Drainage Apprentice

Ipsum Utilities Limited; Enderby; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 16,000; Full time

Job summary

Ipsum Utilities Limited is seeking a Drainage Apprentice to learn practical drainage and maintenance skills on real sites. You will support experienced crews across a variety of environments while following a safety-first approach.

As part of a team you will assist in delivering low-complexity drainage tasks to a high standard, gaining hands-on experience with CCTV units, jetting equipment, and site reporting. This role offers exposure to multiple onsite operations.

Qualifications

• Role requires a full clean manual driving licence.
• Basic knowledge of Health and Safety principles (training provided).

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering low-complexity drainage schemes and operational tasks.
• Support experienced crews across various working environments.
• Contribute to on-site reports and feedback to engineers and supervisors.
• Work flexibly, including early starts, weekends and out-of-hours across the UK.

Skills

Full clean manual driving licence

Health and Safety principles

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

As a Drainage Apprentice at Ipsum, you will support experienced crews across a variety of working environments while developing practical drainage and maintenance skills through on-the-job training. A safety-first approach is essential at all times.

Working as part of a team, you will assist in delivering low-complexity drainage schemes and operational tasks to a high standard.

You will be trained to work safely, efficiently, and effectively, ensuring all work is completed within required timescales while contributing positively to the wider team.

As a Drainage Apprentice you will…

Operating the following equipment day to day based on specific role:

• CCTV Unit
• HGV Jetting Unit
• Jet Van
• Survey/Asset Van
• Patching/Lining Unit

Ensure compliance with all aspects of Health and Safety, Quality and Environment

Ensure Company policies are always adhered to.

Ensure all site related incidents are reported to your Supervisor.

Contribute and react swiftly to resolve problems before they escal.

Work closely with associated Engineers, ensuring all aspects of work are completed on site.

Contribute towards producing high quality results, reports and feedback.

Always establish good relationships and communication and resolve issues and early resolution of any potential problems.

You need to be flexible too: we operate 24/7 so there will be early starts, weekend working and an out-of-hours working across the UK.

Required Qualifications & Professional Membership(s):

• This role requires a full clean manual driving licence

Knowledge & Experience:

• Basic knowledge of Health and Safety principles (training provided)
• Comfortable using or learning basic IT tools and Microsoft Office

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