Water Recycling Operative Apprentice

About the role

Play an important role in treating the waste of our customers while maintaining excellent health and safety standards and protecting the environment.

You will be trained to operate and maintain a wide variety of specialist equipment at one of our water recycling centres.

You will eventually be working on your own so will need to be able to act on your own initiative and be able to solve problems quickly and safely.

You will also need to be able to identify issues and call for the appropriate support when necessary.

What you'll do

Duties will include:

• ensuring wastewater is treated effectively
• carrying out site checks
• processing sludge
• taking water samples
• cleaning and maintaining filters, screens and reed beds
• analysing data
• making sure effluent compliance standards
• conducting health and safety risk assessments.
   

Skills and values we are looking for

• Communication.
• Teamwork.
• IT/digital.
• Attention to detail.
• Organisation.
• Decision making.
• Customer care.
• Safety-focused.
• Problem solving.
• Critical thinking.
• Solutions-focused.
• Numeracy.
• Analytical.
• Initiative.

What you'll need

• Good computer literacy.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• An interest in data patterns and biology.
• The ability to work in a team, outside in all weather.