Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Food Plant Operator
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Job Requisition Number 8765
Work Type
Permanent
Job Function
Operational
Salary Range
£28,065.00 - £31,887.00
Base
Cardiff East
Closing Date
Wednesday 29th July 2026 at 23:59
What you’ll be responsible for
As a Plant Operator you will be responsible for the day-to-day safe operation and maintenance of the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility.
Your role will involve the acceptance of food waste feedstock and operating a computerised process system.
You will also be responsible for maintenance and housekeeping of infrastructure and assets to comply with WWOE and regulatory standards, contractual requirements and to safeguard the process and people.
As an AD Plant Operator, you will be the initial point of contact for the receipt of food waste and will liaise with customers, contractors and visitors to the site in accordance with the company’s values and behaviours.
You will load process equipment using mobile plant and clean delivery vehicles in order to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.
Accurate completion of site documentation will form part of daily tasks as well as interrogation of data to identify trends and process related issues.
You will be part of a standby rota, so a valid driving licence is essential.
As Plant Operator You Will Also
- Undertake all activities in a safe and hygienic manner.
- Receipt of food waste deliveries.
- Undertake activities in accordance with the site environmental permit and contractual requirements.
- Conduct plant process sampling and analysis.
- Complete data entry, analysis and interrogation.
- Reporting incidents, accidents, hazards and near misses.
- Manage consumable stock volumes and provide feedback for required orders.
- Undertake first line maintenance and housekeeping on infrastructure and assets.
- Complete and distribute plant reading reports to stakeholders.
- Be a Tier 1 responder for the site standby arrangements.
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About You
- Good communication skills
- Operational experience of process plant
- Ability to solve problems; takes ownership and approaches problem solving with logical approach
- A good understanding of health and safety is key to the role, knowledge of waste legislation and operating under an environmental permit would be an advantage.
- Organised dedicated approach with the proven ability to meet deadlines and targets
- IT literate – confident in using email and putting data into spreadsheets
- Ability to attain the appropriate level of competence to operate moving plant and licensing, where appropriate
- We are looking for a good team player who will work within a small team to support other Plant Operators, guide Operators and the site management team to maintain and improve process efficiencies.
- Operational experience of working within a waste, water or AD processing facility
- Experience and understanding of working under a Waste Management Licence (WML), Environmental Permit and Animal By-Products (ABP) Regulations
Good to know
If you would like any further information on this role, please contact Adrian.Thomas@dwrcymru.com
Benefits
As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
- Variable pay schemes (your salary will always stay the same, but depending on the performance of the company you could receive a yearly bonus)
- Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
- Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car-leasing scheme
- Health CashBack scheme
- An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
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Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.
We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.
To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.
In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.
Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
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