Drainage Engineer

Bennett and Game Recruitment LTD; Chichester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A drainage contractor is seeking an experienced Drainage Engineer based in the UK, particularly for the BN, PO, GU, or RH postcode areas. Responsibilities include assessing drainage issues on-site, using jetting and drain surveying equipment, and recommending maintenance services. The role offers a basic salary of £35,000, along with additional benefits such as a company van, door-to-door travel pay, and significant commission on works brought on.

Benefits

Company van provided

Door to door travel paid

29 days holiday

Commission paid on additional works

Qualifications

• Strong reactive drainage background and confident in completing drainage unblocks.
• Full UK driving licence with a maximum of 6 penalty points.
• Knowledgeable enough in drainage to recommend additional maintenance services.

Responsibilities

• Travel to sites across Sussex for reactive jobs.
• Assess customer's drainage issues and complete necessary works.
• Recommend additional drainage maintenance work.

Skills

Reactive drainage background

Jetting equipment usage

CCTV camera surveys

Tools

Jetting equipment

Drain surveying equipment

Job description

Overview

Drainage Engineer opportunity available with our client, a residential and commercial drainage contractor that specialises in both reactive drainage unblocks/repairs and planned drainage surveying and maintenance.

This opportunity will be ideal for an experienced Drainage Engineer based within the BN, PO, GU, or RH postcodes as this will be where the majority of the work will be carried out, and the basic salary on offer will be around £35k depending on experience.

Responsibilities

• Taking on reactive jobs from the operations centre and travelling to sites across Sussex.
• Assessing customer's drainage issues on site and completing necessary works to unblock drainage systems, using jetting equipment and drain surveying equipment.
• Recommending additional drainage maintenance work where necessary (commission paid for successful jobs brought on).

Qualifications

• Strong reactive drainage background and confident in completing internal and external drainage unblocks using jetting equipment.
• Ideally confident in completing drainage CCTV camera surveys.
• Based within the BN, PO, GU, or RH postcode areas.
• Currently hold a full UK driving licence with a maximum of 6 penalty points.
• Confident and knowledgeable enough in drainage to recommend and upsell additional maintenance services.

Salary & Benefits

• Basic salary £35,000, negotiable depending on experience.
• Company van provided.
• Door to door travel paid.
• Significant commission paid - 10% paid on works brought on.
• 29 days holiday (including bank holidays), rising by 1 day per year of tenure.
• Working hours: 7am - 5pm (50 hours guaranteed per week).
• Saturday work involved, paid at an extra rate.

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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