Water Quality Technician

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Closing Date: 2025-08-27

Job Title: Water Quality Technician

Location: Sussex

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 per week (Friday to Monday WEEKEND 8:30 to 17:45)

Salary: £27,820

Full UK Driving license required - Van supplied.

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Job OverviewThis role involves taking samples from a wide variety of water / wastewater operational sites and customers in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Environment Agency.

You will need to comply with the requirements of the ISO17025 standard and follow the procedures contained within the Manual of Sampling to ensure samples are an accurate representation of the sample point / customer tap.

You will make informed decisions regarding sampling process to ensure issues such as household plumbing does not contribute to Southern Water compliance failures.

You will need to maintain an overview of the operational sites you visit, assessing factors such as security, overall effectiveness of operation and any defects likely to lead to compliance or HandS issues.

Key Responsibilities

Undertake water, wastewater and sludge sampling in accordance with the sampling schedule and with great care and attention to detail; working independently to follow procedures competently.

Undertake customer sampling and complaint handling

Carry out on site analytical testing and associated quality checking to ISO17025, DWTS and MCERTS standards

Undertake emergency sampling during incidents and advise on water and wastewater quality issues

Registration of samples onto laboratory data system

Administration associated with sampling and monitoring

Reporting safety hazards

Scientific equipment management and fault diagnosis

Assess operational sites for general condition of operation / defects / issues

PackageThis role will be full time 4 day working WEEKEND: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

We are offering a salary of £27,820 per annum as well as other benefits including:

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)

Health Cash Plan

Full funded eye tests

Two paid volunteering days a year

Occupational health service

Discounts with over 800 popular retailers

Digital GP service

Study support may be available for job-related qualifications

Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Cycle to work scheme

Join our Sampling team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)

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. 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.

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Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Quality Assurance

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