Technical Officer - Warrington, United Kingdom - United Utilities

United Utilities

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Warrington, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

You'll be responsible for all scientific and practical technical input to the Flow & Spill team to achieve regulatory, financial, customer and key business performance targets.

Ensuring all assets are operating as required and managed to optimal efficiency within agreed budgetary targets whilst meeting all regulatory compliance and Customer Service standards.

Job Accountabilities:

As a Technical Officer you'll be required to analyse and interpret operational performance information in the area related to flow and spill, proactively identifying and implementing corrective actions within Health & Safety requirements; and escalating regulatory or performance risks to the Regional Operational Performance Manager and operational as appropriate

You'll be responsible for:

Contributing to the provision of area information for regulatory returns and EA correspondence
Proactive in the delivery of appropriate site specific action plans and procedures related to flow and spill
Creating, developing, tracking, implementing and reporting action plans to ensure all wastewater process spill and flow related activities comply with legislation and regulatory obligations whilst achieving internal Company performance targets.
Working with the existing process team of Field Technical officers, Hub Technical Officers, Process Controllers and Process Operators to deliver regulatory compliance and performance
Providing scientific, technical and practical direction required for the short and medium term operation of spill and flow related assets
Supporting Process Controllers and Operators to develop strong technical capability and competence in relation to flow and spill
Assessing and reviewing enhancement options in order to recommend corrective action to improve compliance with flow and spill
Identifying operational problems and spill/flow asset needs relating to compliance, efficiency, asset availability, Health and Safety and optimisation.
Assessing and reviewing enhancement options in order to recommend corrective action.
Analysing and explaining operational performance data and review performance reports with the regulatory operational performance manager.
Proactively involved with site and district action planning to ensure compliance and optimise the operation and maintenance of flow/spill assets.
Taking a lead role in ensuring quality assurance documents are developed and maintained in alignment with business requirement
Monitoring the alarm management system in relation to flow/spill asset performance ensuring best practice is implemented.
Identifying and delivering optimisation opportunities working collaboratively with the Area Engineering Manager to ensure the operation of flow/spill assets is fully optimised
Contributing to the development of suitable risk registers in alignment with the Wholesale Risk and Asset Planning to identify risks and issues, identify and monitor strategic performance requirements, and prioritise risks and issues for investment or operational management
Understanding how new flow/spill assets operate and support the training and development of the Process Controllers and Process Operators in all aspects of process optimisation and best practice

Knowledge and Skills:

To be considered for this role you'll need a wide range of analytical skills to effectively analyse performance data for spill and flow assets, in addition to well-developed IT, numerical, analytical and problem solving skills to deliver operational and financial performance targets

You'll also need:

Excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills combined with effective team working to successfully influence key stakeholders
An excellent knowledge and practical experience of wastewater treatment processes and best operational practice
A technical knowledge of wastewater flow and spill related assets and the associated operational, and maintenance requirements to ensure delivery of lowest whole life cost solutions
Ability to demonstrate practical experience working in wastewater treatment operations and maintenance and experience of delivering and maintaining performance improvement
Understanding and implementation of future regulatory requirements within wastewater operations

Additional Information:

You'll be based in our West area

We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background.

Closing Date:15/02/23