Yorkshire Water
Product & Process Technician
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Product & Process Technician
Product & Process Technician – Bio-Resource Department (Permanent, Sandall WwTW)
About Yorkshire Water
Thanks for considering us at Yorkshire Water! Join us in making a real difference across 5.4 million lives in the region. Our work goes beyond delivering clean water and managing wastewater—we protect communities, safeguard the environment, and ensure 24/7, 365 operational reliability. Amid new legislation, investment, and evolving customer expectations, now is an exciting time to shape the future of the region’s water infrastructure. Our Bio-Resources team plays a pivotal role in meeting these challenges head-on.
Position Overview
Location & Commute
- Site: Sandall Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW)
- Ideal Commute: Rotherham, Barnsley, or Doncaster
- Work Type: Permanent, operational (24/7/365)
- Weekly Hours: 37 hrs on a 7-day rotational shift (07:00–19:00 Mon–Fri; including weekends with compensatory rest days)
- Post-Training: Operational out-of-hours rota for emergencies (experience depends on training completion)
Key Responsibilities
You’ll own and operate the Sandall WwTW site daily, ensuring:
- Routine operations & maintenance: Manual tasks, instrument calibration, reactive checks to prevent failures
- Process efficiency & automation: Analysing data (manual/IT) to optimise treatment cost, waste, and energy
- Cost minimisation: Driving efficiency to meet performance targets
- Health & Safety leadership:
- Enforcing procedures and hazard control (including Control of Work for contractors)
- Training/inducting visitors, mitigating risks
- Proactive problem-solving: Independent troubleshooting for age-old and legacy systems
- Site environmental responsibility: Ensuring regulatory compliance and ecological protection
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Person Specification
Skills & Experience
- Technical aptitude: Hands-on experience with complex industrial processes, IT systems, and manual duties (preferably in an operational/process-based field)
- Problem-solving: Ability to analyse data, diagnose issues, and make improvements
- Prioritisation: Adapt to dynamic workflows and balance demanding operational needs
- Working environment resilience: Comfortable with manual handling, heights, confined spaces, and sewage handling
- Teamwork & independence: Collaborative mindset but capable of ownership and ownership-based issue resolution
- IT skills: Proficient use of system hardware/software
Qualifications & Checks
- Medical criteria: Must meet strict checks (e.g., BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing (ieritive), spirometry) due to hazardous environments
- Driving: Full, valid UK licence with no more than 6 penalty points
- Pre-employment requirements:
- Basic Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check
- Possible security vetting (CTC/SC clearance)
- Medical questionnaire + further medicals as required
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Rewards & Benefits
Competitive Salary: £34,059–£42,574 (dependent on experience) Expanded Leave:
- 25 days + bank holidays
- 2 wellness days
- additional in-lieu bank holiday days Financial & Life Benefits:
- Company car (van)
- **Annual incentive bonus (max £1,000 for performance)
- Pension contribution (up to 12% from Yorkshire Water)
- Life assurance: 4x your pensionable salary
- Comprehensive insurance benefits (health cash plan, critical illness, dental, partner cover/option flexible)
- Retail savings scheme Work-Life Considerations:
- Locally operative role with flexible patterns (e.g., job share options, where feasible)
- Shift scheduling accommodates with compensatory rest days
Apply By
Advert closes: 16 July Encouragement to act quickly: Kelda Group reserves the right to close early if vacancy is filled.
Join a Purpose-Driven Team
We’re proud to serve Yorkshire’s diverse communities—we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. Together we shape a greener, healthier future: delivering leading, reliable water and required wastewater solutions to a rapidly growing population.
Your role will be critical in sustaining an essential service—and in your own journey, in developing long-term progression up the Product & Process Technician ladder. Apply now to become part of our legacy.
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