Water Quality Technician

Bristol Water has an opportunity to join our friendly field-based Water Quality Scientific Services Team as a Water Quality Technician.

Our team are at the forefront of providing our customers with safe, high quality, reliable water supply 24/7.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you’ll be out and about sampling our water as part of the Water Quality Team who are collectively responsible for ensuring that the business is compliant with the Water Supply (Quality) Regulations, ISO17025, Drinking Water Testing Specification (DWTS) and the Company’s procedures.

Day to day you’ll be..

• Planning your route and collecting water samples from company assets and customers’ properties.
• Labelling and logging samples.
• Carrying out on-site field testing and measurements for chemical and physical parameters.
• Undertaking monitoring checks on equipment and analytical quality control analysis for chlorine measurement.
• Keeping detailed records and safely transporting the samples back to Head Office.

In this role you’ll be required to participate in weekend and BH working to keep us all in safe water supply and you’ll also be part of the standby rota to help provide full 24/7 sampling cover in the event of an emergency, incident, or water quality issue where samplers are required.

What we’re looking for …

This is a customer facing role where you will be representing the business, so excellent communication skills and a passion for customer services is essential. 

As a Water Quality Technician, you will be required to adhere to strict processes, instructions and procedures at all times in order to maintain our high standards and regulatory requirements, so someone with a methodical approach is needed.  

• You’ll have the ability to organise and plan efficiently daily in order to meet deadlines.
• We need someone who enjoys accurately recording data.
• You will enjoy working as part of a team or alone, with little or no supervision.
• Physically fit and able (there is a manual handling aspect to the role).
• Computer literate.
• Enjoy working outdoors.

As this role is out and about, you will need a full driving licence and you will also be required to participate in the weekend and bank holiday working/stand by rota, including out of hours.

What’s in it for you?

As well as a friendly supportive environment role offers:

• 23 days holiday + bank holidays (option to buy and sell).
• 5% Bonus.
• Entry into the company pension scheme.
• Ability to purchase flexible benefits and access discounts.

The Company

Since 1846, we’ve been making people healthier and the economy stronger. We’ve served generations of families and will serve generations to come. 

We’re here to have a positive impact on people and the planet for generations. We don’t just give people water - we keep them healthy and help them grow. We work around the clock, testing our water hundreds of times every day. 

We take this same view with our 600 employees, we don’t just give them jobs in water, we keep them healthy and help them grow.

The best of both worlds 

We’re one of the smallest water companies in the UK. Being small means we’re nimble and can achieve things quickly for our customers and our people. 

But while we’re small, we’re also part of a larger family. In June 2021 we became part of the Pennon group, which also owns South West Water and Bournemouth Water.  

This means that as part of our team, you’ll get the best of both worlds – the dynamism and fast pace of a smaller company, along with the security and breadth of opportunity that comes with being part of a large organisation.