The MSS Group
Acid Neut Operator
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The Vacancy
MSS Water Ltd and the RSK Group are recruiting for an Acid Attendant to join our team based on our Customer's site at Llanwern, Newport, UK. This is a full-time, permanent position.
The MSS Group is a specialist provider of facilities, industrial, and environmental services with expertise in hazardous, highly regulated, and complex environments.
The Role
Overall responsibility for carrying out a range of operational tasks associated with acid bath sampling, monitoring, and testing of the effluent neutralisation plant, and monitoring and testing treated water discharged to drain. All tasks must be carried out in the most compliant, safe, efficient, and effective manner possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake numerous operational tasks to enable the effluent plant and pickle line to run as effectively and efficiently as possible.
- Monitoring and replacing acid inhibitor
- Draining and filling pickle line tanks and rinse tanks
- Manually starting and stopping steam lines
- Receiving acid and lime deliveries
- Monitoring and draining of sumps and bunds
- Sampling acid baths
- Transferring ferrous chloride solution and cleaning associated filters
- Monitoring transfer tank pumps
- Checking neutralisation tanks
- Manually dosing lime
- Checking and changing air supply to neutralisation tanks
- Checking final transfer tank pumps
- Titrating pickle line bath samples
- Lime plant troubleshooting
- Flushing lime recirculation pipework and switching lime supply
- Filling, checking, and maintaining polymer systems
- Checking clarifiers and filtrate holding tanks
- Transferring sludge, monitoring holding tanks, and operating filter press cycles
- Sampling and analysing effluent plant performance
- Flushing sludge transfer pipework and pumps
- Sampling and performing moisture content tests on filter cake
- Calibrating pH meters and digital burettes
- Cleaning, monitoring, and sampling turbidity and final water meters
- Inspecting pickle lines
- Dealing with chemical spills
- Carrying out safety and housekeeping audits
- Adhering to Job Method Statements and set procedures at all times
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Qualifications and Experience Required
- Previous experience in a similar role
- Demonstrated competence through training records and experience
- Ability to work alone while adhering to strict quality control systems and operational procedures
- Ability to work as part of a team when required
- Proficiency in basic IT applications including MS Word and Excel
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Hold CCNSG (training can be provided if required)
Salary and Benefits
- Salary £27,759 per annum
- Smart Health/digital GP service
- Permanent additional day’s annual leave for 5, 10 & 15 years – MSS
- For the year only – additional day’s annual leave for 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 years - RSK
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing ambassadors – network of internal mental health first aiders
- Gym/lifestyle discounts
- Bereavement counselling
- Life assurance – 3 x annual salary payment for death in service
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The RSK Group is an equal opportunities employer.
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RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agencies.
About Us
Based in Cardiff, Wales, we are a 500-strong company of skilled professionals operating in regulated and frequently hazardous environments, providing industrial and commercial cleaning, waste management, asbestos removal, water treatment, and security services, in addition to asbestos consultancy and retrofit work. Working across the public and private sectors, we are known for being highly responsive and focusing on proactive client management, delivering the best outcomes for our clients.
Our clients are diverse and include large multinational businesses, tier one contractors, and public-sector bodies. Joining MSS is an opportunity to expand your technical remit and work at a company that prioritises its workforce, giving them an opportunity to succeed. We value our people and want them to make the right decisions in the course of their work and succeed with us.
The MSS Group is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.
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At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.
Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop, and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.
By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.
We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.
If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?
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