Operations Technician

Summary:

The Operations Technician will be responsible for operating a brewery wastewater treatment plant and associated equipment to achieve water quality targets and ensuring continuous operations without impact to the customers production whilst maintaining water discharge compliance.

The Operations Technician will be expected to drive operational excellence and put forward suggestions to improve the safety reliability and efficiency of the wastewater treatment plant.

The Operations Technician role will be required to provide support to both the Operations Manager and the Lead Operations Technician.

The role will be predominantly operational shift cover between the hours of 06:00 22:00 Monday to Friday alternating weekly shifts 06:00-14:00/14:00-22:00 Remote monitoring over weekends is required (frequency to be established) during periods of absence the operations technician may be required to be flexible with shifts.

The role will cover all operational aspects required to successfully operate the plant including but not limited to water sampling sample analysis operating a centrifuge operating valves to optimise the running of the plant housekeeping data gathering data chemical handling.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Work within the client and NSI HSE systems

Visible ownership on HSE issues at all levels both in the client organisation and within NSI.

Promptly raise any issues which could affect both the client and NSI

Monitor the performance of the wastewater treatment plant performance and make adjustments as required.

Carry out daily laboratory analysis on water samples.

Write and update task risk assessments and method statements

Contribute to solutions that help minimise risk to the client colleagues and other stakeholders.

Complete assigned actions in a timely manner.

Develop & Maintain professional relationships with Customer personnel NSI and subcontractor staff.

Gain recognition by the Customer as a reliable O&M expert practitioner

Build recognition with Customer for high performance plant operations

Exhibit proactive attitude and approach to maintaining and improving plant performance.

Recognise gaps and opportunities in the operation of the plant.

Actively seek improvement opportunities.

Identify faults evaluate rectification measure and to make initial recommendations in order to complete implement process change or basic repairs.

Set the standard by demonstrating operational excellence in all activities

When on-call remotely monitor the plant performance via an app and travel to site if any issues cannot be resolved remotely

Respond to emergencies including emergency request for deployment to operational contracts

Identify faults evaluate rectification measure and to make initial recommendations in order to complete implement process change or basic repairs.

Gather all systems information and complete plant logs to understand the function and

operation of the ETP on the site

Demonstrate an ability to interpret and trend data for process changes

Utilising plant information identify any changes in system performance and/or potential

operational problems evaluate and make initial recommendations to return plant to its

optimum operating condition

Development and maintenance of good housekeeping practices

To work unsupervised with a proactive attitude

Develop good team working behaviours with the client and other NSI staff

Look to self develop and promote development of others

Demonstrate leadership qualities in everyday activities

Required Skills/Qualifications (Essential):

Experience of operating Water and/or Wastewater Treatment Plant

Experience in carrying out laboratory analysis

Experience of maintaining mechanical equipment

Experience of managing sub-contractor activities and planning sub contract activities

To be able to demonstrate through previous work experience an ability to interpret technical information to affect changes on the plant

Demonstrate the ability to work within a quality system

Ability and knowledge to complete basic repairs and maintenance

IT literate

All training will be provided for the right candidate

Required Skills/Qualifications (Desirable):

Completed a Water / Wastewater competency-based training programme

NVQ in relevant discipline

Relevant training in Environmental Health and Safety

Working for us means:

• Salary Banding Up to 31000 (DOE)

• Hours of Work 40 hours per week Monday to Sunday.

• Shift Allowance - 10% of basic salary

• Standby - 25 per day Friday to Sunday (currently operates 1 in 3 future frequency to be established)

• Overtime will be paid at 1.5.

• Holidays 25 days 8 statutory days

• Probationary Period 6 months

• Pension Can join immediately or auto enrolled after 3 months - Employee 5% and Employer 5% via salary sacrifice

• Eligible to join Private Healthcare after successfully completing probation

• Eligible for Death in Service benefit (4 x basic salary) and Group Income Protection upon commencement of employment

• Notice 1 week during probation increasing to 1 month thereafter

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are committed to maintaining Environmental & Social Impact goals:

To reach Net Zero emissions across our value chain by 2040.
To continuously meet high standards of social and environmental performance transparency accountability maintaining B-Corp Certification.
To be a socially responsible company creating a positive impact to all stakeholders including workers communities customers and our planet.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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