Safety and Compliance Officer

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South West Water keeps the South West flowing with safe, reliable drinking water and wastewater services across some of the UK’s most stunning landscapes.

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We’re looking for a motivated and proactive Safety & Compliance Officer to join our Waste Water Services team in the South West Region. If you’re passionate about safety, compliance and supporting operational excellence, this could be the opportunity for you.

In this important role, you will support the Regional Compliance and Safety Manager to ensure that Waste Water Services consistently meets all legal, regulatory and internal compliance requirements.

You will collaborate closely with key stakeholders to plan, coordinate and record statutory and compliant activities, while also providing professional guidance on compliance processes. This position involves office and on site work including regular communication with both internal teams and external providers to ensure all compliance activities are delivered effectively and on schedule.

• Developing and delivering compliance programmes, including documentation and reporting

• Working collaboratively with Technicians, Site Managers, Area Maintenance Managers and Schedulers to prevent compliance or legislative issues

• Maintaining accurate compliance records by gathering test results, preparing reports and updating databases

• Preparing compliance summaries and trend analyses for FLMs

• Managing contractual support for legislative and compliance-driven engineering activities

• Ensuring adherence to SWW policies and procedures relating to legislative and compliant engineering tasks

Supporting a range of administrative and statutory requirements including:

• Crimson Action reports from statutory inspections (LOLER, PUWER, PSSR, COSHH)

• Completion of Statutory Electrical inspection and remedials

• Compliance with internal engineering rules

• DSEAR compliance

• Ownership of ISO & H&S maintenance-related actions

• Relevant standards adherence and maintaining ongoing compliance

• ONC / City & Guilds in a relevant subject, NVQ Waste Water Process or Sewerage Control Level 2, or HNC / Water Diploma

• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and independently when required

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

• A technical mindset with the ability to analyse varied data sources to support decision-making

• Confidence using MS Office and corporate computer systems

• Excellent administrative and organisational skills

• Experience with fault reporting and notification processes

• Resilience in a fast-paced operational environment with the ability to adapt to change

• Full UK Driving Licence

We know that the support and commitment of our staff is key to our success so you will receive the opportunity for ongoing development and training for a long-term career with us. We’re one of the largest companies in the South West and are proud to have been awarded Investors in People recognition. In return, we offer an excellent range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays

• Discretionary bonus

• Competitive contributory pension scheme

• Share-save scheme

• Various health and wellbeing benefits

• Wellbeing support programmes

• Group discounts

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Financial support services

• …and much more!

Closing Date: 24th February 2026

Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.

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