What you’ll be doing
as an Outfall Investigation Technician
1. Working with the Project Advisor on various catchments and projects to resolve PSWOs.
2. Pollution diagnosis.
3. Pollution tracing and narrowing down using CCTV, lift and looks, caging, and ammonia probe.
4. Carrying out property surveys and testing connections.
5. Identify misconnections and draw up survey sheets.
6. Check misconnection rectifications.
7. Advising customers.
8. Installing missing rodding eye caps in private surface water drains.
9. Chapter 8 NRSWA short during highway set-ups.
Location: Field-based with a flexible location within the Thames Water Operating Area, ideally Beckton STW, Mogden STW, Maple Lodge STW, Hogsmill STW.
Hours and Working Pattern: 38 hours a week, Monday-Friday.
Other: A Van, PPE and Tools will be provided.
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:
10. Full driving licence.
11. Competent at using the appropriate IT systems.
12. Excellent organisation skills – recording accurate notes on the system.
13. Confident communicator and able to manage difficult situations calmly.
14. Manage your own workload and projects – day-to-day and weekly.
15. Not colour blind.
Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring:
16. Some knowledge of drainage and sewerage systems is desirable.
17. Ideally, experience of using GIS and O365 software.
What’s in it for you?
18. Competitive salary up to £33,000 per annum.
19. Annual Leave - 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
20. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
21. 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.