12101700 - Technical Officer - United Utilities : Job Details

Salary - £48,979Work Type - OnsiteJob Location - Fazakerley Wastewater Treatment Works, Stonesbridge Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L10 5HARole Type - PermanentEmployment Type - Full TimeWorking Hours -

United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.

We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.

We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.

We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution.

Benefits

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
• MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
• Best Doctors
• Salary Finance
• Wealth at Work courses
• Deals and discounts
• EVolve Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Mental health first aiders
• ShareBuy
• MORE Choices flexible benefits
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Job Purpose

This is a largely office based post reporting to the Network Maintenance Manager (NMM). Responsible for the analysis of technical information to report, monitor and control asset performance. Being proactively involved with both site and area action planning you will ensure statutory and environmental compliance, together with effective maintenance of Wastewater Network assets. You will support the NMM to continually drive for improved wastewater technical knowledge, best practice at a local level and support your colleagues by providing knowledge and skills to the Network Asset Engineer, Maintainer Controller and Network Asset Controller roles.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Reporting to the NMM; you will discuss compliance, performance, action planning, progress reporting, serviceability & optimisation. You will be responsible for assimilating and analysing data from a wide range of sources relevant to Wastewater Network Maintenance performance and liaising with NMM on key performance targets and assist to identify financial savings.

You will also be responsible for:

• Longer term planning to complete a programme of review and corporate audits.
• Implementing local and regional strategies and procedures to improve operational performance.
• Working with and providing support to the local and regional teams Network Asset Engineers, Network Asset Controllers, Maintainer Controllers and Resource Coordinator to deliver regulatory compliance and performance, as well as our statutory obligations.
• Identifying, supporting and assisting with the delivery of local planned and reactive VSP projects along with liaising with relevant Project Delivery Teams to ensure effective delivery of a wide range of projects.
• Undertaking specific strategic projects or initiatives as directed by the NMM.
• Supporting the NMM with any escalations or incidents and where necessary act as the Forward Incident Controller during declared incidents.
• Attending post incident reviews and providing technical content for post incident reports as necessary.
• Capturing and disseminating lessons learnt from events and incidents
• Delivery of technical and / or asset focused regulatory commitments including post incident actions
• Establishing regular liaison with other Technical Officers to share best practice, consistently implement company policy
• Championing the highest standards of safety behaviour, performance of the team and assist with improvements and investigations.
• Consistently promoting Health and Safety and customer focused approach to all network activity

• This role has a requirement to undertake a lot of physical activities which include the safe use of ladders to access confined spaces, working at heights and manual handling, etc.

Technical Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role and deliver operational and financial performance targets you will need; to be educated to GCSE level having achieved 5 grade A-C (4-9) passes including English and maths together with well-developed IT, numerical, analytical and problem solving skills.

Alongside this you will need: