Hire Service Engineer
Location: UK wide
Mitie is looking for a Hire Service Engineer to support our growing wastewater hire operations by preparing, servicing, maintaining, and repairing specialist pumping and treatment equipment used across wastewater and utility sites.
Responsibilities
* Design, plan, and carry out service work on wastewater treatment systems, components, and processes, including screening, pumping, biological treatment, filtration, and sludge handling.
* Develop maintenance methodologies, test protocols, and acceptance criteria in line with regulatory and customer requirements to ensure fleet performance and reliability.
* Prepare, service, maintain, and repair specialist hire equipment across operational wastewater sites.
* Support customers with high‑quality technical service, site support, and safety‑focused operations.
* Assist in ensuring the hire fleet remains compliant, efficient, and operational at all times.
Qualifications
* Experience working with wastewater treatment systems or water engineering infrastructure.
* Strong understanding of wastewater processes, system chemistry, and treatment performance.
* Excellent analytical skills and report‑writing ability.
* Strong problem‑solving capability and attention to detail.
* Willingness to work on operational wastewater sites.
* Experience with industrial wastewater systems and installations.
* Knowledge of UK water industry standards and regulatory frameworks.
* Experience supporting bids, tenders, and customer demonstrations.
* Chartered or working towards professional registration (ICE, CIWEM).
* Familiarity with instrumentation, sensors, and data acquisition systems.
Benefits
* Opportunity to work in a specialised, growing team within a critical UK infrastructure sector.
* Exposure to advanced wastewater processes, treatment technologies, and industrial systems.
* Professional development pathways, including support towards chartership.
* Virtual GP service for you and your household.
* Salary Finance wellbeing support.
* Choices lifestyle benefits platform.
* Option to buy up to 5 extra days of holiday.
* Dental care, critical illness cover, tech purchase schemes.
* MiDeals discounts across major retailers and brands.
* Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
* Life cover up to 4× salary.
* Enhanced pension contributions.
* Save‑as‑you‑earn scheme and Mitie Matching Share Plan.
* Mitie Stars recognition programme with monthly cash awards and a yearly £10,000 top prize.
* A strong commitment to your long‑term career growth through structured training and learning pathways.
Real Living Wage
We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer. Every role at Mitie is paid at or above the independently calculated Real Living Wage.
EEO and Accessibility
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Zehdan Raja at zehdan.raja@mitie.com.
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