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Come and join Alpheus (part of the Anglian Water Group) as part of the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) operational team as an Operator with either an electrical, instrument or mechanic background, based on our site in Irvine, Scotland. Alpheus are a successful water and waste water asset management and maintenance company, delivering O&M services across a portfolio of nationwide contracts. The company also delivers design and build infrastructure schemes as well as waste water recycling services.

What you’ll be doing:

As an Operator, you will form an integral part of the WWTP operational team. This will involve carrying out proactive maintenance, fault finding and operation of assets and infrastructure on the WWTP.

You will be a strong advocate of Alpheus’ and the site’s health & safety (H&S) policy and procedures, ensuring a focussed and positive attitude at all times. You will lead by example and live by the company commitment to the principle that all accidents and harm are preventable. Working as part of a shift team, including weekend, bank holiday and on call cover, you will carry out routine and non-routine inspections, repairs, fault finding and maintenance.

You will also carry out routine plant operation duties including set-point review and adjustment, sampling, laboratory testing and other general duties. You will be a key contributor to the goals of excellence in site maintenance, cleanliness and operational efficiency.

A key aspect of this role will be to improve existing plans and contribute to designing new full life asset maintenance plans. You will pay particular attention to environmental permit requirements and revenue generating streams, ensuring that Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and targets are achieved and that your attention is on improving performance and efficiency.

In particular, focusing on the compliance of the treated effluent discharge to the environment and the optimal performance of the Anaerobic Digester (AD) plant.

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

· Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

· Personal private health care

· Life Cover at 8x your salary

· Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

· Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

· Lots of other great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme

What does it take to be successful?

Our ideal candidate will have previous experience in a similar role and have gained relevant electrician, instrument or mechanical/ qualifications (City and Guilds / (S)NVQ).
Experience of laboratory testing will be an advantage but is not essential as full training will be given.
Experience of working to asset management plans, you will be used to following set procedures in a controlled H&S environment. Experience in a waste water operations and/or industrial processing plant would be advantageous, but is not essential.
You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and have a flexible attitude towards your work, including working shifts, weekends and an on call rotation.
You will be a team player who is able to adapt to change and challenge where required. With a pro-active and positive attitude, you will be forward thinking with good analytical, IT and customer service skills.

Closing date: 21/09/25

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