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Location: Falmer, Sussex (2 days in the office and 3 days working from home)

There will be the occasional requirement to travel to our sites 1-2 days a month.
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

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!

About the role

Known internally as a 'Spills Lead'; this is an exciting opportunity to work with the data relating to water spills across our region, working with data reported in from ASPIRE and “Rivers and Seas Watch” when there have been overspills from rainwater.

This will be both a reactive and pro-active role; reacting to when there is heavy rain fall and large quantities of data to analyse, as well as being proactive taking a wider view of what this data means, analysing trends in the data and working on continuous improvement efforts.

These activities will drive the step change required to enable the near time notification to the public facing “Rivers and Seas Watch” app to verify the genuinely of spills, you will provide operational MI to enable Southern Water’s zero non-compliant spills strategy to be realised and align with longer term strategic goals of spill forecasting.

This role will also require undertaking root cause analysis of spills and interact with wider industry and peers to understand best practice and innovation.

You will be liaising with third parties regarding spills, providing requested data and offering advice based on findings.

Spill rota membership staffed by trained members of OP&I to validate out of hours spills on a dry day, as well as weekend working for incident support 1 in 8 weeks minimum.

What We’re Looking For

Excellent analytical and numerical skills

Proactive and critical thinker

Highly organised and loves a challenge

Tenacity & ability to work at pace to deadlines with good attention to detail

Very confident learning and using a variety of IT systems

Have a valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for ad-hoc site visits

A keen interest in the environment.

We are offering a salary of up to £50,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

Up to 11% employer pension contribution

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Volunteering days, study support, and flexible return-to-work options

Cycle to work and electric car salary sacrifice schemes