Environmental Technician

Do you have experience in managing and maintaining water quality monitors and an interest in the environment? Do you have experience in investigating complex water quality problems? Would you like to work across the Wessex Water region surveying, installing and maintaining riverside water quality monitoring sites?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Smart Rivers team as an Environmental Technician.

Reporting to the Senior Environmental Technician in the Smart Waters team, you will support the delivery of an exciting new programme that requires the installation of around 2,000 continuous water quality monitoring (CWQM) sites across our region as part of the Smart Waters team.

You will:

• work with geospatial tools to identify suitable sites for CWQM installations
• identify and contact landowners and relevant stakeholders to arrange access and complete site surveys
• locate, design and specify CWQM sites
• work closely with other teams and external stakeholders to provide technical expertise on the installation and ongoing maintenance of CWQM sites
• help to source and deploy CWQM equipment
• maintain the equipment in the field, including calibrating scientific equipment in a lab environment
• produce drawings and technical reports to support the planning and permits required for the CWQM installations
• use your knowledge and collected data to develop GIS data sets and build a picture of catchment water quality
• assist with water quality surveys using our remote-controlled “surfboard” and interpreting the data to understand optimal monitor placement
• use your investigation skills to help answer questions about the data being received by the CWQM sites
• assist our operational and catchment teams in investigating potential pollutions, collecting and reporting data that will assist in making effective decisions that lead to positive environmental and stakeholder outcomes
• help identify and develop creative ways to automate or improve efficiency
• engage with other departments to ensure we identify and maximise potential synergies with existing projects and the available data sources.

This will mostly be a field-based role with 1-2 days of office/home-based work each week.

• Experience using ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey 123, but this is not essential.
• Experience measuring water quality.
• Experience calibrating scientific equipment. This is not essential, but you need to be technology savvy.
• Experience collecting and reporting large environmental data sets.
• Knowledge of how sewerage networks and water recycling centres operate.
• Be able to plan your workload and work efficiently alone and as part of the Smart Waters team.
• A full driving licence.
• The ability to swim.
• Enthusiasm and an interest in helping to improve the water quality of our rivers and seas
• Good data management, listening and interpretation skills with an appreciation of technical objectives.
• The ability to communicate technical information to all levels.
• Proficiency in a range of Microsoft packages.
• An understanding of environmental issues relating to the abstraction and discharge of water and water pollution, but this is not essential.
• An understanding of conservation and other environmental legislation, but this is not essential.
• A basic understanding of catchment hydrology or integrated water/catchment management.

• 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.

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently…