Water Hygiene Technician / Trainee Water Hygiene Technician

Franks Portlock; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy is seeking a Water Hygiene Technician to handle various responsibilities, including temperature monitoring, cleaning, and legionella risk assessments. This role involves substantial customer interaction and requires a commitment to travel across the UK as needed. Ideal candidates must possess experience in water hygiene but should also be able to communicate effectively at all levels. The position offers a competitive benefits package including a generous holiday allowance, hybrid vehicle, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday package

Hybrid vehicle & fuel card

Company Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Personal Development Plan

Qualifications

• Essential experience in water hygiene-related work.
• Willingness to travel and stay away from home.
• Communication skills at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Conduct temperature monitoring and reporting.
• Clean and descale shower heads and taps.
• Perform legionella risk assessments.
• Carry out microbiological sampling and report.
• Inspect and maintain cold water storage systems.

Skills

Customer communication

Temperature monitoring

Legionella risk assessing

Microbiological sampling

AutoCAD

Job description

The role will be undertaking all aspects of Water Hygiene related work, mainly dealing with the requirements within the HSG 274 part 2. You must be able to communicate at all levels as you will be customer facing for most of your time. The area covered is nationwide so must be willing to travel and stay away from home as and when required. Essential experience required in

Responsibilities & Duties

• Temperature monitoring and accurate exception and action reporting.
• Shower head and tap cleaning and descaling.
• Expansion vessel flushing.
• Cold Water and Calorifier internal inspection and reporting.
• Calorifier blow downs.
• Microbiological collection and sampling.
• TMV removal, servicing and failsafe testing.
• Cold Water Storage tank cleaning and system disinfection.
• Mains injection disinfection.
• Logbook review and reporting.
• Legionella Risk Assessing of hot and cold-water systems.
• CAD production on AutoCAD.

Experience desired but not essential.

Company Overview

A leading environmental management consultancy, Franks Portlock provides a range of water hygiene and treatment services. Our water hygiene services help maintain safe water systems within any premises you own or occupy, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, enabling you to be fully compliant with the requirements of HSE's L8 ACOP. We are UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and 17020 with offices based in London, Midlands, the North East and North West of England and Rosyth.

Benefits

• Generous Holiday Package: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to choose one extra day of holiday or Vitality health insurance.
• Hybrid Vehicle & Fuel Card: All the tools you need to get the job done.
• Staff uniform and PPE.
• Working away allowance.
• Company Pension.
• Employee Assistance programme (EAP) and fully qualified Mental Health First Aiders to support with your wellbeing.
• Family friendly policies.
• Employee of the month award.
• Employee representative at each of our sites to boost employee engagement.
• Personal Development Plan to help support and develop our employees.
• Social Value Volunteering opportunities.
• National Living wage employer.