Field Technician

Severn Trent Plc; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Field Technician to join their team in North Yorkshire. In this role, you'll be responsible for maintaining and supporting water and wastewater assets, ensuring compliance with quality standards and delivering exceptional customer service. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in your community while enjoying a range of benefits, including a competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, and opportunities for personal development. If you're passionate about making a difference and have the right skills, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

12.5% shift allowance

Annual bonus scheme up to 15%

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Leading pension scheme

Sharesave scheme

Dedicated training and development

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Two volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Experience in operating and maintaining water and wastewater assets.
• Background knowledge in water process treatment & chemistry is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, repair, and maintain water and wastewater assets.
• Deliver high customer service while ensuring compliance with standards.
• Support local operational incidents and manage personal workloads.

Skills

Water and wastewater asset maintenance

Plumbing installation

Customer service

Time management

Technical support

Education

Mechanical qualification

Job description

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Hello, we’re Severn Trent Services a commercial arm of the Severn Trent Group. We provide water and waste services to companies nationwide, including the MoD and The Coal Authority.

Our purpose is taking care of life’s essentials, but we’re also big on making a difference, not just because we should but because we care.

We’re currently recruiting for a Field Technician join our team who will be based out of Lownethwaite and supporting the North Yorkshire region.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live.

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

As our Field Technician you will be required to maintain, assess, diagnose, determine the most appropriate resolution, and support any interruptions / issues to either the water service or sewage treatment process, and/or provide general O&M, installation and maintenance skills across a range of our contracts.

The Key Duties Of The Role Are

• Day to day inspection, repair and maintenance of water and wastewater assets to defined internal quality standards.
• Deliver a high level of customer service whilst meeting health and safety, financial, KPI, statutory, quality and contractual compliance.
• Work with scheduling team and line management to maximise productivity and efficiency.
• Provide quality daily job feedback to identify follow on work to minimise the avoidable failures for water quality and environmental consents.
• Provide support to both customers and colleagues with technical input when required.
• Manage personal workloads to ensure maximum flexibility, productivity, and effective time management.
• Undertake range of activities as required and as skills and ability allow. For ICO employees this may include, O&M activities, CFS testing, meter verification/ installation, lifecycle works and private pipe services and general site maintenance and cleaning duties, tank inspection and cleaning, pipework installation and modification, Water Compliance remedial works, etc.
• Maintain site standards to food grade level, particularly on water assets.
• Support local operational incidents.
• Participate in an out-of-hours operational stand-by rota.
• Carry out O&M works on a Water Treatment works capable of producing 5 mega litres per day.
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Role

The successful candidate will have experience of operating and maintaining water and wastewater assets and also experience in plumbing installation and maintenance. If you have a Background knowledge in water process treatment & chemistry, particularly in relation to river abstraction water treatment that would be desirable. A full UK driving license is required for this position.

A mechanical qualification would also be preferred but not essential.

The right skills and experience are important, but if you have the right character, positivity, and a caring attitude we want to talk to you too.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involved. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?

What’s In It For You

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent Services family:

• Salary range between £25,000 - £30,000 dependant on qualifications and experience. There is also a 12.5% shift allowance
• Annual bonus scheme of up to 15% of your annual salary, based on company performance)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year
  
  

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. If you’re not too sure about what you need to do, or have a question about the role before applying, please get in touch with our amazing team of recruiters at [e-mail].

And if your curiosity has peaked and you're wanting to find out even more, search on social media.

Ps. we’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.

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