Are you a driven and enthusiastic professional looking for a hands-on role where you can make a real impact? We’re looking for a dedicated Production Operator to join our collaborative and supportive team at Bran Sands.
This on-site role is at the heart of our tanker team, handling industrial waste transported by road tankers and overseeing the operation of a weighbridge. You'll play a key role in ensuring smooth and efficient processes, contributing to the safe and effective management of waste operations as well as Industrial Effluent Tankers, Wastewater Treatment Works, the Advanced Anaerobic Digestion facility, and the Gas to Grid plant. Your expertise will help maintain safety, efficiency, and reliability across these essential services, making a real difference to the community.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about upholding the highest safety and operational standards. Strong communication skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a commitment to teamwork will be essential as you work to keep critical processes running smoothly.
If you’re ready to take on a rewarding challenge and be part of a team that values safety, innovation, and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you.
About you
The successful candidate will have strong communication along with a practical, solution-oriented mindset to tackle challenges head-on.
You’ll be comfortable working independently, using your initiative to manage and prioritise your workload while remaining adaptable to changing demands. Strong IT skills will be key in analysing and interpreting data to identify issues and optimise asset performance. A solid understanding of process control is important, and while experience in wastewater treatment or related industries is welcome, it’s not essential as we value a willingness to learn and grow within the role.
If you have experience in the waste management industry or hazardous waste consigning, that’s a bonus, but not a requirement. A full UK driving licence is essential.
This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.
Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
About us
Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply.
Please note
This role has been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.
NWG at a glance
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
- Free access to local attractions.
- A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
- Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
- Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low-cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
- Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
About us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
