Product & Process Engineer

Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Product & Process Engineers – Wastewater Service Delivery – Bioresources.

Salary & Benefits: £27,698 to £34,622 per annum dependent on experience. Benefits include company van, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (up to 10% company contribution), 25 days annual leave plus days in lieu of working bank holidays, stand by allowance and associated overtime payments when called out and development opportunities in the Product & Process Engineer progression plan. We also offer a fantastic benefits package, which includes flexible private health cash plan scheme, retail saving scheme, Online GP Service, Life Insurance, and many more!

Location: We currently have permanent opportunities for Product & Process Engineers to join our Bio-Resource department across the West and South Yorkshire region to cover the Leeds/Wakefield/Sheffield/Doncaster/Barnsley and Huddersfield areas.  Successful applicants would need to live with a reasonable commutable distance of our Knostrop, Caldervale, Blackburn meadows, Old Whittingham, Woodhouse Mill, Aldwarke, Lundwood, Sandal, Lower Brighouse, Copley, and Deighton Wastewater treatment works.

What will the role involve?

The Product & Process Engineer is responsible for safely undertaking operational and maintenance activities associated with the day to day running of wastewater treatment works. You will be responsible for conducting daily routine manual and technical work tasks on the site, including routine operations, instrument calibration and basic maintenance checks to prevent failure and to manage and prioritise workload according to available resource.

The Product & Process Engineer will take ownership of the site and maintain a safe working environment by always implementing and adhering to Health and Safety procedures. This will include the management of contractors via Control of Work, inducting visitors onto sites and mitigating and resolving hazards as they arise.

You will use process information, both manual and IT based, to proactively optimise the site processes and improve process efficiency in terms of cost of treatment and energy generation. Commercially, you will drive for the optimisation of all processes to minimise operational costs and meet out performance targets.

What skills are we looking for?

Our large Wastewater Treatment Works contain a range of complex processes and control systems, so you will need to be able to demonstrate that you can learn technical processes and be able to problem solve and drive process improvements.

You will have previous knowledge/experience of carrying out technical and manual tasks, preferably in an operational, process-based industry. You will be able to prioritise your own workload and be proactive in taking ownership of site issues. You will be able to work effectively in a team and be comfortable using a wide range of IT systems.

This is a key operational role where you will be carrying out manual handling duties, working at heights and dealing with raw sewerage.

This role covers several wastewater treatments works, and will include travel across and between sites, therefore you are required to have a full valid UK driving license (no more than 6 points).

We treat Yorkshire’s wastewater; therefore, our assets are operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Therefore, you will be expected to work within a self-covering 7-day working pattern, working weekends on a rota, providing 07:00 to 19:00 on-site cover. Once fully trained you will also take part in an operational out of hours rota which provides emergency cover for issues that arise outside of the contractual working window weekend working will be expected as part of the role with compensatory rest days applied to accommodate this.

As part of this role, you will be required to work within confined spaces, any successful candidate must pass strict medical criteria including, BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing, and Spirometry tests to ensure your full safety when working in hazardous environments.

If you wish to speak with us about any of these tests and how you may be impacted by these then please contact us before you apply, and we’d be happy to discuss this with you in an individual basis.

If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply on-line and complete the application process and submitting your CV.