Sewer Asset Surveying Technician

YTL UK; Taunton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 20%

Career progression

25 days' holiday

Sell up to five days of holiday

Buy up to ten days of holiday

Healthcare package

Life assurance

Electric car salary sacrifice

Retail discounts

Volunteer day

Enhanced family leave

Wellbeing platform

Mental health support

Referral bonus

Job summary

YTL UK is seeking an organised, proactive Programme and Project Coordinator to support sewer asset surveys across the Wessex Water region. You will plan, coordinate and monitor survey activities with technicians, contractors and stakeholders, ensuring safe, on-time delivery.

The role demands strong communication, meticulous record-keeping, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities in a busy field environment, with driving duties and compliance at the core.

Qualifications

• Proven organisational and planning abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and deliver sewer asset surveys.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external contractors.
• Prepare permits and notices for works.
• Maintain accurate records across relevant systems.
• Manage traffic management and site access arrangements.
• Attend pre-start meetings with teams and third parties.

Skills

Organisational skills

Planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

IT skills

Job description

You'll work across the Wessex Water region, covering Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, Wiltshire, and parts of Gloucestershire and Hampshire, playing a key role in the successful planning and delivery of sewer asset surveys.

What you'll do

Reporting to the Programme and Project Manager, you'll work closely with Technicians, Supervisors, operational crews and Task Controllers to ensure sewer asset survey works are effectively planned, coordinated and delivered.

A key aspect of the role is ensuring that both internal teams and contractors have everything in place to complete survey activities safely, efficiently and successfully. This requires proactive planning, strong organisation and excellent communication with a wide range of stakeholders.

You'll regularly liaise with customers, landowners, local authorities, Network Rail and National Highways, securing permissions and coordinating requirements to enable survey work to proceed smoothly.

Success in this role relies on your ability to plan ahead, manage multiple priorities and coordinate complex activities. Your preparation and attention to detail will ensure our operational teams can arrive on site with all necessary arrangements in place to carry out sewer asset surveys effectively.

You will be responsible for balancing and coordinating work from a variety of sources, including customer-driven requests, engineering support activities and network management programmes.

Working independently, you'll help ensure customer expectations, performance targets and key business objectives are consistently achieved.

Key responsibilities include:

• maintaining accurate and up-to-date records across relevant systems and databases
• preparing street works notices and securing third-party, private land and environmental permits
• conducting site visits to support the planning and delivery of survey work
• coordinating and scheduling works with internal teams and external contractors
• organising enabling works with other departments and stakeholders
• planning and implementing traffic management requirements
• facilitating works in or near high-risk environments such as railways, waterways and motorways
• monitoring and forecasting expenditure against project budgets in collaboration with Project Managers, Construction Managers and Supervisors
• attending and facilitating pre-start meetings with operational teams, contractors and third parties.

What you'll need

To be successful in this role, you'll be an organised, adaptable and confident communicator who can build positive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

You'll be comfortable managing multiple priorities and working collaboratively across teams while maintaining a strong focus on customer service and operational performance.

While candidates with varying levels of experience will be considered, it would be advantageous to have knowledge or experience in:

• CCTV sewer surveying and sewer cleaning operations
• Streetworks legislation (NRSWA)
• wastewater networks and associated infrastructure.

You will also have:

• excellent organisational and planning skills
• strong attention to detail
• the ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team
• good IT skills and confidence using multiple systems and software applications
• strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

As this can be a time-critical role, you'll need to remain calm and effective when managing competing priorities and changing operational requirements.

Due to the regional and field‑based nature of the position, a full, clean UK driving licence is essential.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access toan interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trainedmental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 450-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Arena – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail,environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.