Trainee Field Technician

Finlay Jude Associates Limited; Strabane; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water services company in Northern Ireland is looking for a Water Sampling Technician. The role involves collecting and testing water samples, ensuring quality assurance, and delivering samples to various locations. Candidates should have a good awareness of health and safety, basic IT skills, and a valid UK driving licence. Competitive salary and benefits, including generous holiday allowance and professional development opportunities, are offered.

Benefits

18 days holiday + 10 bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Group Disability Scheme

Share Incentive Scheme

Life Assurance

Health Screening

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Commitment to working safely with good health and safety awareness.
• Desire to develop within a team-oriented environment.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Excellent time-keeping due to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Collect chemical and bacteriological water samples.
• Conduct on-site chlorine testing of water samples.
• Return water samples to labs within agreed times.
• Deliver samples between locations as required.

Skills

Good health and safety awareness

Basic written skills

Numerical skills

IT skills

Flexibility

Customer focus

Time-keeping

Previous sampling experience

Job description

What you’ll be doing

You will use your developing expertise (working on your own or as part of a team) to resolve basic operational issues that will include:

• Collection of chemical and bacteriological water samples from service reservoirs, water treatment works and consumer taps.
• Collection of water samples from wastewater treatment sites if required.
• On-site chlorine testing of water samples.
• Temperature measurement of waste samples and all samples in transport.
• Return of water samples to the NI Water labs within agreed timescales daily.
• Delivery of samples between NI Water locations as and when required.
• Completion paperwork for quality assurance requirements.

Continuously improve your development and knowledge while delivering great customer service for our clients.

Who we’re looking for

• Commitment to working safely with good health and safety awareness.
• The desire to develop within a team-orientated environment.
• Basic written, numerical and IT skills.
• Be flexible and customer focused.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Excellent time-keeping due to the deadlines required.
• Preferably but not essential previous sampling experience.
• Please note mandatory drugs and alcohol tests are undertaken for this role.

What’s in it for you

No day is the same and our people are integrally involved in defining our culture, behaviours and success. Working together, we challenge each other and seize opportunities to learn and grow, both professionally and personally and you can too.

We will provide you with a flexible, friendly and creative environment to develop your skills and challenge yourself. We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and industry knowledge will help expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.

Our employees are rewarded with competitive salaries, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including

• 18 days holiday + 10 bank holidays.
• Option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year.
• Company pension scheme.
• Group Disability Scheme.
• Share Incentive Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Health Screening.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Professional Memberships and our brand new BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers and rewards.

Training and development

• Induction Course.
• National Water Hygiene training.
• Role specific training and continual On‑the‑job training and development.

Apply

If you are looking for a fantastic Water Sampling Technician opportunity, then click on the ‘apply now’ button. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive and 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.

We do not 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.