Wastewater Production Operator

At Northumbrian Water we live water. Providing a wastewater treatment service that protects and enhances the environment, whilst also improving the quality of rivers and coastal waters for the benefit of the people and wildlife is invaluable. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us and develop as a Wastewater Treatment Operative in Teesside and play a key role in delivering this essential service.

Working as part of a team you will be responsible for operating and controlling a number of wastewater treatment works as well as pumping stations within the wider sewerage network. Within this role you will conduct tasks in all conditions to ensure these assets operate correctly and will undertake fault-finding investigations when issues are found. You will communicate with a range of teams to ensure our sewage treatment work and pumping stations are working correctly. Full training will be provided to undertake the various technical aspects of this role.

Please note

This role has been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you'll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.

Our Wastewater Treatment Operatives are responsible for the day-to-day performance of sewage treatment works and pumping stations. Operatives carry out routine checks on our assets to ensure the sewage is treated to the correct quality.

Daily tasks include regular analysis of water quality so we are looking for people who are confident interpreting data and completing lab analysis. Good problem-solving skills are essential to ensure the environment is protected. No two days are the same - you will be someone who is happy working in a team or alone with minimal supervision and flexible enough to meet a varied workload.

We want to speak to people who can bring a good combination of technical and personal skills. Therefore, you'll be computer literate and demonstrate the ability to interpret various pieces of information to identify process issues and optimise assets' performance.

You'll be a good communicator with written and verbal skills to be able to produce clear, effective and reliable information.

If you are practical and pragmatic and enjoy problem solving and being hands on, this could be a great job for you.

Please note you will need a full driving licence. In addition you'll also need a strong focus on health and safety. The role will involve both lone working and working as part of a team with minimal supervision in a wastewater environment. As such you will be responsible for protecting your safety and that of your colleagues, customers & suppliers at all times.

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Our values

Pulled from the full job description

• Car scheme


• Company pension


• Employee discount, Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.


Our values are:

Results Driven
We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical
We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused
We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative
We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team
We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

Colleague benefits

We're the great company we are because of you - our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.