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Production Operator

Job details
Posting date: 21 May 2025
Salary: £26,450 to £33,062 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 June 2025
Location: Wallsend, Tyne-Tees, NE28 0QD
Company: Pertemps Recruitment Ltd
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 56752874

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Summary

We are actively recruiting for a Production Operator for Northumbrian Water based at their Waste Water site in Wallsend. This position is a 3 month temporary role and they are looking for someone to start immediately.

In this position you will operate and control major sewage treatment installations e.g. coastal works and/or mix of Wastewater Assets and Water Assets

Duties include

- Ensure works assets are appropriately operated and maintained to maintain compliance.
- Ensure effective liaison with and co-ordination of EMI personnel.
- Maximise plant assets e.g. chemicals, energy etc.
- Carry out basic effluent/mixed liquor analysis; interpret data and effect change as appropriate.
- Effectively use and interrogate SCADA system to fault find and optimise plant utilisation, and use other IT systems (eg Lotus Notes, Word, Excel etc)
- Carry out basic instrument calibration.
- Carry out basic fault finding on plant.
- Participate in standby rota
- Willingness to work overtime at short notice in order to meet business needs
- In addition: line managers may request employees to carry out other reasonable tasks in line with operational needs.

Technical competancies required:

- Ability to analyse and interpret data to analyse problems and find solutions
- Competent in use of risk assessment procedures
- Confined space competent person
- Fitness level, confined space permit entries, use of escape sets.
- ‘Lock-off and tag-off (LOTO) competent

You must have a valid UK driving licence to apply for this role

For more information please contact angela.sinton@pertemps.co.uk or call 0191 255 7977

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