Lead Water Technician

TN United Kingdom; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Water Technician to join their dedicated Southwest Water team in Exeter. This role involves ensuring the delivery of high-quality drinking water and wastewater services while maintaining the highest health and safety standards. As part of a supportive team, you'll undertake both planned and reactive work, ensuring productivity and timely completion of tasks. With comprehensive training provided, this is an exciting opportunity for those looking to grow in the utilities sector. Join a company that values diversity and offers a variety of tailored benefits to suit your needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in utilities and willingness to learn.
• Ability to work in a team and maintain safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on water services.
• Update documentation for each job using a tablet.
• Be part of a rapid response team for clean water restoration.

Skills

Utilities experience

Full UK Driver's Licence

Health and safety standards

Job description

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We're looking for a Lead Water Technician to join our Southwest Water team based in Exeter.

Location: Exeter - Depot Based

Contract: Permanent - Full Time

What will you be responsible for?

As a Lead Water Technician, you'll be working within the Southwest Water team, supporting them in repairs and maintenance services to provide reliable, efficient, and high-quality drinking water and wastewater services. Importantly, as part of our close-knit team, you will also play a crucial role in ensuring the highest standards of health and safety, creating a secure and protected work environment, which is always the highest priority at Kier.

What does the day-to-day in the role look like?

Your day-to-day will include:

1. Undertake planned or reactive work as directed from water services to large diameter mains.
2. Ensure levels of productivity working within timescales and to targets.
3. Ensure that all relevant documentation is updated on each job using a tablet.
4. Be a part of a rapid response team that works around the clock to deliver and restore clean water.

What are we looking for?

This role is great for you if:

• You have previous Utilities experience.
• You hold a valid Full UK Driver's Licence.
• You are willing to upskill - comprehensive training will be provided.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to offer our team a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information about benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives, and our people have made a significant impact on how we work by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to receiving your application. #joinkier