Water Quality Technician

MAG; Stansted Mountfitchet; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK airport operator is seeking a Water Quality Technician at London Stansted Airport. The role involves maintaining and inspecting water systems to ensure compliance with environmental regulations, conducting regular sampling, and managing maintenance tasks. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in a similar role on commercial sites, good communication skills, and the ability to work independently. A salary of circa £39,000 is offered for this full-time position.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Support for mental health

Colleague Resource Groups

Qualifications

• Proven ability to carry out first-line maintenance and repairs.
• Experience working on a large commercial site with multidiscipline engineering assets.
• Good understanding of environmental regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct maintenance on airport infrastructure.
• Ensure effective water quality management and inspections.
• Communicate with site management effectively.

Skills

Maintenance inspections

Water pumping station operations

SCADA control systems

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Tools

Water quality testing equipment

Maximo maintenance system

Job description

Summary

Water Quality Technician – Based at London Stansted Airport – Permanent Role – Circa £39,000 – Full time

Why MAG?

Every year, London Stansted Airport connects over 28 million passengers with more than 190 destinations across the globe. Part of the largest UK owned airport operator group, MAG, London Stansted Airport supports over 11,600 jobs onsite and generates around £7.75bn each year for the region.

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to creating environments in which our people can thrive.

The role

This is a key role in ensuring the effective fuctioning of key systems, your responsibilities will include:

• Undertake planned and reactive maintenance work on airport infrastructure
• Meet agreed service levels and provide trouble free operational environment for our customers
• Ensure optimum availability / serviceability of assets, including:
  • Surface water drainage, containment and discharge including all monitoring and operational ancillary equipment (Level sensors, SCADA, BOD analysers, penstocks, pumps, blower systems? etc..)
  • Foul water system
  • Site wide spill containment facilities
  • Environmental control - including Interceptor maintenance
  • Daily pond inspections and reporting during the winter period and risk-based monitoring during the rest of the year
  • Water quality sampling for both Lab samples and also the handheld equipment to be completed at least twice a week in the winter and on a risk based schedule for the rest of the year
  • Manage pre winter, post winter and summer improvement initiatives
  • Crest levelling surveys, pond liner inspections
• Communicate effectively, and timely, with the site management team
• Ensure that management information data is accurately recoded for the work carried out via MAG's maintenance system (Maximo).
• Utilise the water systems building management and associated control systems to ensure STN's drainage containment systems are utilised to best effect and minimise the risk of any breach of environmental consents.
• Ensure optimal system operation during discharge consent periods and implement robust maintenance activities during winter preparation windows.
• Support in developing capex planning for system modification and upgrades

What will make you successful in the role?

In order to be successful in the role, you will possess:

• Proven ability to carry out first-line maintenance, inspections, and repairs to a high standard.
• It is essential that the post holder has experience of working in a similar capacity on a large commercial/industrial site where a similar range of multidiscipline engineering asset maintenance is undertaken
• Experience of water pumping station operations including submersible pumps, valve sets, control and monitoring systems, penstocks and containment lagoons.
• Ability to conduct sampling and surveys of water distribution and drainage networks.
• A good level of understanding of SCADA control systems
• Clear communication skills
• Able to work autonomously with minimal supervision

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We're also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing [e-mail]

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women's Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity