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Role: Field Technician
Location: Nottingham
Duration: 3 Month initial contract (Permanent offer afterward)
Key Accountabilities:
- Dependent on skill set, undertaking day to day inspection, repair and maintenance of water and wastewater assets to defined internal quality standards.
- Deliver a high level of customer service whilst meeting health and safety, financial, KPI, statutory, quality and contractual compliance.
- Work with scheduling team and line management to maximise productivity and efficiency.
- Provide quality daily job feedback to identify follow on work to minimise the avoidable failures for water quality and environmental consents.
- Provide support to both customers and colleagues with technical input when required.
- Manage personal workloads to ensure maximum flexibility, productivity and effective time management.
- Undertake range of activities as required and as skills and ability allow. For ICO employees this may include, O&M activities, CFS testing, meter verification/ installation, lifecycle works and private pipe services and general site maintenance and cleaning duties, tank inspection and cleaning, pipework installation and modification, Water Compliance remedial works, etc.
- Maintain site standards to food grade level, particularly on water assets.
- Support local operational incidents
- Participate in an out-of-hours operational stand-by rota.
- Carry out O&M works on a Water Treatment works capable of producing 5 mega litres per day.
- Undertake shift work, consisting of participating a rota containing late shifts, and working weekends and bank holidays.
- Be able to achieve MoD clearance
- Travel to various sites required All travel and expenses will be covered.
Experience:
- Experience of operating and maintaining water and wastewater assets
- Experience in Minor Civil works such as drainage, manholes and water pumps
- Experience in plumbing installation and maintenance (where applicable)
- Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety
- Good communicator with customers and all STS colleagues
- Computer / Smart phone literate for using Field IT
Requirements:
- The ability to organise with planning abilities
- Car and Drivers License
- Self-motivated
- Be physically fit
- Good communication skills
- Following organisational procedures
- Good written, numerical and verbal skills
- Flexible approach to short term changes to working arrangements
- Able to travel nationwide and stay overnight for training etc. when required
- Evidence of strong determination and problem solving skills
- Evidence of working independently or within a team
- Drive and motivation to achieve and deliver the best possible standards (both aesthetically and product quality)
Qualifications:
- Experience in O&M activities
- Experience in Water/Sewage assets
- Ability to use safety equipment / tools
- Basic risk assessment knowledge
Desirable:
- Qualifications in Water/Sewage treatment - NVQ Level 2 or equivalent (where applicable)
- 360 Extractor Ticket experience
- Farming background
- EUSR Hygiene card
- Manual Handling Training
- Confined Space (escape set or full BA)
- Working at Heights
