Waterside Specialist (Asset Inspection Support Volunteer)

Canal & River Trust; Wales; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national waterways organization seeks Asset Inspection Support Volunteers to assist in maintaining the canals' conditions. Volunteers will support various inspections and assessments, with full training provided. This flexible role requires a passion for engineering and the outdoors, along with the ability to walk and travel to remote locations.

Benefits

Time outdoors

Full training

Meet new people

Qualifications

• Experience or interest in engineering.
• Ability to undertake Safety and Service Inspections.
• Comfortable working in remote locations.

Responsibilities

• Support reservoir inspections.
• Conduct towpath surveys.
• Perform safety and service inspections.
• Assist with major construction works.

Skills

Specialist skills in engineering

Interest in canals

Ability to walk multiple km

Job description

Overview

Do you want to spend more time along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal whilst helping us maintain it's great condition?

We are looking for people to join the Asset Management team as Asset Inspection Support Volunteers. The Asset Inspectors have a huge role in the Trust, monitoring all 2000+ miles of our waterways every two months through Safety and Service Inspections (SSIs). During SSIs, the inspectors look for any changes in structures and report new concerns, making sure that everything is safe and meeting the Trust’s standards. The data gathered from the inspections goes on to inform works throughout the Trust. Asset Inspection Support Volunteers will be trained to undertake SSIs themselves, giving the team more flexibility.

Performing Safety and Service Inspections is a fantastic opportunity to see more of our canals, rivers and reservoirs and appreciate the amazing engineering feats that went into creating structure still in use centuries later.

If you have a background or interest in engineering and care for our canals, then consider joining our team. You will receive training on the inspection procedure and software, including a shadowing period with our inspectors.

The schedule is completely flexible and can be tailored to your availability, location, and physical activity level. This role will require travel and potential work in remote locations, so you will need to have access to a vehicle and be comfortable walking multiple km.

Please drop us a message if you would like to ask any questions about the role.

Why we want you

Our Waterside Specialists help maintain the sustainability of the waterways by giving higher levels of skills through their volunteering.

Volunteering with the Trust takes on many guises and welcomes people with specialist skills in a wide range of areas from practical to surveying, indoors and out. These skills may include working alongside existing specialists within the Trust or bringing skills that we don’t currently have within our team? We have a wide range of skilled activities which you could be doing.

What you will be doing

• Supporting reservoir inspections
• Towpath surveys
• Specialist heritage or environmental surveys and assessments
• Supporting major construction works (or stoppages)
• Carrying out CAATS (internal qualifications) assessing
• Doing Visitor Risk Assessments
• Maintaining specific pieces of equipment such as at our museums and attractions
• Safety and service inspections

The skills you need

• This is a role for people with specialist skills in a range of professional disciplines. Whilst we can support people to learn more within the Trust, we’re keen to welcome people who come with existing experience and skills that they’re happy to give.

What's in it for you

• Time outdoors
• Keeping fit
• Full training
• Meet new people