Strategic Asset Technician

South West Water; Westbourne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A water utility company in the UK is seeking a Strategic Asset Technician to maintain assets and ensure the delivery of high-quality drinking water. The role involves a mix of planned and reactive tasks, including maintaining network assets and supporting operational activities. Candidates should be proactive and safety-focused, with the ability to work through issues effectively. This full-time position is based in Bournemouth, and offers a permanent contract with key responsibilities in the water distribution network.

Qualifications

• Proactive and safety-focused approach required.
• Ability to plan and deliver maintenance tasks.
• Experience with inspection tools like CCTV and ROV.

Responsibilities

• Maintain assets ensuring high-quality drinking water delivery.
• Participate in standby and call-out rotas.
• Support supply interruption mitigation techniques.

Job description

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has become available for a proactive and safety-focused Strategic Asset Technician to join our team in Bournemouth on a full time, permanent basis. You’ll play a key role in maintaining our assets, supporting operational activities, and ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality drinking water and excellent customer service. This is a varied, hands-on role that involves planned and reactive work, problem-solving, and participation in standby and call-out rotas.

What You'll Be Doing:

Follow all Health, Safety & Security policies and standards at all times. Carry out maintenance tasks on a wide range of network assets, including service reservoirs, pressure reducing valves, network fittings and pumping stations. Plan and deliver routine and reactive reservoir cleaning.

Use inspection tools such as CCTV and ROV equipment. Work in line with all QMS procedures and maintain up-to-date knowledge of them. Ensure environmental protection requirements are met during maintenance activities.

Support supply interruption mitigation techniques, both in planned and reactive situations, including out-of-hours deployment. Contribute to wider water distribution operations such as trunk main walking, mains flushing, and non-highway excavations for leaks or asset access. Undertake valve and fitting servicing and replacements.

Prevent contamination during all tasks and know h...