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24 hours a day, 365 days a year we serve 4.8 million households and businesses across the heart of the UK. Each cuppa drank and every toilet flushed is only possible because of the 6,500 brilliant team members working across our patch.
We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live.
If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.
Everything You Need to Know
We have an exciting opportunity on a 6‑month Fixed Term contract.
Role Overview
In this role as a Telemetry Field Engineer you will be responsible for ensuring the functionality and availability of Severn Trent’s 7,000 telemetry outstations, which serve as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the company’s operational assets. These outstations are critical to the performance of Severn Trent’s operational ODIs and enable the Operational Control Centres to effectively respond to asset failure alarms. Your primary objective will be to complete any necessary field work to ensure that the entire outstation estate remains fully operational and available 100 % of the time.
Other Accountabilities
* Carry out reactive maintenance tasks to ensure 100 % availability across our outstation estate (e.g. replace on failure, comms failure)
* Complete both on‑site and remote firmware upgrades across the outstation estate to improve Severn Trent’s cyber security position
* Roll out the password policy across all outstations to ensure compliance with NIS‑R
* Identify and carry out improvement tasks on repeat offending sites
* Carry out asset replacement and upgrades as part of the AMP8 outstation replacement programme (2G and PSTN)
What You’ll Bring To The Role
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* Excellent fault‑finding skills and prior knowledge of telemetry outstations
* Electrical NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (required)
* Experience working with WITS‑compliant devices and IP‑enabled devices (desired)
* Strong organisational and communication skills
What’s In It For You
Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and we’ll reward you for it too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, award‑winning training, and a chance to help the environment and communities where we live.
* Salary up to £40k, dependent on experience
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays (plus the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year) and a company van
* Annual bonus scheme (up to £2,225 per annum based on company performance)
* Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15 % when you contribute 7.5 %)
* Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
* Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
* Family‑friendly policies
What’s Next
We can’t wait to hear from you. Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare.
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