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Water operator

York (North Yorkshire)
Severn Trent
Operator
Posted: 3 March
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Salary (£)

: £, - £, Water Operator

Hello, we’re Severn Trent Services a commercial arm of the Severn Trent Group. We provide water and waste services to companies nationwide, including the MoD and The Coal Authority.

Our purpose is taking care of life’s essentials, but we’re also big on making a difference, not just because we should but because we care.

We’re currently recruiting for a Field Technician join our team to support the Richmond area.

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

As our Field Technician you will be required to maintain, assess, diagnose, determine the most appropriate resolution, and support any interruptions / issues to either the water service or sewage treatment process, and/or provide general O&M, installation and maintenance skills across a range of our contracts.

The key duties of the role are:

1. Day to day inspection, repair and maintenance of water and wastewater assets to defined internal quality standards.
2. Deliver a high level of customer service whilst meeting health and safety, financial, KPI, statutory, quality and contractual compliance.
3. Work with scheduling team and line management to maximise productivity and efficiency.
4. Provide quality daily job feedback to identify follow on work to minimise the avoidable failures for water quality and environmental consents.
5. Provide support to both customers and colleagues with technical input when required.
6. Manage personal workloads to ensure maximum flexibility, productivity, and effective time management.
7. Undertake range of activities as required and as skills and ability allow. For ICO employees this may include, O&M activities, CFS testing, meter verification/ installation, lifecycle works and private pipe services and general site maintenance and cleaning duties, tank inspection and cleaning, pipework installation and modification, Water Compliance remedial works, etc.
8. Maintain site standards to food grade level, particularly on water assets.
9. Support local operational incidents.
10. Participate in an out-of-hours operational stand-by rota.
11. Carry out O&M works on a Water Treatment works capable of producing mega litres per day.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

The successful candidate will have experience of operating and maintaining water and wastewater assets and also experience in plumbing installation and maintenance. If you have a Background knowledge in water process treatment & chemistry, particularly in relation to river abstraction water treatment that would be desirable. A full UK driving license is required for this position.

Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity, and a caring attitude in equal weight.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do. Because that is how we do what we do.

And when it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity; who help us do just that.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent Services family:

12. Salary £, - £, (dependent on experience)
13. Annual bonus scheme of up to % of your annual salary, based on company performance)
14. days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to days per year)
15. Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to % when you contribute ;
16. Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
17. Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
18. Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
19. Family friendly policies
20. Two volunteering days per year

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