The Water Resources and Environment Department are seeking two Asset Technicians, within our Water Resource and Hydrogeology Team, to support our environmental monitoring activities and eater resource evaluation within Asset strategy and Capital Delivery Department. These activities form part of our Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and optimisation of our water resources to ensure supply demand balance for our customer and protect the environment.
The role
The key responsibilities of our Water Resources Team is the collection, storage, analysis and interpretation of environmental monitoring data. This includes the monitoring of groundwater levels, stream flow spot gauging, water quality sampling, ecological data and any other relevant field information. These activities form part of statutory Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) requirements and provides intelligence on our catchments to support and guide our future water resource strategies.
For this role you will be asked to undertake field work across all three Affinity Water regions, taking responsibility for the full monitoring process and in accordance with health and safety requirements. You will collect, review and QA monitoring data and ensure it is uploaded to our data management system. In addition, you will support project management administrative tasks including raising and receipting work orders, as well as managing the exchange of data with our environmental regulators.
What you need
1. A degree (such as BSc) or qualification (e.g. A level) in a relevant discipline
2. Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Outlook and GIS applications
3. Proven experience and passion for environmental field monitoring
4. Attention to detail and able to accurately update databases and undertake basic analysis of river flows, groundwater levels and rainfall, to produce monthly reports
5. Ability to undertake field work
6. Full, clean driving licence
Recruitment Process:
7. Closing date: 1st August 2025
The Talent Acquisition Partner managing this position will be in touch once the advert has closed to inform you if you are unsuccessful or successful at the shortlisting stage.
Benefits:
8. Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience
9. Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
10. Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
11. Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
12. A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
13. A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
14. We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
15. Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
16. Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
17. Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
18. Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
19. Life Assurance.
20. Disability confident: if you need to apply in a different format, please contact us
Disability Confident Employer
Disability Confident is a voluntary government scheme which Affinity Water has signed up to. It means we are committed to employing, fairly assessing, and supporting our disabled employees through reasonable adjustments and an inclusive culture.
Offer an interview scheme
As a Disability Confident employer, we commit to offering interviews to disabled candidates who evidence that they meet the essential criteria for the role and who opt in on the application form. To see all the essential criteria please contact the Talent Acquisition lead to request the full job description.
Please note that in some situations where we have a very high volume of applications, it may not be practical to offer interviews to everyone, in which case we commit to take through a fair and proportionate number, offering interviews to those disabled candidates who best meet the criteria.
What is a disability?
A disability is a long-term physical or mental health condition that has a substantial impact on someone’s day-to-day activities.
What if I need adjustments during the recruitment process?
Please contact the Talent Acquisition lead mentioned on the job advert if you need any adjustments during the process.
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