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, depending on experience £42,091 - £52,613
• 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 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Technical Support Scientist 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: base locations are Elvington, Bradford, Sheffield (tbc) but the role will require travel around the Yorkshire areas
Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Standby is a requirement for this role.
We have an exciting opportunity for three Technical Support Scientists to join the Water Quality team 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 Quality are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
As a Technical Support Scientist you will deliver world class asset and operational excellence in pursuit of health and safety excellence; regulatory compliance; operational integrity and resilience; operational efficiency and business plan out performance.
You will transform water Quality into a safe, integrated, productive and reliable entity. Drive significant improvements in productivity through improved ways of working and consistent application of IT and technology and regulations.

WHAT SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS YOU WILL NEED:

• Detailed knowledge and experience of Water Quality, including the Regulations
• Develops and maintains effective internal and external relationships.
• 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.
• Understanding of WTW production and distribution processes
• Analytical and fault diagnosis of treatment/distribution processes
• Experience in incident management, and asset failure recovery
• Experience in incident report writing and communication with Regulators
• Influencing & negotiating
• Encourages customer centric thinking
• Rigorous attention to detail to ensure ‘right first time’ performance
• Full Clean UK Driving Licence
• Proficient In the use of IT

Please refer the Job description for details