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Finlay Jude Associates Limited; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Weekdays

Company vehicle

Fuel card

Industry training

Job summary

Finlay Jude Associates Limited is recruiting Trainee Field Technicians to support leak detection activities in the local area. You will deploy and retrieve loggers on client assets such as hydrants and valves, typically 80–100 deployments per day, with data collected in the early morning hours (2:00–4:00 am).

Full training is provided, no prior experience required, including EUSR Water Hygiene Training. A UK manual driving licence is required as a vehicle and fuel card will be provided for work

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• A full UK manual driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and retrieve loggers (small metal listening devices) within a DMA for water companies.
• Typically deploy 80–100 loggers per day on client assets such as hydrants and valves.
• Loggers are retrieved 24 hours later and data downloaded for analysis.
• Role involves a manual physically active workload including lifting, bending and stretching.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer service skills

Job description

Would you like to join a company that offers full training and support to kick start a career in the Water Industry?

We are recruiting for a number of Trainee Field Technicians who will be covering your local area. You will be required to assist in leak detection activities, pinpointing water leaks on the network. Full training is provided, no experience is required.

This role is working days - 40 hours per week

Benefits include:

• Flexible working hours
• Monday – Friday working
• Company vehicle and fuel card
• Full training – Industry qualifications

Full training will be given on the following:

• EUSR Water Hygiene Training

The Job:

• The role requires you to deploy and retrieve loggers (small metal listening devices) within a DMA (district metered area) for water companies.
• The day to day duties include deploying loggers on the client’s furniture, most likely on fire hydrants and valves and normally 80-100 loggers deployed per day.
• The loggers will need to be retrieved 24 hours later and downloaded to see what results have been captured and the process repeated (the loggers capture constant leakage noise between optical times of 2.00 - 4.00 am and the noise is given in Decibels)
• This is a manual job which may involve lifting, stretching and bending and experience of driving long hours is beneficial.

This would suit a Driver, Van Driver, Multidrop Driver, Meter Reader, Noise Logging Technician, Field Technician, Labourer, Warehouse Operative or somebody with a manual working/outdoor background who is looking for a change in career.

The successful applicant must possess:

• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• A full UK manual driving licence as a vehicle and fuel card will be provided for work purposes

Please note that this role is subject to compulsory drug and alcohol testing and DBS checks.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

Please take a look at our website for further opportunities.