Operations Team Leader - Waste Water
Operations Team Leader - Waste Water
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Job Description
Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.
Fancy joining the Wastewater Operations North Team leading a team focused on providing vital wastewater operations in the North region.
What youll do
You will lead a team to draw upon their operational knowledge and experience to deliver compliant wastewater treatment works ensuring the team is delivering best practice in Health and Safety Compliance and Wastewater performance. You will guide your team through Transformation and Change initiatives making sure they understand and are supported throughout the process. You will work closely with other areas of the wastewater operations function and develop improvements with key stakeholders across the business in Health & Safety EPA ICC E&M finance DV2 and our supply chain contractors.
This role requires you to develop a positive health safety and wellbeing culture by embedding the use of health and safety tools such as Take5 Everyday Safety Behaviours the Fatigue App our Life Saving Rules and Risk Assessment procedures. You will support the delivery of Zero Failing Works by reviewing performance analysing trends and data identifying emerging risks and taking timely action to resolve issues. It is also your responsibility to ensure that our wastewater treatment works have zero Category 1 or 2 Environmental Performance Incidents (EPIs).
You will take responsibility for ensuring efficiency and improvement actions are delivered including compliance with ISO standards Fire Risk Assessments chemical optimisation and audit actions. Additionally you will support capital project development and delivery act as PRC and deliver repair and maintenance requirements. You will ensure that services are delivered on budget and support the achievement of a 1% operational expenditure saving.
What youll bring
You will lead by example communicating messages through a variety of techniques engaging readily in collaborative working and influencing a wide variety of stakeholders. You will be seen as a trusted and respected role model for the team ensuring key stakeholders are kept aware of progress updates and any emerging risks are escalated appropriately. You will be responsible for delivering compliance finance health and safety and performance targets setting clear expectations to ensure their achievement.
You will be driven to achieve outcomes on time and within budget while maintaining the desired quality demonstrating enthusiasm and motivation to succeed in a challenging environment. You will be proactive in implementing action plans before failures occur and will ensure that these plans are sustainable.
You will bring a proven track record of delivering results in a challenging fast-paced business area. You will demonstrate high energy motivation and the capacity to handle multiple issues and opportunities simultaneously. You will have awareness and experience in driving high standards in health safety and wellbeing. Strong communication and presentation skills are essential as you will need to connect people to our ambitions effectively.
You will be skilled in data analytics and able to interrogate corporate systems including the Operational Management App PowerBI Telemetry and Excel to identify risks and opportunities. Your leadership skills will be strong accompanied by a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence. You will have evidence of delivering and embedding change that results in visible improvements. Above all you will be a team player who can motivate and enable their team to perform well in a changing environment.
Looking out for you
While the work we do is important we know its not the only thing that matters. Thats why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.
Youll getplenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.
When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption maternity and parental leave. And for the everyday We embrace flexible working.
For your future theres our pension (the know-what-youll-get-when-you-retire kind) as well as life assurance.
As for some nice extras You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash handy rewards that can save you money on holidays bills and shopping.
The not-so-small print
This role will be a Grade 7. If youre new to Scottish Water youll join us on a starting salary of 44030. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of 55000.
If youre interested in this role or know someone else who might be - well be accepting applications until midnight on the 22nd August 2025.
Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening e.g. referencing criminal record checks license checks etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party and must be completed
A few final things worth knowing
Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youre interested in this job but dont tick all the boxes apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So dont rule yourself out!
Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). Were also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events like menopause. Were very used to making adjustments so please dont be afraid to ask.
As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland its important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you dont already live here youll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.
Finally (finally!) candidates who havent submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wont need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.
Employment Type
Full-Time
