Wastewater Technical Specialist - United Kingdom - Nijhuis Industries Uk & Ireland

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    Wastewater Technical Specialist - Nijhuis Saur Industries Industrial O&M Solutions, Grangemouth Join Our Team


    The Technical Specialist plays a critical role in the safe and successful operation of a large wastewater
    treatment plant located on a Petrochemical site in the Grangemouth area. Based on site in the
    customers office, the Technical Specialist is an integral part to the facilities operational planning
    process and will provide technical advice directly to the Customer's Operations Team daily. In
    addition, the Technical Specialist will work closely with the Company's senior management to
    establish longer term priorities and to support strategic planning.
    Supporting this site-based role is a local office & a team of Technical Specialists, with a vast amount
    of water treatment experience. Additionally, a well-resourced, UKAS accredited, lab is available to
    carry out all routine and ad-hoc analysis that might be required. The Technical Specialist will proactively look for opportunities to deliver additional value to the
    customer through process optimisation and identification of improvement opportunities. Duties and Responsibilities The Technical Specialist is responsible for advising the Customer Operations Team to operate,
    optimise and improve their wastewater system


    Specific responsibilities include:

    • Provide technical support to the operations Team. This will include providing written advise
    to the customer each day, which will be used in their operational planning.


    • Troubleshoot issues and support the execution of any corrective actions.
    • Review Operational performance on the water systems. Identify trends and areas
    for improvement or vulnerabilities.


    • Work with the customer Operations and Maintenance teams to develop projects that will
    address plant vulnerabilities or allow for process, commercial or operational improvements.


    • Supported by Senior Wastewater Technical Experts from within the NSI organisation
    • Review of Operations procedures and instructions.
    • Advise on operating procedures for use during repairs / process changes e.g. temporary
    works, temporary operating instructions etc.


    • Provide technical training for Customer Operations Teams
    • Develop and maintain clear KPI's that ensure easy monitoring of plant performance.
    • Provide process engineering / technical input as required.
    • Liaising with the NSI Water Sciences Laboratory to interpret results, design sampling and
    analysis schedules / protocols etc.


    • Liaising with the Customer Environmental Team to monitor changing legislation trends to
    ensure minimum impact and application of best practice.


    Required Skills/Qualifications (Essential):

    • Minimum degree level educated (Chemistry, Biology, Chemical / process engineering) or
    Water treatment experience in a technical role


    • Proactive focus towards health and safety and ability to lead by example.
    • Minimum of 3 years technical / Industry experience (preferably within the water treatment
    industry)


    • Experience working with external customers including leading, facilitating and contributing
    to meetings.


    • Proven ability to make fast and effective decisions under pressure.
    • Knowledge of, biological, physical, and chemical water treatment technologies
    • An excellent ability to communicate with customers at all levels of the organisation. Our Employment Conditions Package
    • Job Title – Wastewater Technical Specialist
    • Salary Banding – £40,000 to £45,000 (DOE)
    • Bonus – Up to 10%
    • Hours of Work – 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
    • Holidays – 25 days + 8 stats
    • Probationary Period – 6 months
    • Pension – Can join immediately or auto-enrolled after 3 months - Employee 4.5% and Employer 4.5% via salary sacrifice.
    • Eligible to join company benefits after successfully completing probation – Private Healthcare and Death in Service (4 x basic salary)
    • Notice – 1 month during probation, increasing to 3 months thereafter.
    • Location – Grangemouth
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    This and other vacancies can be found on Are you a potential candidate and do you have any questions about this vacancy? Please contact Richard Mann (Recruitment Manager) via the email below and will be happy to answer your questions.

    Please send your CV to for the attention of Richard Mann (Recruitment Manager), We will let you know as soon as possible if we see a match.

    We will fill this vacancy through our own recruitment. Profiles and CVs sent unsolicited by agencies will be treated as direct applications from candidates.
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