Water Quality Risk Scientist

Salary – Circa £39,000k per annum, salary dependant on skills and experience

Home based & office based within the Anglian Water Region

1* Permanent position

1*12 months fixed term contract position

37 Hours a week

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Wate r office. Your base location could be in any of the following locations; Northampton/Milton Keynes/ Bedford/Huntingdon/Peterborough/Grantham/Lincoln .

Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. Our Water Services team clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out. We borrow water from the environment, store it and treat it to world-class standards to supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in the northeast of our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip.

An opportunity has arisen for a Water Quality Risk Scientist to join the Regional Quality Team, based at any of our scientific sites in Northampton/Milton Keynes/Bedford/Huntingdon/Peterborough/Grantham/Lincoln, your base location can be flexible depending on where you live.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to progress their career within Water Quality or develop their skills in risk assessment and management.

Reporting to the Water Quality Risk Manager, working closely with the wider business, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that risks to water quality are effectively and efficiently managed as well as delivering the water quality action plan process. You’ll also provide strategic operational risk analysis, assessment and risk management to the business.

Your other responsibilities will also include:

• Identifying and utilising all water quality risk analysis tools from across the business.

• Undertaking strategic risk assessments.

• Providing scientific input into the development of maintenance programmes.

• Developing short- and medium-term strategies to reduce risks to water quality.

• Scientific input into operational Impact plans.

• Providing expertise and advice for Regulation 31 compliance.

• Monitoring pesticide levels aiding effective Abstraction Management decisions.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service

• Company car

• Flexible working

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

• Bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be a Water Quality Risk Scientist?

• Demonstrable expertise in water treatment and distribution is highly desirable. As well as being an excellent communicator at all levels, you should have strong customer service, project management and data evaluation skills.

• A proven problem-solving ability paired with good IT and time management skills are also essential to this role.

Why Anglian Water?

We are passionate and committed to the learning and development of our people making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We also take Health and Safety very seriously in everything that we do.

If successful in your application, you will benefit from access to a company vehicle, so a full driving licence is essential.

There will be some travel involved to our different office locations around the area we serve.

Closing date: 18/09/2023