Southern Water

Water Supply Shift Controller

Company
Location
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/14/2025
Description
Closing Date

2025-08-28

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Job Title: Water Supply Shift Controller

Location: Testwood - Due to the location being a fair distance from any public transport, ownership of a Drivers Licence is crucial for the role

Job type: Permanent

Salary: £27,496.64 + 20% shift allowance per annum depending on skills and experience. You will be entitled to additional shift payments and standby payments

Do you want to make a difference? At Southern Water, your work will help to enhance health and wellbeing, protect and improve the environment and sustain the economy. You’ll also play an important role in helping us deliver a resilient water future for the South East.

Southern Water are looking for a Shift Controller to assist with the running and upkeep of Testwood Water Supply Works. As a Shift controller you will be monitoring and adjusting the operation of the Water Supply Works applying your knowledge of compliance, pride and passion for housekeeping, environmental regulations and health and safety to ensure that the site is compliant with water quality standards.

You will undertake key responsibilities which oversee a continuous operation of the water supply works which will guarantee that no 2 days are the same. As a shift controller you will ensure that non potable water as specified by the DWI regulations does not leave our site, guaranteeing that water quality is fit for supply to protect public health. Your reactionary skills will come into play to respond to high level alarms and process changes.

This is a full-time permanent position consisting of 12-hour shifts working in the following shift pattern:

4 days 6am – 6pm (2 days 2 nights)

4 days off

4 days 6am – 6pm (2 days 2 nights)

4 days off

4 days 6am – 6pm (2 days 2 nights)

9 days off

6 days on standby

On some your days off you may be needed to cover a standby rota.

This is an exciting time to join this team at Southern Water, not only because of the large capital delivery schemes taking place across site but as an added bonus you will be part of a great team who achieves satisfaction and success with the ability to go above and beyond for our customers.

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 out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s 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 you’ll 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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