Water Quality Technician

Thames Water; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Water Quality Technician, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring the highest quality of drinking water. This position involves extensive travel and hands-on work, making you the face of the company to customers. With a focus on attention to detail and strong organizational skills, you'll manage water sampling and address customer inquiries. Enjoy a rewarding career with opportunities for growth and the chance to make a real difference in your community. If you're passionate about water quality and customer service, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in driving and managing sampling records.
• Knowledge of water industry processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collect water samples and manage sampling equipment.
• Investigate supply issues and customer complaints.

Skills

Driving

Attention to Detail

Computer Literacy

Organizational Skills

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

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Every year, we carry out over 500,000 tests on samples of water that we routinely collect from our treatment works, reservoirs, and randomly selected customer properties, to ensure your drinking water is of the highest quality.What you’ll be doing as a Water Quality Technician

• You will participate in an out-of-hours roster, including weekends, working on a rota basis. (1 working weekend in 5)
• This role involves extensive travel between customers and sites, and you will be part of a busy team across a wide geographical area.
• It will be your responsibility to take water samples from water reservoirs and customers, you’ll manage the maintenance of your sampling records and sampling equipment to industry standards.
• You may also investigate supply issues and customer complaints.
  
  

What you should bring to the role

• Previous experience covering Driving will be required.
• Have the confidence to ‘cold call’ upon residential and commercial properties.
• A clean manual driving license is required.
• Ability to plan journeys efficiently as well as good driving knowledge.
• Be organised and work well on your own.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Have existing knowledge or be open to learning about the water industry and processes relevant to this area of work.
• Good computer literacy.
  
  

What’s in it for you?You really will be working on the front line and be the face of Thames Water to our customers.

• Hourly Pay rate: £14.03 per hour.
• Location: Woodford E17 4AE.
• Length of assignment: 6 months. ( with the potential to be extended up to a year)
• Required Start date: to be considered.
• Hours: 38 hours per week.
  
  

Find out more about our benefits and perksWho are we?We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.Learn more about our purpose and valuesWorking at Thames WaterThames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.The real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support you.When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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