Water Quality Technician

Closing Date

10/07/2026

Job Title: Water Quality Technician

Location: Sussex

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37/ week (Friday to Monday 8:30 to 17:45)

Salary: £28,793.70

Full UK Driving license required - Van supplied.

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

This role involves taking samples from a wide variety of water / wastewater operational sites and customers in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Drinking Water inspectorate and the Environment Agency.

You will need to comply with the requirements of the ISO17025 standard and follow the procedures contained within the Manual of Sampling to ensure samples are an accurate representation of the sample point / customer tap.

You will make informed decisions regarding sampling process to ensure issues such as household plumbing does not contribute to Southern Water compliance failures.

You will need to maintain an overview of the operational sites you visit, assessing factors such as security, overall effectiveness of operation and any defects likely to lead to compliance or H&S issues.

Key responsibilities:

· Undertake water, wastewater and sludge sampling in accordance with the sampling schedule and with great care and attention to detail; working independently to follow procedures competently.

· Undertake customer sampling and complaint handling

· Carry out on site analytical testing and associated quality checking to ISO17025, DWTS and MCERTS standards

· Undertake emergency sampling during incidents and advise on water and wastewater quality issues

· Registration of samples onto laboratory data system

· Administration associated with sampling and monitoring

· Reporting safety hazards

· Scientific equipment management and fault diagnosis

· Assess operational sites for general condition of operation / defects / issues