Blockage Engineer (Fermanagh)

Vortex Companies, LLC; Newry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Vortex Companies, LLC Newry, Northern Ireland is seeking a Blockage Engineer to join the drainage team. You will deploy and operate our specialist drainage fleet, clear blockages, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance while minimising disruption to communities.

In this field-based role, you will perform CCTV surveys, identify defects, and work in confined spaces with gas monitors and rescue equipment.

Qualifications

• Field-based drainage experience required.
• Confined space entry and construction safety knowledge.
• Strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills; customer service experience.
• Must hold a current valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Operate drainage fleet and equipment (high-pressure jetting rigs, vacuum machinery).
• Perform pre-start checks and maintenance to ensure readiness.
• Clear blockages and perform routine sewer maintenance tasks.

Skills

Drainage experience

Confined space entry

Sewer cleaning

Safety compliance

Customer service

Driver's license

Tools

CCTV cameras

Push-rod system

Gas monitors

Safety kit

Job description

Blockage Engineer (Fermanagh)

Vortex Companies, LLC Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

About this position

Want to be part of one of the country’s fastest growing infrastructure businesses? Mc Allister A Vortex Company delivers cutting edge trenchless technologies and turnkey services to make the worlds water cleaner and we’re growing every day!

Mc Allister A Vortex Company is seeking a Drainage Operative to join the growing team. You will play a critical role in safeguarding environmental safety and public health by maintaining the integrity of our subterranean sewer network. You will help to ensure the network remains reliable, compliant and fit for purpose while minimising disruption to the communities we serve.

Key Responsibilities

Equipment Operation & Maintenance

• Take full accountability for the safe deployment, operational efficiency, and daily maintenance of specialised drainage fleet and equipment (including high-pressure water jetting rigs, mechanical rods, and vacuum machinery).


• Perform routine pre-start asset checks and cleaning protocols to minimise machinery downtime and ensure full operational readiness.

Frontline Sewer Maintenance & Clearing

• Execute reactive and planned maintenance tasks across the sewer network, systematically clearing blockages, structural scaling, and heavy debris.


• Manage environmental safety by conducting thorough site containment, wash-downs, and bio-hazard clean-ups following sewer flooding or overflows.

CCTV Asset Surveying & Defect Identification

• Operate advanced CCTV pipeline inspection cameras and push-rod systems to perform precise condition surveys of subterranean sewer networks.


• Analyse live video feeds to identify, log, and classify structural anomalies or system defects.


• Conduct safe, compliant entries into certified Confined Spaces (manholes, chambers, and deep pumping stations) to perform physical inspections and manual clearances.


• Enforce strict health and safety frameworks, operating specialised safety kit including gas monitors, escape breathing apparatus, tripods, and rescue winches.


• Demonstrate high levels of autonomy and strict adherence to personal safety protocols when undertaking lone-working tasks in the field.


• Participate in a variable shift pattern and a mandatory out-of-hours emergency standby rota. This requires a highly flexible approach to working hours, as evening, weekend, and bank holiday callouts will be required to resolve critical network emergencies.

Essential Criteria / MinimumExperience andTraining

• Previous experience in a field-based drainage role


• Knowledge in confined space entry, cleaning sewer lines, and construction safety


• Must have strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills and a proven track record in customer service


• Possess a current valid driver’s license

Vortex Companies, LLC and all of its subsidiaries, considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, or sexual orientation. All applicants will be considered solely on the basis of their qualifications.

We are a fair chance employer.