Drainage Trainee

Ipsum; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 20 days

Bank holidays

Pension plan

Professional qualifications

Mental health support

Cycle to Work

Discount club

Life assurance

Long service recognition

Enhanced maternity pay

Volunteer time

Job summary

Ipsum is recruiting for a Drainage Trainee based in Leicester. You will join a fast-paced, safety-focused environment, learning skills on-site in two-person crews on low-complexity schemes. A full driving licence is required, and the role is full-time permanent from our Leicester Office.

Benefits include generous leave, pension, career development and access to mental health support, with 24/7 GP services and flexible holidays available. Training and progression opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering tasks to a high standard in any industry.
• Customer-focused with good verbal and numerical reasoning.
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety.
• IT literate and proficient in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Technicians & Engineers to complete on-site tasks.
• Contribute to high-quality reports and feedback.
• Ensure Health & Safety, Quality and Environment compliance.
• Adhere to all company policies on site.
• Report all on-site incidents promptly.
• Respond quickly to resolve problems before escalation.
• Maintain good relationships and communicate to prevent issues.
• Flexibility for early starts, weekends and out-of-hours across the UK.

Skills

Customer focus

Verbal reasoning

Numerical reasoning

Health and Safety knowledge

IT literacy

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Employment type: Full Time

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, with overtime opportunities available

What’s In It For You…

We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.

Location: Leicester

Benefits

• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
• 24/7 access to a virtual GP and Mental health support & counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more !
• Life assurance cover
• Long service recognition
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Paid volunteering opportunities in your community

About The Role

Joining Ipsum as a Drainage Trainee you will need a full driving license and a keenness to learn new skills in a fast paced and reactive environment. A mentality of working safely is pivotal, as is the ability to quickly pick up new skills.

Working alongside our crews in environments where training will be given as well as working as part of a 2 person team in delivering work on low complexity schemes and work types.

This is a full-time permanent role based from our Leicester Office.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with associated Technicians & Engineers, ensuring all aspects of work are completed on site.
• Contribute towards producing high quality results, reports and feedback.
• Ensure compliance with respect to Health and Safety, Quality and Environment
• Ensure Company policies are always adhered to.
• Ensure all site related incidents are reported.
• Contribute and react swiftly to resolve problems before they elevate.
• 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.

Requirements & Experience

• Experience in any industry in delivering tasks to a high standard.
• Customer focused with a good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning.
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety.
• IT literate and proficient in Microsoft Office package.
• Full Clean Driving Licence.

Equal Opportunities

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