Senior Hydrogeologist

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Job Title : Senior Hydrogeologist

Location : Flexible / Hybrid 23 days a week)

Contract Type : Permanent

Hours : 37 hours per week

Salary : circa 50000 depending on skills and experience

You will be the Kent Area water supply well / bore subject matter expert Frequent travelling for site work within the Kent area is required

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future tackling climate change minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Job Overview

A Senior Hydrogeologist is required for the water supply side of the business. The work will focus on groundwater sources asset life well / bore asset condition & performance concerns raw water quality concerns and essentially endeavouring to ensure best continuous (optimised) well outputs and raw water quality. It additionally requires an appreciation of water resources planning and the typical environmental regulatory concerns and constraints regarding groundwater abstraction.

• The role has both a site specific operations aspect (best well / bore operation and output) as well as a wider bigger picture asset life and water resources context.
• The role will involve assessing well / bore asset health and operational outputs and acting as the subject matter expert and advocate regarding individual well / bore issues. This will involve some site work and assisting operations on site and / or advising on best seasonal operation of wells / bores for maintaining security of supply.
• The role will also involve a water resources planning or strategic context. Working with the wider assets teams and water resources planning teams within the context of area plans and water resource zone plans. Endeavouring to ensure that best well / bore outputs can be both physically achieved on site (for operations) but to also endeavour to ensure that source deployable outputs are best represented within groundwater models generally and within the associated water resources planning and supplydemand assessments.
• An ability to appreciate general water resources planning and consider longer term water supply source options and needs is advantageous.

About You

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between one of our offices and home. We are offering a salary of circa 50000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including :

Join our Water Asset team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression training and development opportunities our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but youre not 100 sure if you meet all the requirements for the role Or are you concerned that normal office hours arent possible given your personal circumstances Whilst we cant accommodate every flexible working request well try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role

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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 outofhours incident support because when problems appear fixing them is our top priority. Thats 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 youll 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.

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Please note : If you are an existing Southern Water employee you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months) will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria your application will not be considered.

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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Graduate Engineering,Accounts Administration,Building Materials,Customer Support,Horticulture

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1