Flow & Spills Technical Specialist

Action Plans: Create, track, and report on site and regional action plans to ensure all wastewater process spill and flow-related activities comply with legislation and regulatory obligations while achieving internal company performance targets.

Performance Tracking: Utilise performance data to track flow and overflow performance and demonstrate the benefits of interventions. Analyse and explain operational performance data and review performance reports with the Flow & Spill Technical Manager and operational managers.

Collaboration: Work with operational teams to ensure that unfunded flow compliance and overflow risks are appropriately mitigated and tracked.

Technical Direction: Provide scientific, technical, and practical direction required for the short and medium-term operation of spill and flow-related assets.

This role involves close collaboration with both operational and project delivery teams to ensure action plans are aligned across the business. It is critical to achieving 100% compliance with environmental permits and driving the company's environmental performance across these metrics.

Risk Management: Develop suitable risk registers to support Asset Planning in identifying risks and issues, monitoring strategic performance requirements, and prioritising risks and issues for investment or operational management.

The Flow and Spill Technical Specialists will play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional performance across all areas related to storm overflows, including Pass Forward flow compliance, storm overflow reduction, storm storage optimisation, and network optimisation.

Analysis and Interpretation: Analyse and interpret spill and flow-related operational performance information, proactively identifying and implementing corrective actions in alignment with Health and Safety standards. Escalate regulatory or performance risks to the regulatory operational performance manager as appropriate.

Regulatory Compliance: Contribute to the provision of information for regulatory returns and EA correspondence. Take a lead role in ensuring quality assurance documents are developed and maintained in alignment with business requirements.

Key Responsibilities: Conduct meetings and workshops with internal stakeholders to establish and agree on operational action plans and investment needs. Carry out desktop and onsite investigations into flow and spill performance. Optimise onsite assets to improve flow compliance and reduce storm overflow discharges. Educate and provide technical expertise to operational colleagues on flow and spill compliance and performance.

Processes and procedure creation and improvement.

Previous experience with managing/leading people.

Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills and be able to coach less experienced team members.

Excellent stakeholder management and collaborative working. Be able to work comfortably and influence across multiple levels of the business and externally.

Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex issues to others.

Have previous experience of operating within a regulated industry or framework and environmental regulatory understanding.

If you've got experience in Wastewater with process understanding and compliance and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.

Ability to acquire, understand, interpret, and disseminate information, both technical and financial.

Experience working in wastewater with process understanding.

Experience with implementing management systems.

Excellent environmental compliance knowledge, experience, and passion.

Good organisational and planning skills.

Excellent stakeholder management and collaborative working.

Be experienced in conflict resolution, change management and strategy delivery.

We offer a competitive salary, from £41,133 to £48,642 depending on experience.

Location: Hybrid Working with two to three days visiting our sites across the Yorkshire Water network.

Company Car Benefit.

Development opportunities in line with the Flow and Spill Technical Specialist progression plan.