Senior Water Process Scientist

Senior Water Process Scientist 
From £55,543 dependent on skills and experience 
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time 
Lincoln / Louth / Brigg / Grantham/ Wing/ - 4 days per week on site 

 
Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team! 

This role will be critical in the delivery of optimum quality water to our customers from water treatment works across the region. You will provide senior technical/expert scientific advice to the business and your team, being a technical expert within the team.  

You will use your technical expertise to identify and mitigate risk ahead of time and develop effective solutions in mitigating risk. Asset optimisations will be planned and undertaken on site to enable effective and efficient water treatment onsite. 

Working predominantly onsite, you will manage projects to provide effective and optimised water treatment to mitigate business risk, whilst maintaining wholesome water to our customers.  

You will be part of a Regional out of hours standby support for the business across the region. 

Key responsibilities 

• Lead proactive and reactive water quality interventions across operational sites, driving optimisation strategies that balance regulatory compliance, customer safety, cost, and carbon considerations. 

• Act as a key water quality stakeholder within capital delivery and asset governance processes, identifying emerging risks, influencing investment decisions, and advising on water quality aspects for the commissioning of new and refurbished assets. 

• Be a recognised technical expert in water quality risk and process science, mentoring colleagues and increasing scientific knowledge, skill and competency of scientists and operational colleagues. 

• Continually seek to understand new ways of working and use different/new technology to support continuous improvement of our process risk profile. 

• Lead scientific aspects of Water Services Business Plan initiatives, mitigating operational, financial, and compliance risks. 

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:   

• Personal private health care    

• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21% 

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household  

• This role may be eligible for car allowance depending on business mileage 

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more   

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)   

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary) 

• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay  

• Bonus scheme     

• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle. 

What does it take to be successful? 

• Extensive industry experience in water quality, drinking water treatment  or process science 

• Able to critically evaluate information to take tactical action 

• Excellent data interpretation skills 

• Interpersonal skills to build rapport with operational colleagues, whilst being able to positively challenge and communicate effectively 

• Demonstrable ability to mentor, coach and support those around you to improve their skills and understanding of water processes 

• Critical thinker who looks at information provided and will move forwards to develop a solution that provides outcomes aligned to business needs 

Inclusion at Anglian Water: 

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong. 

Closing date: Monday 29th June  

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