Water Network Operative

MGroup Water; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water services provider in London is recruiting a Water Network Operative to enhance operational support, provide excellent customer service, and manage network valve activities. Candidates must have experience in the water industry and hold relevant certifications. This role offers various benefits, including a pension scheme and healthcare options, in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Health Care Cash Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

21 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Must hold a current driving licence.
• Experience in a similar role within the water industry is required.
• Preferable to hold certifications covering Water Hygiene and valve operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to Network Operations Team.
• Resolve customer issues and conduct network valve activities.
• Support pressure management maintenance and installation tasks.

Skills

Experience in the water industry

Understanding of the Permit to Work system

Current driving licence

Education

Water Hygiene certification

NRSW unit 2 certification

Job description

Overview

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

What you'll be doing

We’re recruiting for a Water Network Operative to work on our Thames Water Lot 3 contract, predominately working our Network Operations Team, covering both London & Thames Valley. As a Water Network Operative, you'll be part of our Network Operations Team. The purpose of this role will be to provide excellent customer service to our customers by undertaking operational tasks, resolving customer issues, and carrying out network valve activities with the least disruption to supplies.

• You'll support teams on pressure management maintenance, supporting the installation of assets for new pressure managed sites
• You'll be installing zonal meters and exchanges and installation of district meters and exchanges
• You'll be supporting our network upgrade schemes as they arise
• You'll handle high consequence valve checks on our trunk mains and high-impact network valves

What you'll bring

• Do you hold a current driving licence? You'll need to hold one to be considered for this role.
• Have you gained experience in a similar role within the water industry?
• Do you hold all current certifications that cover Water Hygiene, NRSW unit 2, sampling, flushing, valve operations? This is preferred.
• Do you have a clear understanding of the Permit to Work system?

What's in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Standby / Overtime / Call out
• 21 days plus bank holiday, rising to 25 days with service
• Personal Accident Cover

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rdparty background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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