What you will be doing
as a Repair & Maintenance (R&M) Technical Specialist
1. Support the on-site delivery of repair and maintenance activities within SLA to achieve business and customer outcomes in the most timely, safe and cost-effective way.
2. Oversee more complex repairs on-site, for example, deep excavations and provide on-site validation of permits to break ground.
3. Provide technical support and expertise to help teams comply with health and safety through all aspects of the repair.
4. Mentor and coach less experienced team members to develop their technical skills and ability to operate in a compliant, safe and effective manner.
5. Engage with our customers and councils to get work delivered in a timely manner with minimal disruption.
6. Work to reduce leakage and the number and length of service interruptions in your area and support our ability to ensure we are always ready to respond.
7. Undertake competency assessments of the R&M teams to ensure H&S compliance, and quality of work and to support ongoing skills development.
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:
8. Due to the nature of the role a Full UK Driving Licence is required.
9. EUSR Water Hygiene.
10. Street works qualified. (NRSWA)/SMSTS.
11. Service Avoidance L2.
12. First aid qualified.
13. Asbestos and COSHH awareness.
14. Abrasive wheels would be beneficial but not essential.
15. Manual handling training would be beneficial but not essential.
16. Confined space awareness would be beneficial but not essential.
What’s in it for you?
17. Offering a salary up to £55,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
18. Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
19. Company Van & a fuel card!
20. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
21. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
22. Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid.
23. Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
24. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.