Location: GL12
Start Date: ASAP
Pay: £28,000- £30,000 depending on experience
Permanent
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 40 hours per week
Vacancy – TRAINEE SWIMMING POOL ENGINEER
ESS Employment Ltd are looking to employ a Trainee Swimming Pool Engineer to work with an established client, to deliver safe, high-quality service, maintenance, fault‑finding, installation, and commissioning on swimming pool and spa plant across commercial, leisure, hospitality, and public‑sector sites.
Responsibilities
* Service, maintain, and install water treatment equipment, including chemical dosing, UV, filtration, and swimming pool water treatment plant.
* Assist with tank cleaning and filter inspections.
* Assist with diagnosing and resolving control system faults on pool plant and associated equipment.
* Complete installations, upgrades, and commissioning of pool equipment and pipework.
* Build and maintain honest, professional relationships with customers, providing clear recommendations and solutions.
* Take swimming pool samples, ensuring sampling paperwork is accurate and returned to laboratories.
* Follow site‑specific Risk Assessments & Method Statements (RAMS) for all works.
* Support the production of accurate service reports, update asset registers, and contribute to continuous improvement within ISO 9001 quality processes.
* Provide clear pre‑visit requirements (access, isolations) and post‑visit handovers, including operator training as required.
* Attend quarterly engineering meetings at Head Office to share lessons learned, standardise practices, and receive technical updates.
* Communicate effectively with customers and colleagues, both verbally and in writing.
Qualifications
* Basic plumbing, electrical or engineering qualification (Essential).
* Full UK driving license and willingness to travel across the Southern UK; occasional nights away (Essential).
* Excellent communication skills, both written and oral; confident telephone manner and good IT skills.
* Well organised with high attention to detail; able to multi‑task and work well under pressure.
* Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a wider engineering team.
* Customer‑focused, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement.
Benefits
* Excellent salary & company bonus scheme.
* Death in Service benefit.
* Increasing annual leave up to 30 days plus bank holidays.
* Reduced Christmas working.
* Health Insurance.
* Company vehicle.
* Company branded clothing.
* Tools.
* Smart phone.
* PDA.
* Training.
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