Drainage Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading UK recruitment agency is seeking a skilled Drainage Engineer to work across Oxfordshire. The role includes assessing drainage systems, performing unblocking tasks, and upselling additional services. Offering a salary around £35k and excellent benefits, including a company van and door-to-door travel payments. Ideal candidates will have strong reactive drainage experience and a full UK driving licence.

Benefits

Company van provided

Door to door travel paid

Significant commission on jobs

29 days holiday, increasing with tenure

Qualifications

• Strong reactive drainage background and ability to complete internal and external drainage unblocks.
• Ideally confident in completing drainage CCTV camera surveys.
• Current full UK driving licence with a maximum of 6 penalty points.

Responsibilities

• Take on reactive jobs from the operations center across Oxfordshire.
• Assess drainage issues and complete necessary works.
• Recommend and upsell additional maintenance services where necessary.

Skills

Reactive drainage experience

CCTV camera surveys

Sales and upselling maintenance services

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 role is ideal for an experienced Drainage Engineer based within the OX, SN, or RG postcode areas as the majority of work will be carried out in these regions. The basic salary on offer is around £35k depending on experience.

Job Responsibilities

• Take on reactive jobs from the operations centre and travel to sites across Oxfordshire and the surrounding areas.
• Assess customers' drainage issues on site and complete necessary works to unblock drainage systems using jetting equipment and drain surveying equipment.
• Recommend additional drainage maintenance work where necessary (commission paid for successful jobs brought on).

Job Requirements

• Strong reactive drainage background and ability to complete internal and external drainage unblocks using jetting equipment.
• Ideally confident in completing drainage CCTV camera surveys.
• Based within the OX, SN, or RG 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.

About the Recruitment Agency

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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