Recycler Technician

Yorkshire Water; Lower Hopton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Water seeks a Recycler Technician for night shifts, primarily responsible for proactive sewer maintenance and operational tasks. The role demands a strong HGV qualification and entails ensuring safety while delivering effective service. This position offers a competitive salary, a flexible benefits package and the chance to impact community water services while advancing your career.

Benefits

20% shift allowance

Pension scheme with up to 10% company contribution

Annual bonus

Wellness day

Flexible benefits package

Gym membership discounts

Qualifications

• Full valid EU driving licence with no more than six points required.
• Experience operating vehicles with liquid loads.
• Ability to diagnose faults effectively.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive sewer inspection, cleaning, and defect resolution.
• Ensure health and safety practices complied with in confined spaces.
• Provide technical support to resolve customer issues effectively.

Skills

Health & Safety

Customer Service

Proactive Problem-Solving

Interpersonal Skills

IT Systems Competency

Education

HGV Category C licence

DCPC training

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Recycler vehicles

Job description

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Role: Recycler Technician-Working nights (Requires HGV licence).

Salary and Benefits : Salary starting from £30,552 to £38,190 per annum (based on a 40-hour contract) dependant on experience plus a 20% shift allowance for working a night work pattern) attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), annual bonus, life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave plus additional days in lieu of working bank holidays, plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the Recycler Technician progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: We currently have a vacancy for a Recycler Technician (Nights) to join our Customer Field Services department with our Waste Service Delivery Business Unit working out of lower Brighouse covering the whole of Yorkshire. Successful applicants need to be within a 30-minute commute from our Lower Brighouse wastewater treatment works.

Work type: This is a permanent opportunity working 40 per week, working a permanent night shift Monday to Thursday to or Tuesday to Friday to 07:00. You will be required to travel to different operational sites across the region; therefore, a full valid driving licence (no more than 6 points), a LGV licence Category C and ideally a driver DCPC is required.

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Customer Field Services are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Where you fit:

As a Recycler Technician, you will be required to work alongside the Recycler Assistant for support but will also be required to work closely with other Yorkshire Water teams and our contracted partners on site to resolve and manage operational issues on the sewer network in times of high demand. You will be predominantly working on our proactive desilt program, including sewer inspection, cleaning, and defect resolution. This is an ongoing activity, we are aiming to proactively inspect and, where required cleanse and resolve defects on 450k of sewer network using a data led approach to target high risk areas. You will be responsible for ensuring a first-time fix solution for customers and the environment whilst ensuring quality follow-on work is raised in accordance with our standards and specifications.

You will ensure Health and Safety working practices & procedures are always complied with. When making day to day business decisions you will be required to demonstrate financial awareness and provide technical support and first line response to customer contacts to ensure a fix first time resolution & ensuring that the most cost-effective resolution is promoted.

As part of this role, you will be required to work within confined spaces, any successful candidate must pass strict medical criteria including, BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing, and Spirometry tests to ensure your full safety when working in hazardous environments.

What skills, experience and training you will need:

• A full valid EU driving licence (with no more than six points) and a Heavy Goods Vehicle category C licence plus DCPC
• Experience of driving vehicles with a liquid load
• Recycler vehicle operation experience
• A strong Health & Safety background
• Ability to find faults and diagnose the root cause of an issue.
• Competent in the use of IT systems
• Previous experience in a customer service role with face-to-face communication with customers
• Knowledge and experience on working with Microsoft Excel
• The ability to be proactive and take ownership of issues, think through problems and work with others to solve them.
• Good interpersonal skills to liaise with operations, customers, and stakeholders.
• Ability to develop and maintains effective internal and external relationships.
• A basic understanding of the sewer network
• Understanding of sewerage system and network performance issues
• Ideally you will have previous experience gained within the wastewater.

If you’re an experienced Field-based professional, who holds an HGV licence and wants to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

Advert closing date: 24th June 2024

Assessment dates: To be announced shortly.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible