Treatment Operator

Do you enjoy working outdoors and have a resilience to adverse weather conditions? Are you able to deal with challenging situations and physical work? Do you have excellent decision making, reporting and communication skills? If so, our Water Recycling team is looking for a Treatment Operator.

Based in Bridgwater, your role will involve:

• the operation and maintenance of conventional sewage treatment plants and pumping stations to meet quality standards
• running advanced wastewater treatment and sludge process plants
• ensuring compliance with company policy, processes, and procedures
• ensure the health, safety, and welfare of all colleagues, the public and yourself at all times
• working outside of normal working hours, including evenings and weekends.

You will need experience working unsupervised in an industrial or process plant is also essential. Electrical or mechanical experience would be desirable. Confined spaces training will be provided.

You will also need:

• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English, maths, and a technical subject
• to be happy working outside in all condition
• a valid driving licence, ideally with category BE
• to be flexible in your approach to work.

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access toan interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.