Drainage Engineer

Arcus Solutions; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading drainage solutions provider is seeking a Drainage Engineer to perform planned and reactive drainage tasks in the Maidstone area. The successful candidate will respond to emergencies, diagnose faults, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards. Essential is a full UK driving licence, with desirable qualifications in CSCS and high pressure water jetting. The role offers competitive pay, training opportunities, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Van for personal use

Group personal pension scheme

Life Assurance

Access to training academy

Health Cash Plan

Discounts with B&Q and Nuffield Fitness

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Desirable qualifications include CSCS card and high pressure water jetting.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive drainage tasks safely.
• Provide first line response to emergencies and out of hours service when on call.
• Diagnose and identify faults with equipment and systems.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

High pressure water jetting qualification

Understanding of commercial drainage systems

Understanding of CCTV

Ability to work unsupervised

Tools

CSCS card

Job description

We have a great opportunity for a Drainage Engineer to join our team you may live in the Gravesend/Chatham areas and able to travel into London/Kent and all surrounding areas if required.

The main purpose of the role will be to carry out planned and reactive drainage tasks safely and to a high standard.

You will be providing a first line response to all emergencies during normal working hours and providing an out of hours service when on call, to keep our customers' trading.

• Salary: £36,712 per annum
• Door to door pay
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Van (with option for personal use from day 1) and fuel card
• Smartphone, tools, uniform, PPE
• Up to 4% discretionary bonus scheme, subject to achievement of targets

Duties & responsibilities:

• Effectively diagnose and identify faults and failures with equipment and systems and provide effective solutions and escalated where necessary.
• Ensure compliance with all health and safety requirements and adhere to best working practices at all times, following processes laid down by the Health and Safety policy.
• Sponsor and complete drainage surveys and technical reports as necessary and to cascade all key data to relevant personnel throughout field operations.
• Be a Brand Ambassador for Arcus, you are what the client sees first; making a good impression, complying with the dress code and maintaining your vehicle in good condition.
• Actively support colleagues building a teamwork approach e.g. - supporting with training and upskilling of apprentices and communicating regularly and assisting when required.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Full UK driving licence (Essential)
• CSCS card (Desirable)
• High pressure water jetting qualification (Desirable)
• Confined space certification (Desirable)
• Understanding of commercial drainage systems ideally gained within a retail environment
• Understanding of CCTV and the ability to work unsupervised in a fast-paced environment dealing with store teams and members of the public

Additional information:

• 45-hour working week
• 1 in 4 week on call rota

When you join us you will receive:

• Group personal pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6%
• Life Assurance
• Access to state-of-the-art training academy
• Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme
• Refer a Friend reward scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Up to 10% off B&Q / Trade Point
• 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres

At Arcus we are passionate about individual development which is why we are proud to offer industry leading Learning & Development opportunities to our colleagues. At our National Training Academy in Stevenage we have our own in-house team of experienced technical trainers who focus on upskilling and cross‑skilling our rapidly expanding mobile engineering team. Colleagues can expect to receive significant investment in safety and technical training to ensure ongoing development of their skills and expertise and to ensure we retain our industry leading self‑delivery capability.

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