Closing Date 2025-05-15 LOCATION: CHATHAM, KENT Working Hours: Fri – Mon 9am – 6.45pm (4 day compressed week) Salary: £35,000 Manage shift team of Water Quality Technicians to deliver water and wastewater sampling activities to meet the needs of Southern Water and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI)/Environment Agency (EA) regulatory programme requirements. · Co-ordinate scheduling of sampling events and team resource to ensure collection of samples within required timescales and delivery of regulatory sampling programmes. · Provide guidance to team ensuring sampling activities adhere to Southern Water quality systems and comply with the quality accreditation standards as required under ISO/IEC 17025 and Monitoring Certification Scheme for equipment (MCERTS). · Support the Sampling Manager in the day-to-day operations and deputising in their absence. · Maintain equipment register and ensure equipment is suitably maintained and within calibration/servicing dates. · Assist QMS Team with annual audits required for Water Quality Technicians. · Train and maintain competency as a potable Water Quality Technician. · Provide guidance to team ensuring that they always adhere to Health & Safety policies and procedures. · Participate in out of hours standby rota. Our purpose is big. Our impact is huge. And we know that every single one of us has the power, through our actions, to positively change society and the environment for good. It’s why careers with us have real meaning. Because, if you’re driven and ambitious, we can offer you huge opportunities for personal growth, professional development and constant innovation. Forever evolving. Forever focused on doing the right thing, we empower and encourage everyone to play to their strengths and to help us shape a fair and positive future for all. We believe in Water for Life. If you do too, Dive Right In. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position. Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
