Network Operational Specialist

at  Yorkshire Water

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 range from £39,691 to £49,613 depending on experience.
• A company car through company car lease scheme.
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 10% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Network Operational Specialist progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day! Additional days in lieu of working bank holidays.
• 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: We currently have a vacancy for a Network Operational Specialist in our Customer Field Services department. This role will cover Wakefield and surrounding areas, helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to customers. Could this be you?
Working type: This is a permanent opportunity working 37 hours per week, working rotational work patterns. Once fully trained, you will be expected to take part in an out of hours standby, therefore flexibility outside of working core hours is essential.

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. Customer Field Services are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
The Network Operational Specialist role is split between field and office-based work in a geographical area working to improve customer service and sewer performance and response to escalated incidents.
The Network Operational Specialist is responsible for coaching and supporting field-based operatives to ensure a quality investigation is undertaken, evidenced, and documented, promoting a first-time fix solution for customers and the environment in accordance with our standards and specifications. You will work to minimise repeats. You will review customer complaints and ensure the right action is taken to resolve these.

WHAT SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING WILL YOU NEED:

• The successful applicant will have a technical understanding of the sewer systems and network performance issues and associated assets and a basic knowledge of sewage treatment works. Although, your technical experience may lie within the wider wastewater services, broader industries.
• The successful applicant will have knowledge, experience and understanding of the vehicles and equipment used to resolve issues on the sewer network. You will have previous experience in the operation of high-pressure jetting equipment with appropriate accreditation.
• You will have a previous experience in a customer service-related role with face-to-face communication with customers is an essential requirement of this role.
• You will have proven ability to work in a busy environment, managing day to day workloads, whilst being able to review workloads in a short space of time to intervene and mitigate risks.
• You will have a strong Health & Safety background and have a previous experience of Health and Safety management processes and systems which can be demonstrated within previous roles.
• You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team, develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships as you will be dealing with several key stakeholders to complete the required work.
• You will be able to demonstrate strong influencing skills and can influence outcomes and make decisions, show rigorous attention to detail to ensure ‘right first time’ approach and have the experience of evidence capture and feedback.
• You will be proficient in the use of IT as you will be using the Microsoft suite of applications and company-based systems such as SAP. Training will be provided for the company-based systems.
• You will also be required to travel to different operational sites across the region therefore a full valid driving licence (with no more than 6 points) is required for this role.
  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!

Please refer the Job description for details