Water Quality Sampling Coordinator

Hello! Thanks for stopping by.  Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water!
 

• We offer a competitive salary, 5b, depending on experience from £30,118 to £37,523
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Water Quality Sampling Coordinator progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. 
• Retail savings scheme 
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: This is a hybrid role with a mix of working from home and at least 2 days per week at our laboratory office in Osset or other sites across the region as required.

Work type: Permanent with a working pattern of 4 days on, 4 days off averaging 37 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Water Quality Sampling Coordinator to join the Water Quality Compliance team, here at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it's so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.  Water Asset Strategy are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. 

With this in mind to ensure that Yorkshire Water complies with Water Quality sampling regulations you will be co-ordinating the workload of the WQ Sampling team. You will be responsible for day to day resource management, ensuring overall delivery of the sampling programme and facilitating investigational sampling resource. You will be ensuring the efficient operation of the sampling teams by allocating samples in line with the DWI regulations, sampling procedures, skill set and local geographical knowledge.

Where you will fit in.

As our Water Quality Sampling Coordinator, you will work in a small team of 4 colleagues, on a 4 on, 4 off rota, to:

• Deliver the co-ordinated output of the regional Water Quality sampling teams.
• Work to maintain 100% compliance to the regulatory sampling programme through excellent proactive and reactive resource management
• Make sound and considered decisions to maximise efficiency
• Act as a key Water Quality sampling contact for the sampling teams and wider business.
• Support the day to day Health & Safety of the Sampling Team.
• Demonstrate relentless drive, energy and determination to deliver sustainable outperformance for YW that rigorously achieves against demanding competitive industry benchmarks.
• Have an in-depth understanding of all relevant Water Quality procedures.
• Support compliance with all requirements of the WQ Sampling Procedures, QMS and ISO17025 and rectify/report anything that might affect public health.
• Be responsible for proactive fleet management, record keeping and planning as well as responding to reactive fleet issues.
• Manage weekly workload based on resource and demand i.e. moving jobs to proactively manipulate resource
• Build and maintain strong networks with stakeholders in relevant teams such as Ops Science, Public Health, Distribution, Production, Security etc.
• Deputise on behalf of the Water Quality Sampling Team Leaders in their absence.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Develops and maintains effective internal and external relationships.
• Influences and negotiates to achieve required outcomes and deliver results through others.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective internal and external relationships.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to proactively manage multiple and conflicting demands whilst maintaining effective operational relationships and ensuring 100% compliance.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, ability to work across all levels and functions.
• Experience of supporting and embedding change, able to influence and drive the right culture and behaviours.
• Clearly demonstrates the Yorkshire Water company values and behaviours.
• Highly motivated and with a clearly demonstrated ability to use own initiative and deal with unforeseen events.
• Is able to plan ahead according to the demands of the sampling programme and other factors.
• A full, clean driving license

You will also benefit from having:

• Comprehensive knowledge of Water Quality sampling regulations and processes.
• Good working knowledge of YW corporate systems.
• Experience of delivering against challenging business targets.
• Previous experience in a commercially orientated and / or regulated environment.
• Previous experience gained within the water or waste water sectors or within the broader utilities, process or manufacturing industry sectors.
• Ability to participate in leading team meetings, delivering updates and training where required.
• Previous experience in a scheduling or sampling environment. 

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it's important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn't always easy!

Do we sound like your cup of tea??

If you've got experience in Water Quality Sampling or Coordination for a large, operational team, and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.?? 

Accessibility 

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Just a heads-up! We might start interviewing and close the position earlier based on the response. To make sure you’re considered, please send in your application as soon as you can.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

No agencies please