three million customers safe, clean water, take away their dirty water and help to protect our beautiful environment. It’s an awesome responsibility, and we have to earn our customers’ trust every single day. Being the only not-for-profit company in the utilities sector is certainly a good start. Every single penny we make goes back into looking after their water and environment, rather than going to the pockets of shareholders.
Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.
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