Groundwater Technician

Anglian Water Services; Attleborough; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company seeks a Groundwater Technician to ensure the operability of groundwater assets across the Norfolk region. The role involves undertaking maintenance work on boreholes and pumps, monitoring safety, and supporting various operations. Candidates should be collaborative, adaptable, and ideally have prior experience in engineering. This full-time position offers a competitive salary, private healthcare, and additional benefits.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Virtual GP service

Double-matched pension

Life assurance at 8 times salary

26 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Must have a team-oriented approach and can-do attitude.
• Open to using new technology and tools.
• Previous relevant experience in engineering or maintenance.
• Desirable: HGV and Forklift licence.

Responsibilities

• Carry out pump installations at various sites.
• Support borehole maintenance and inspections.
• Adhere to health and safety policies.
• Supervise contractors during operations.

Skills

Team collaboration

Adaptability to new tools

HGV and Forklift licence

Electrical installation experience

Welding experience

Telehandler operation

Job description

Salary: Circa £33,500 depending on experience, plus business use van

45 hours p/w

Permanent

Location: Old Buckenham, Attleborough. Must live within 45 minutes, due to standby.

Will be required to travel to other Anglian Water sites as and when requested. All travel time within working hours.

Private healthcare

Virtual GP service for you and your household

Double-matched pension

Life assurance at 8 times salary

Here at Anglian Water, we take great pride in delivering a first-class service to our customers across our region. Working within a highly regulated industry to deliver a critical resource provides Government-driven targets and challenges to ensure we can maintain homes and businesses with safe running water.

Essential to us meeting and exceeding these targets to deliver consistent customer satisfaction are our Groundwater Engineering Unit who are looking for a Groundwater Technician to join the team in the Norfolk region.

What will you be doing?

Working across our region, including Hartlepool, you’ll help ensure full operability of groundwater assets to maintain the upstream security of supply and contribute to the delivery of measured targets. You’ll be part of a team that manages our borehole and pump assets that successfully supply 50% of raw water to meet the demand of 4 million customers.

Reporting to the Groundwater Engineering Unit Manager, you’ll be working in our team to undertake a variety of maintenance work on our groundwater assets and provide support on a host of day-to-day operations including borehole pump replacements and maintenance and groundwater asset surveys and inspections.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carry out pump installations at critical and non-critical sites ensuring stocks are always maintained via electrical and wet well testing.
• Support the borehole maintenance programme, including the cleaning of borehole columns.
• Support the delivery of borehole inspections using CCTV camera.
• Participate in the delivery of the headworks inspection and other maintenance programmes.
• Adherence to hygiene standards and Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Driving improvements in health and safety performance across the team.
• Supervision of contractors on site during lifting operations.

What are we looking for?

• Takes pride and responsibility in work.
• A good team member with a can-do attitude.
• Open-minded and willing to use new tools and technology.
• Works collaboratively to deliver results on a day-to-day basis.
• HGV and Forklift licence (desirable).
• Experience in temporary electrical installation or mechanical engineering (desirable).
• Previous welding experience (desirable).
• Previous experience in telehandler operation and slinger signalling duties (desirable).

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private healthcare including physiotherapy.
• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household.
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service.
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%.
• Bonus scheme.
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Life Assurance at 8 times your salary.
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5 times your salary.
• Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell.
• An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave policies.

Training will be provided for any aspects not covered by previous work experience.

This role will require you to be part of a standby rota, so you’ll need to be motivated, have a strong team work ethic and have the capability to work flexibly as at times you will need to stay overnight due to the large geographical areas we cover.

Inclusion at Anglian Water: Inclusion is for everyone, and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.