Role Overview
Join Severn Trent’s Water Treatment Works located in Ogston, Derbyshire as a Water Treatment Operator. Your duties will include managing raw water sources, operating plant processes, onsite sampling, and laboratory testing to produce high‑quality drinking water for our customers in the most cost‑efficient and safe manner.
You will work a 24/7/365 rotating shift schedule based on an annualised hours arrangement, including a standby rota and shift allowances. The role involves using SCADA and PRISM control platforms, working alongside maintenance, process, and management teams, and performing lone working when required.
Key Accountabilities
- Own site performance covering power efficiency, water quality, chemical optimisation, and asset availability.
- Monitor complex treatment processes using a purpose‑built SCADA system.
- Optimise processes to match customer demands and water quality changes, communicating and escalating as appropriate.
- Manage chemical stocks to ensure adequate supplies are stored onsite.
- Review water quality trends and asset performance proactively to prevent failures.
- Complete on‑site testing to assure the treatment process.
Salary and Benefits
Base salary: £35,074.99 per year with an additional £13,000 per year in shift allowances.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days per year.
- Annual bonus scheme of up to £1,500 (subject to eligibility).
- Family‑friendly policies, including paid maternity and adoption leave.
- Leading pension scheme with a double match up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%.
- Sharesave opportunity to purchase Severn Trent plc shares at a discount.
- Dedicated training and development through the Academy.
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers.
- Two paid volunteering days per year.
Qualifications
- Water treatment process knowledge/experience.
- Experience operating distribution systems, if required for the role.
- Shift work experience.
- Commitment to health and safety.
- Process experience outside water treatment, if applicable.
- Experience of writing and following systems of work.
- Proficient with HMI/SCADA systems and data interpretation.
- Excellent organisational skills and capability to multitask under pressure.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Additional Requirements
A full, valid UK driving licence is required. Depending on experience, successful candidates will need to complete either a technical skills bootcamp or a Level 2 Water Process Operator Apprenticeship delivered by our Academy.
Career Development
This role offers a structured progression path from Foundation to Skilled and Expert, with salary growth from £35,074.99 to £38,767.08 based on qualifications and experience, supported by formal training and assessment.
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