Network Service Technician

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Dartford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading water utility company as a Network Service Technician, where you'll resolve customer network issues and ensure reliable water supply. This role offers comprehensive training, a competitive salary, and various benefits, including a company van and fuel card.

Benefits

Company Van

Fuel Card

Annual Leave

Health Benefits

Flexible Working Arrangements

Qualifications

• No experience needed, just a desire to learn and excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Resolve customer network challenges to ensure minimal disruption.
• Collaborate with contractors for planned and unplanned work.
• Control burst mains and facilitate emergency repairs.

Skills

Customer Service

Time Management

Problem Solving

Initiative

Job description

Job title Network Service Technician Ref 39607 Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Darenth - Kent - DA2 7SR Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 38 hours per week plus the inclusion onto a on standby rota for which you will receive additional payment Salary Offering a starting salary from £28,000 per annum depending on your skills and experience, with potential to grow. Job grade A Closing date 27/05/2025

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team at Thames Water as a Network Service Technician. This is an exciting and varied customer-facing role where day to day you will be resolving customer network challenges to ensure minimal disruption to customer supply.

You will be meeting and helping different people every day, working on a variety of projects ensuring that the best service is given to our customers.

This role also comes with a van and a fuel card, therefore, a valid UK licence is essential.

You will receive a comprehensive training plan, so no experience is needed, just the desire to learn and excellent customer service skills.

What you will be doing as a Network Service Technician

• Taking personal ownership of customer queries and responding to and resolving issues at their homes or places of work.
• Collaborating with contractors to do planned and unplanned work and investigating clean water networks to resolve poor performance, including high or low pressure, leakage, metering queries and loss of supply out in the field.
• You will also help control burst mains, ensuring isolation to facilitate planned work, emergency repairs and maintenance.
• Looking after valve operations, water sampling and valve checks and planning.
• Work well within a team, covering core and standby hours through all hours of the day. (on standby rota)
• As the role involves driving daily, the ideal candidate will hold a full UK driving licence and be happy to drive between jobs.

Base location -the whole of South East London, with your base being at Darenth, DA2 7SR.
Working pattern -38 hours per week.
Requirements for the role– Full driving licence.

What you should bring to the role:

• Have a can-do and positive attitude.
• Be initiative-taking.
• Be assured of completing tasks to the best of your ability.
• Have excellent time management.
• Have a solution-focused attitude.
• Having a basic knowledge of domestic plumbing or water mains and leakage would be advantageous but not essential, as full training is provided.
• Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, so previous customer service experience within a constantly changing environment is essential.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £28,000 per annum, depending on your skills and experience , with potential to increase following successful completion of training and probation .
• You will receive a comprehensive training plan, so no experience is needed, just the desire to learn and excellent customer service skills.
• Company Van, fuel card (for company use only), PPE and tools are provided.
• Annual Leave 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of your and your family’s health and well-being, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

The real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family.Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout therecruitment process . We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here tohelp and support you.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.