Senior Water Quality Process Scientist

Closing Date

10/02/2025

Job Title: Senior Water Quality Process Scientist

Location: Burham based (covering East Kent area)- Driving licence essential due to site visit requirements

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours p/w

Salary: From £44,000 per annum

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Job Overview

Southern Water has an exciting development opportunity as a Senior Process Scientist, covering East Kent area for our Water Performance team.

As a Senior Process Scientist, you will be responsible for monitoring and optimising drinking water quality from source to tap to ensure we meet our customer promise of a constant, high-quality supply.

Ensure that all relevant UK and EC legislation is adhered to, in particular that relating to drinking water quality Monitoring and analysis of telemetry and laboratory data Routine process audits on the Water Supply Works in your area of responsibility Working closely with field operations staff regarding operation and optimisation of treatment processes to ensure compliance with Regulations is maintained for best value Undertake water quality risk assessments to ensure risks to quality and production are mitigated, including advising on service recovery during water quality events. Undertake detailed investigations into the root cause of water quality compliance failures and incidents and produce reports with recommendations for remedial and preventative actions Provide input to planned and reactive reporting to the Drinking Water Inspectorate Participating in a standby roster on a minimum 1/12 day basis

About You

Good understanding of water chemistry/ biology and the principles of water treatment Knowledge of the regulatory principles and framework governing the UK water supply industry Graduate in science or engineering or equivalent business experience Confident in collecting and analysing data to investigate scientific issues and drawing out conclusions and recommendations Excellent IT skills including data analysis in excel Good mathematical fluency Self-motivated, assertive, and independent thought whilst being a good team worker working within a reactive environment

Join our Water Performance team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.