Network Inspector

Southern Water; Newport; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Water is seeking a Network Inspector to join their Water Networks team, offering a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. This role is crucial for maintaining water quality and operational efficiency, with opportunities for career progression and skill development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Business Van

Fuel Card

Company Bonus

Qualifications

• Valid UK Drivers Licence
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weather
• Desire to learn and positive attitude

Responsibilities

• Provide courteous service to customers, from domestic to industrial.
• Plan and execute shutdowns to minimize disruption.
• Act as first point of contact during emergencies.

Skills

Customer Service

Job description

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FAIRLEE, IOW

37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8:30 – 16:30

Starting Salary £26,880.00

Here at Southern Water, we are looking for enthusiastic and driven people to join our Water Networks team. Your experience in any industry is valuable to us, all we ask is you have a full UK driving licence a desire to learn and positive attitude for supporting our customers when they need us the most.

Closing Date

2025-06-30

Water Network Inspector

Permanent

FAIRLEE, IOW

37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8:30 – 16:30

Starting Salary £26,880.00

Here at Southern Water, we are looking for enthusiastic and driven people to join our Water Networks team. Your experience in any industry is valuable to us, all we ask is you have a full UK driving licence a desire to learn and positive attitude for supporting our customers when they need us the most.

You have the opportunity earn a great initial starting salary around £26,880. We have an excellent company benefits package which includes a Business Van, Fuel Card, Company bonus and plus much more, in a role with stability and progression combined. There will not be many roles you see where you can significantly impact the satisfaction of customers. You are frontline superheroes at Southern Water. So, if you have a great customer service ethic with enthusiastic approach to how the water industry operates, this could be the role for you.

You will be part of our customer facing operation, the business simply cannot operate without you. Every day is different, you will be working in all conditions carrying inspections and, in some instances, resolve a range of customer related incidents, to ensure that our customers receive a continuous supply of fresh water. If the issue cannot be fixed by yourself, you will make the decision of where it needs to be directed for resolution, including attendance by one of our service partners.

Joining us as a Water Network Inspector could prepare you well for future roles across the business. Water network inspectors have progressed into project management and operational manager roles – you will be one of our technical experts in the wholesale water network arena.

You may also gain indirect knowledge in mechanical and electrical specialisms, and this could prove to be a future field of study with the skills you will gain. Southern Water can support this ambition with upskilling apprenticeships and other training.

Some of the responsibilities that you will carry out will include but are not limited to:

• Providing a courteous and efficient service to all customers ranging from domestic users to large industrial companies.
• Plan, organise and execute shutdowns to the distribution system so that disruption to the customer is minimised and where possible the supply is maintained.
• Ensure that the procedures for the protection of water quality during main repairs are always adhered to.
• Responsible as first point of contact during emergencies; determine course of action to be taken escalating where necessary.
  
  

You Will Be

• Comfortable working outdoors, potentially in all weather conditions.
• Prepared to work a standby rota and additional bank holiday rota.
• Part of a team who delivers excellent performance by understanding how you affect the overall mission of Southern Water.
• Confident to work effectively and efficiently on your own.
• Keen to learn and operate complex processes with high quality controls.
  
  

Qualifications

• Valid UK Drivers Licence
• For this role you will need to live on the IOW so we can adhere to our call out SLA times
• Join our Water Network team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, responsible growth, and improvement.
  
  

If you like the sound of the role and would be interested to hear more, please apply now. We look forward to hearing from you.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Utilities

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