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SOUTHERN WATER
Water Supply Shift Controller
Rochester, Kent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Posted
- 7 hours ago
- Salary
- £29,187 - Annum
- Recruiter
- SOUTHERN WATER
- Closes
- 11 Oct 2025
- Course
- No
- Recruiter Type
- Direct Employer
Description
Job Title: Water Supply Shift Controller
Location: Burham- Due to the location being a fair distance from any public transport, ownership of a Drivers Licence is crucial for the role
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £29,187 per annum depending on skills and experience. You will be entitled to additional shift payments and standby payments plus wide range of benefits including BUPA healthcare, Perkbox and eligibility for a company bonus.
Do you want to make a difference? At Southern Water, your work will help to enhance health and wellbeing, protect and improve the environment and sustain the economy. You’ll also play an important role in helping us deliver a resilient water future for the South East.
Southern Water are looking for a Shift Controller to assist with the running and upkeep of Burham Water Supply Works. As a Shift controller you will be monitoring and adjusting the operation of the Water Supply Works applying your knowledge of compliance, pride and passion for housekeeping, environmental regulations and health and safety to ensure that the site is compliant with water quality standards.
You will undertake key responsibilities which oversee a continuous operation of the water supply works which will guarantee that no 2 days are the same. As a shift controller you will ensure that non potable water as specified by the DWI regulations does not leave our site, guaranteeing that water quality is fit for supply to protect public health. Your reactionary skills will come into play to respond to high level alarms and process changes.
This is a full-time permanent position consisting of 12-hour shifts working in the following shift pattern:
4 days 6am – 6pm
7 days off
3 days 6am – 6pm
7 days off
Repeating the above with night shifts. On some your days off you will be expected to cover a standby rota.
This is an exciting time to join this team at Southern Water, not only because of the large capital delivery schemes taking place across site but as an added bonus you will be part of a great team who achieves satisfaction and success with the ability to go above and beyond for our customers.
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. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. 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.
Interested in the role?
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications so if you are interested in the position please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.
Every Body Welcome
We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.
We succeed together
Ad ID: 5416932204
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