Wastewater Technical Specialist

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Job Title: Wastewater Technical Specialist

Place of Work/Group Company: Nijhuis Saur Industries Industrial O&M Solutions, Grangemouth

Summary:

The Technical Specialist plays a critical role in the safe and successful operation of a large wastewater treatment plant located on a Petrochemical site in the Grangemouth area. Based on site in the customers office, the Technical Specialist is an integral part to the facilities operational planning process and will provide technical advice directly to the Customer’s Operations Team daily. In addition, the Technical Specialist will work closely with the Company’s senior management to establish longer term priorities and to support strategic planning.

Supporting this site-based role is a local office & a team of Technical Specialists, with a vast amount of water treatment experience. Additionally, a well-resourced, UKAS accredited, lab is available to carry out all routine and ad-hoc analysis that might be required.

The Technical Specialist will proactively look for opportunities to deliver additional value to the customer through process optimisation and identification of improvement opportunities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Technical Specialist is responsible for advising the Customer Operations Team to operate, optimise and improve their wastewater system.Specific responsibilities include:

Provide technical support to the operations Team. This will include providing written advice to the customer each day, which will be used in their operational planning.

Troubleshoot issues and support the execution of any corrective actions.

Review Operational performance on the water systems.

Identify trends and areas for improvement or vulnerabilities.

Work with the customer Operations and Maintenance teams to develop projects that will address plant vulnerability’s or allow for process, commercial or operational improvements.

Supported by Senior Wastewater Technical Experts from within the NSI organisation.

Review of Operations procedures and instructions.

Advise on operating procedures for use during repairs / process changes e.g. temporary works, temporary operating instructions etc.

Provide technical training for Customer Operations Teams.

Develop and maintain clear KPI’s that ensure easy monitoring of plant performance.

Provide process engineering/ technical input as required.

Liaising with the NSI Water Sciences Laboratory to interpret results, design sampling and analysis schedules / protocols etc.

Liaising with the Customer Environmental Team to monitor changing legislation trends to ensure minimum impact and application of best practice.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

Minimum degree level educated (Chemistry, Biology, Chemical / process engineering) or Water treatment experience in a technical role.

Proactive focus towards health and safety and ability to lead by example.

Minimum of 3 years technical / Industry experience (preferably within the water treatment industry).

Experience working with external customers including leading, facilitating and contributing to meetings.

Proven ability to make fast and effective decisions under pressure.

Knowledge of, biological, physical, and chemical water treatment technologies.

An excellent ability to communicate with customers at all levels of the organisation.