Bioresources Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship

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Bioresources Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship

Grow with Purpose: Cultivate Your Career in Sustainability as a Bioresources Apprentice! 

Are you ready to kickstart your career in environmental sustainability and water recycling? We are seeking a motivated and dedicated individual to join our team as a Bioresources Apprentice Technician. In this role, you will work closely with experienced professionals to learn and contribute to the maintenance and optimisation of water recycling treatment processes. 

What’s in it for you? 

• A nationally recognised qualification - Level 3 Water Treatment Process Technician 
• A full-time job at the end of your apprenticeship (subject to performance and behavioural reviews) 
• 23 days annual leave – rising with length of service (plus the choice to buy & sell leave) 
• Company Pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 12% employer contribution 
• Personal private health care 
• Fully expensed accommodation close to the training centre 
• Fully expensed tools, uniform, and PPE tailored to your personal needs 
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle, and an extensive range of retail discounts 

Your role as Bioresources Technician Apprentice:  

As a Bioresources Apprentice Technician, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safety, compliance, and efficiency of water treatment processes. Your responsibilities encompass conducting regulatory safety checks on Steam Boilers, managing day-to-day boiler water treatment, and operating the Sludge Treatment Centre within Critical Control Points (CCP). Your duties also involve Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) sampling, prompt action reporting, and collaboration with the Operations Management Centre for compliance issues. Engage in routine activities, implement actions from Compliance Action Plans, and monitor scientific parameters. You will gain hands-on experience in troubleshooting Combined Heat and Power (CHP) & Sludge Reagent Product (SRP) processes, and optimising systems through IT. Additionally, contribute to health and safety initiatives, conduct site inductions, and participate in continuous learning activities. Your role will be instrumental in maintaining a safe, compliant, and efficient environment in the field of water recycling. 

Your journey:

Embark on this 2-year adventure of training and learning, meeting new peers with other new apprentices. You will spend 80% of your time at your work base, getting to know your new team with onsite training. You will spend the other 20% of your time in the classroom learning fundamental skills to equip you with the knowledge needed to be successful in your role. 

To be successful as an Anglian Water Apprentice you will require: 

• 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English Grade A-C or 9-4 (if you have not completed your GCSE’s we will accept predicted grades. We also accept Level 2 Functional Skills) 
• A desire to learn while working in a practical environment 
• Willingness to work outdoors in all weathers 
• A passion for problem solving, willingness to learn and delivering exceptional customer service 

As well as the above, you will need a full UK driving licence. If you do not currently have this, you are required to hold a full UK driving licence prior to the completion of year 2 of the training programme. You will also need to live within the circumference of the area that the role will cover 

This position is deemed a safety critical role with safety being our number one priority. Pre-employment drug and alcohol screening will be taken.

About Anglian Water

Anglian Water is the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area. We supply water and water recycling services to almost seven million people in the East of England and Hartlepool. 

Community Volunteering

Our business is at the heart of your community, and the majority of our employees live locally too. That’s why we support volunteering.

Many of our employees support local good causes in their spare time and our Love to Help volunteering programme supports their efforts, ensuring they can continue to make our communities great places to live and work.

Addressing Climate Change

Here at Anglian Water, we never stop looking for ways to reduce our carbon emissions, and we're on track to generate 45% of our energy from our own renewable sources by 2025 and become a fully net zero carbon business by 2030.

Our Pledge

Managing and reducing emissions by installing monitoring equipment at four large Anglian Water sites to inform our plan on achieving net zero emissions by 2030​

Decarbonising our electricity supply, vehicle fleet, as well as focusing on procuring green electricity​

Removing or offsetting our residual emissions by planting 50 hectares of woodland on Anglian Water sites, exploring nature-based opportunities using wetlands, marshes and grasslands and working with landowners to develop land management schemes that avoid and remove emissions.

Supporting and Protecting Wildlife

We support and protect wildlife because it’s simply the right thing to. We’re pioneers in conservation, restless in our pursuit of restoring and enhancing our wild places for future generations to enjoy and explore.

RiverCare & BeachCare​

Partnering with Keep Britain Tidy we have over 50 RiverCare and BeachCare groups up and down the region conserving our waterways by removing invasive species, enhancing biodiversity, and spotting and reporting pollutions, making our rivers the best they can be. ​

How to apply

To apply for this programme and to find out more, please click on the apply button below.

Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.