Wastewater Process Capability Lead

Are you a wastewater process technical expert with a passion for identifying risks at wastewater treatment works? Do you have experience in assessing treatment work capacity and want to contribute to developing investment plans? Join our Wastewater Asset Strategy & Planning team in a varied technical role assessing current and future compliance risks at wastewater treatment works. You'll play a pivotal role in forming the future investment plan for addressing capacity shortfalls at wastewater treatment works as part of our Growth programme of investment. You'll do this by :

• Completing analyses and modelling of treatment work performance and capacity.
• Providing responses to internal and external stakeholder queries on treatment work performance and capacity.
• Providing expert wastewater process support to the wider Wastewater Asset Strategy & Planning teams, to facilitate optimal investment decision making.
• Taking a strategic overview of wastewater processes technologies and keeping abreast of future legislation changes, technologies and developments in the water industry.
• Being responsible for collecting and analysing treatment works data as part of regulatory annual reporting.
  
  We're looking for a self-motivated and technically minded individual with expertise in the field of wastewater treatment processes, with a background in process science or engineering., Significant wastewater process science or engineering experience is essential /
• Asset management experience, Investment Planning experience, experience of water and wastewater or infrastructure industries.
• Engineering experience of other disciplines (civil, mechanical, electrical & ICA) is advantageous.
• Experience in modelling techniques and clear technical application desirable.
• Ability to assess multiple sources of information, recognise uncertainty and identify preferred courses of action.
• Demonstrate a high level of initiative and self-motivation., 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.
  
  This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Falmer office and home although remote working is also an option.
We are offering a salary of up to £50,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including :
• Company and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
• Health benefits through a Cash Plan
• Two paid community volunteering days a year
• 25 days annual holiday
• Occupational health service
• Stars Reward gateway offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Join our Wastewater Planning 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? 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.