Operations Technician

Summary The Operations Technician will be responsible for operating a brewery wastewater treatment plant and associated equipment to achieve water quality targets, ensuring continuous operations without impacting customer production while maintaining water discharge compliance. The role focuses on operational excellence and proposes improvements to safety, reliability, and efficiency. The technician supports the Operations Manager and Lead Operations Technician. The role primarily covers shift cover between 06:00 – 22:00 Monday through Friday, alternating weekly shifts (06:00‑14:00 / 14:00‑22:00). Remote monitoring over weekends is required, and flexibility with shifts during periods of absence is expected.
Responsibilities Work within the client and NSI HSE systems.
Own HSE issues at all levels in the client organization and within NSI.
Promptly raise any issues which could affect both the client and NSI.
Monitor wastewater treatment plant performance and adjust as required.
Carry out daily laboratory analysis on water samples.
Write and update task risk assessments and method statements.
Contribute to solutions that minimise risk to the client, colleagues and other stakeholders.
Complete assigned actions in a timely manner.
Develop and maintain professional relationships with customer personnel, NSI, and subcontractor staff.
Gain recognition by the customer as a reliable O&M “expert practitioner”.
Build recognition with the customer for high‑performance plant operations.
Exhibit a proactive attitude toward maintaining and improving plant performance.
Recognise gaps and opportunities in the operation of the plant.
Actively seek improvement opportunities.
Identify faults, evaluate rectification measures, and make initial recommendations to complete process change or basic repairs.
Set the standard by demonstrating operational excellence in all activities.
When on call, remotely monitor the plant via an app and travel to site if any issues cannot be resolved remotely.
Respond to emergencies, including emergency requests for deployment to operational contracts.
Gather all system information and maintain plant logs to understand the function and operation of the ETP on site.
Demonstrate an ability to interpret and trend data for process changes.
Use plant information to identify changes in system performance and/or potential operational problems, evaluate and make initial recommendations to return the plant to optimum operating condition.
Maintain good housekeeping practices.
Work unsupervised with a proactive attitude.
Develop good teamwork behaviours with the client and other NSI staff.
Look to self‑develop and promote development of others.
Demonstrate leadership qualities in everyday activities.
Required Skills and Qualifications (Essential) Experience of operating a Water and/or Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Experience carrying out laboratory analysis.
Experience maintaining mechanical equipment.
Experience managing sub‑contractor activities and planning sub‑contractor activities.
Ability to interpret technical information to affect changes on the plant.
Ability to work within a quality system.
Knowledge to complete basic repairs and maintenance.
IT literacy.
All training will be provided for the right candidate.
Required Skills and Qualifications (Desirable) Completed a Water / Wastewater competency‑based training programme.
NVQ in a relevant discipline.
Relevant training in Environmental Health and Safety.
Working For Us Means Salary banding – Up to £31,000 (DOE).
Hours of work – 40 hours per week, Monday to Sunday.
Shift allowance – 10 % of basic salary.
Standby – £25 per day, Friday to Sunday (currently operates 1 in 3, future frequency to be established).
Overtime – paid at 1.5 ×.
Holidays – 25 days + 8 statutory days.
Probationary period – 6 months.
Pension – Join immediately or auto‑enrol after 3 months – Employee 5 % and Employer 5 % via salary sacrifice.
Eligible to join private healthcare after successfully completing probation.
Eligible for death‑in‑service benefit (4 × basic salary) and group income protection upon commencement of employment.
Notice – 1 week during probation, increasing to 1 month thereafter.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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