Sampler Technician

About The Role

Sampler Technician (2)

Full time

37 Hours per week (part time hours will be considered)

Permanent

Salary: £26,180 - £30,800 (depending on experience)

Location Hanningfield, Chelmsford

Are you passionate about caring for the environment? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Water Sampling Operations team as a Sampler Technician, working with your colleagues to deliver safe drinking water for our customers, communities, and the environment.

In this role, you ll travel across Essex collecting drinking water samples, undertaking chlorine checks, and carrying out water quality testing to help ensure our customers receive safe, clean drinking water every day. You ll work independently across a variety of sites, including customer properties, while playing a vital role in maintaining compliance with water quality standards.

As water is an essential service operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, you ll be part of a team dedicated to protecting public health and delivering excellent service to our communities.

We re looking for someone who takes pride in their work, can confidently work to deadlines, and brings a positive "can-do" attitude to every challenge.

To succeed in this role, you ll have a sound understanding of water sampling regulations and standards, including DWI Drinking Water Regulations, MCERTS, and Private Water Supply requirements. You ll be comfortable following sampling procedures, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring compliance with quality systems.

We re particularly interested in candidates with previous sampling experience and those who have worked in a UKAS-accredited laboratory environment. Flexibility, reliability, and strong communication skills are key, as is a full valid UK manual driving licence.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

Here at Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we d encourage you to apply

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values…