Field Crew Operative
We are seeking to recruit Field Crew Operatives, based from our office in Leeds (working throughout the UK). As a Field Crew Operative, you will work with teams on various wastewater and water projects around the UK & Ireland. The Field Crew Operative will be part of a small team installing and maintaining flow monitors, water quality instrumentation and auto-samplers into sewer pipes and rivers around the UK.
The work you do will contribute to improving our environment; you will be helping water companies to manage their sewer networks, and this will help to prevent flooding, reduce pollution and improve the health of rivers and bathing waters.
Typical Day of a Field Crew Operative
Your typical day will involve visiting various sites where you will support your Field Crew Leader in setting up safely and then carry out the installation, calibration or removal of our equipment which is usually located inside a confined space or a river environment. This will include lifting and carrying equipment from the vehicle to the specified site.
We provide comprehensive training to ensure you succeed in this role - no prior experience necessary. Our training programme covers equipment operation, safety protocols, confined space procedures, and technical skills development.
The tasks you will undertake will include (but are not limited to):
* Field Operations - Install and retrieve monitoring equipment at client sites
* Data Collection - Conduct calibrations, collect water samples, and ensure accurate field measurements
* Quality Assurance - Perform in-situ equipment calibration and maintain project documentation
* Safety Compliance - Follow all company procedures and safety protocols
* Asset Management - Survey client infrastructure and maintain company equipment
* Professional Development - Participate in training programs and special projects
To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:
To succeed as a Field Crew Operative with SOCOTEC, you should demonstrate:
* Flexibility towards hours and working away from home (accommodation and meals are paid for by the company). A flexible approach to working at night and some infrequent weekend work, is crucial
* Ability to work well within a team and with a variety of different people, as our teams swap and change
* Strong work ethic, positive and can-do attitude and ability to use your own initiative when faced with problems
* Comfortable working around raw sewage and in confined spaces
* Clean and valid driving licence
* Right to work in the UK
Travel and Flexibility
Travel across the UK is very common. Candidates must be open to working away from home during the week and accommodate night or evening shifts as needed.
About SOCOTEC Flow & Water Quality Monitoring
We provide market leading environmental data collection and monitoring services. Established over 30 years ago Flow & Water Quality Monitoring give their clients peace of mind in supporting them to reduce environmental risks and improving the quality of their natural environment. Our customers include large blue-chip consultancies and water companies.
We are an ambitious team who are focused on growth, putting our customers at the heart of what we do, and we live our values of happy people, happy customers, working safely and being successful. Our culture is can-do, fun and where everyone has a part to play and a voice.
What’s in it for you?
As well as a starting salary of £26,208 per year, which can increase as you develop and grow in the role, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension.
SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.
Why SOCOTEC?
Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We have several business streams that provides an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification and advisory services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent.
At SOCOTEC, we believe that a driven, inspired and challenged team is the key to success. We promote inclusivity, encourage individuality and have a zero-tolerance policy to discrimination, with the aim that every single member of our team will thrive both in and out of the workplace.
We invest in our people. We push you to grow and we want you to progress. We believe in continued development and the pursuit of ambition. Our open and friendly office space promotes a culture of teamwork and provides the opportunity to ask, listen and learn from those around you. With a young, dynamic and exciting workplace, we are constantly striving, as a team, to develop and succeed.
Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.
Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.