Technical Optimser; Thickening & Dewatering

We offer a competitive salary (salary band 4b), depending on experience from £42,881 to £52,084.

• Business Needs Users (BNU) are eligible for a cash allowance initially. Employees must complete 6 months in the role and meet all BNU criteria before ordering a company car.
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1,000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
• Development opportunities in line with the Technical Optimiser (T&D) 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.

Regionally based, with a mix of home working and working from our Knostrop WWTW in Leeds. There will be an expectation to visit sites across the Yorkshire region as and when needed, therefore a full valid UK driving licence (with no more than 6 points) is an essential requirement for this role.

Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Optimiser (T&D) to join the Bioresources department at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.
Could this be you?

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. Bioresources are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

We’re looking for someone who really knows their way around thickening and dewatering (T&D) assets — someone who can keep us right on performance, compliance and energy generation, while working closely with our operations, engineering and commercial teams.

In this role, you’ll have a key hand in shaping how we look after our T&D assets, how we invest in them, and how we get the very best out of them day‑to‑day. From overseeing sludge production and movements to supporting capital planning, you’ll help make sure our sites run safely, efficiently and in line with regulatory expectations. It’s a hands‑on, people‑facing role where no two days are quite the same.

This role sits right at the heart of our Bioresources activities. You’ll be the one making sure our T&D assets keep turning and performing, with a keen eye on availability, quantity and efficiency.

• Take ownership of asset availability on T&D and throughput critical kit, driving down downtime.
• Gather and interpret performance data (throughput, DS%, chemical usage).
• Help operations get the best out of assets through site support and optimisation.
• Work with maintenance providers to ensure inspections and servicing stay on track.
• Embed continuous improvements and best practice across wastewater sites.
• Carry out root cause analysis on major failures that hit us financially.
• Develop data insights that reduce MTTR and support proactive maintenance approaches.
• Report on OEE across wastewater assets.

• Thickening & dewatering asset availability.
• Performance optimisation and reporting.
• Chemical control and reporting.
• Maintenance planning and service adherence.
• Oversight of the mobile dewatering fleet.
• Asset improvements and resilience…