Overview

Position Title: Laboratory Sampler

Company: Anglian Water Services

Location: Colchester, UK

Job Description:

The SRP Technical Engineer will be a member of the Combined Heat and Power team reporting to the CHP Maintenance Manager. To improve the performance and efficiency of operational assets and activities across all sites. You will provide technical support to the team and will undertake projects across the region, including, but not limited to, you will help with the optimisation of the function, installation of new equipment and capital intervention.

Responsibilities:

  • Joining the scientific sampling team using your methodical and scientific approach, you’ll travel around Colchester, Suffolk and Essex visiting Anglian Water’s water treatment works and recycling centres, boreholes, reservoirs, rivers and customer properties collecting water samples and carrying out on-site chlorine tests.
  • Following vital scientific processes, you’ll continuously work within the regulatory guidelines, meeting our quality standards. You’ll prepare various sampling bottles, ensuring the accuracy of every single sample that you collect; you’ll then return the samples to the laboratory for them to be thoroughly analysed.
  • The work you’ll do is critical to the whole scientific analysis process; you really will make a difference.
  • You’ll build effective working relationships with your colleagues back in the laboratory, who are relying on your high levels of service and you’ll also engage with customers, where you’ll be representing Anglian Water in a professional and approachable manner delivering excellent customer service.

Requirements:

  • It’s essential that you have a scientific background or A Level qualification (or equivalent); you’ll also be a reliable and professional individual with experience of providing excellent customer service.
  • You’ll need to be comfortable with manual lifting and driving throughout the day. This role will find you working in a variety of environments, therefore a flexible and can-do attitude is essential.
  • The ability to work within a defined method and record information accurately means you’ll need focus and a strong attention to detail. Successful candidates will enjoy driving and working on their own whilst working within a larger team.
  • You should thrive in a time critical role, be self-motivated and able to work in an organised manner ensuring all work is undertaken as specified by our methods and procedures.

About Anglian Water Services

Anglian Water supply water and water recycling services to more than six million domestic and business customers in the east of England and Hartlepool. Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. We clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out.