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 Durham/ North Yorkshire region.
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 responsible for carrying out a full range of leak detection activities such as sounding, correlating, noise logging, step testing and resolving leakage in your allocated area.
Some of your key accountabilities will be:
- To improve the understanding of true leakage performance.
- To deploy noise, pressure and flow loggers and take part in incident resolution as required.
- To provide the whole range of skills and abilities necessary to meet our leakage target requirements.
- Dependant on skill set, undertaking day to day inspection, repair and maintenance of water and wastewater assets to defined internal quality standards.
- Deliver a high level of customer service whilst meeting health and safety, financial, KPI, statutory, quality and contractual compliance.
- Work with scheduling team and line management to maximise productivity and efficiency.
- Provide quality daily job feedback to identify follow on work to minimise the avoidable failures for water quality and environmental consents.
- Provide support to both customers and colleagues with technical input when required.
- Manage personal workloads to ensure maximum flexibility, productivity and effective time management.
- Undertake range of activities as required. Including, O&M activities, valve Isolations, Metering, Problem Solving, Traditional Sounding of Fittings, Leak Noise Correlators, Pipe Tracing Cat/Jenny, Step Testing and Drawing up follow up leak and metering plans.
- In addition to the above core duties, and as skills and ability allow, you may be required to participate in; meter verification/ installation, lifecycle works and general site maintenance duties, installation and modification, Water Compliance remedial works, etc.
This role dictates that you start from home and work across your allocated region so a full UK driving licence is essential.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE
In order to be successful in this role, you must possess operational leakage experience, including expertise in leak detection. Proficiency in using noise, pressure, and flow loggers is essential for accurately identifying and assessing issues within the water distribution system
Additionally, a strong working knowledge of resolving supply pipe leaks, as well as experience in distribution and leakage repair, is crucial to ensure efficient and effective maintenance and service delivery.
A full UK driving licence is required for this role.
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:
- Salary range between £26,000 - £30,000
- Company van (Business use only) and fuel card
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 15% of your annual salary, based on company performance)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
- Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
- Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
- Family friendly policies
- Two volunteering days per year
WHATS NEXT?
We can’t wait to hear from you.
Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.
And if your curiosity has peaked and you're wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.
Ps. we’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.
