Trainee Utilities Fitter

SES Water; Redhill; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

SES Water seeks a Trainee Utilities Fitter to join its team in Redhill. This exciting opportunity involves maintaining and repairing the water mains network, emphasizing health, safety, and excellent customer service. The role offers high-quality training and various financial and personal wellbeing benefits, paving the way for a meaningful career in utilities.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution up to 10%

Life assurance

Company bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Health care cashback scheme

One day paid volunteering

Qualifications

• Physically fit and able to handle manual work.
• Responsive to instructions and polite to customers.

Responsibilities

• Excavating and repairing pipes within the water mains network.
• Loading and unloading materials, backfilling and reinstatement.
• Maintaining health and safety standards and site compliance.

Skills

Physical fitness

Willingness to learn

Customer service

Job description

One of the most important objectives for us all at SES Water is the reduction of leaks and maintenance of our networks. We’re currently in a good position with a full reservoir and water stores, but we can’t afford to rely on continuous heavy rainfall for our supply. We need to ensure we don’t waste a drop.

All of us at SES Water, regardless of whether we are office or field based, share a service mindset. In practice, this means we provide our customers (who are very often our colleagues too) with great support and customer care.

As a part of this incredible support network, the Trainee Utilities Fitter reports into the Section Manager of our Supply department and will join the team repairing, maintaining and replacing the pipes, portable mains and all everything in between. Sounds easy? It’s hard manual work. Our network infrastructure comes in all shapes and sizes and often needs attention outside of office hours in driving wind, pouring rain, sleet or snow.

Don’t worry, we provide protective (and warm) clothing and you’ll be well recompensed for standby and rota’d weekends.

As part of your role and training you’ll be:

·Helping to maintain our high standards for customers, Health and Safety requirements, and environmental considerations.

·Showing respect and consideration to those affected by works

·Excavating, and repairing all sizes of pipe and ancillary apparatus within the water mains network

·Loading and unloading materials, backfilling and reinstatement excavations.

·Helping with daily vehicle and plant maintenance checks

·Keeping the Redhill yard compliant with site-based risk assessments

·Recording all details of work carried out on site.

This is a trainee role - we don’t have a long list of requirements, but we do need you to be:

·physically fit

·willing to learn

·responsive to instructions

·polite and responsive to customers

If you have a full driving licence and/or any experience in construction that would be great, but not essential.

What We Offer:

We have a welcoming team and offer high quality training (including a Repair & Maintenance bootcamp) setting our colleagues up for success in developing a career path where you can learn new skills.

We offer a range of benefits for your personal and financial wellbeing.

For your financial wellbeing:

·Salary of £29848 per annum

·Substantial overtime and standby pay

·Employer contribution up to 10% on our Group Personal Pension Plan

·Life assurance

·Company bonus scheme

·Salary Finance: Financial education, loans and savings

·On site garage with service discount

For your personal wellbeing:

·25 days annual leave increasing to 27 days with length of service

·Health care Cash back scheme and Surgical Choices

·Aqualibrium - On site Mental Health First Aiders and free annual health checks

·Confidential crisis support, counselling and legal advice

·One day paid volunteering a year

About SES Water:

We are an innovative and progressive company who continue to look for improved ways of working to better service our customers, both internal and external. We are at the forefront of our industry having rolled out smart technology across our entire network, helping us to identify and repair leaks with speed, a project that has been shortlisted for this year’s Water Industry Awards.

SES Water are committed to supporting the communities we work within and have targeted ourselves to be Net Zero by 2030, already actioning this with solar panels, beginning the process of moving our fleet to electric vehicles and out two Biodiversity Awards.

Be yourself, we like it that way. Together, we will build a culture of belonging, where inclusion is instinctive. Diversity is our strength and a reflection of our communities. We care, we value everyone, we celebrate uniqueness.

Our core values which are essential to our success are:

Be Rock Solid - Build trust and be trusted. Be the one we all look to and can depend on.

Be You - We want you to bring your best every day. Be yourself and make your mark in your individual way.

Be the Future - Embrace change. Drive Progress. Own the challenge.

Please let us know if we can support you during the application and interview process.