VERIFLO

Responsibility

• lead troubleshooting efforts, ensuring safe and efficient outcomes as the first person in a two-person team
• investigate clean water networks for performance issues, such as pressure variations, leakage, metering queries, and supply disruptions
• execute planned and unplanned work, including trunk main isolations, operability checks, asset verification, and various water quality activities
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• monitor flows and pressures, perform asset operations, and collaborate with project teams
• operate clean water assets such as valves and hydrants, working with large diameter trunk mains as well as smaller distribution mains
• perform risk and hazard inspections, delivering comprehensive reports to the Project team in a client-ready format
• mentor fellow colleagues, ensuring compliance with safety standards and environmental guidelines
• this is a varied field-based Water Network Field Technician role primarily based in and around the M25, with occasional work in the Thames Valley region
• as an experienced Field Technician, you will be able to undergo duties in the capacity of the first-person in a team of two, troubleshooting to achieve a safe, first time result
• you will perform risk and hazard inspections, delivering comprehensive reports to the Project team in a client-ready format
• your expertise will enable you to identify potential issues, determine their root causes, and utilise available resources to troubleshoot, resolve, repair, or make necessary adjustments while collaborating with the team and stakeholders
• you will handle both planned and unplanned work, investigating clean water networks to address performance issues such as high or low pressure, leakage, metering queries, and supply disruptions
• day-to-day activities will encompass a wide range of clean water services including trunk main isolation, operability checks, asset verification, logger deployment and various water quality activities like flushing and sampling
• drawing from your network experience, you will coach and mentor fellow operatives, sharing your knowledge and skills
• monitoring flows and pressures and taking turbidity and chlorine readings, you will apply your skills in optimisation to detect anomalies, find resolutions and ensure a safe result
• ensure complete and unwavering compliance with Company, client and industry regulations, safety standards, and environmental guidelines
• your experience will encompass operating clean water assets such as valves and hydrants, working with large diameter trunk mains as well as smaller distribution mains
• utilising GIS plans, site schematics and other reference documents you will conduct comprehensive site assessments such as point of work risk assessments, site survey reports and trace extensions
• support and collaborate with office-based project teams, providing solutions to emerging issues, reporting and escalating when necessary, and preparing vehicles, equipment, and stock for upcoming tasks

Requirements

• minimum 3 years practical, clean water industry field experience
• first-person lead on trunk main isolations on large diameter mains
• EUSR Water Hygiene
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• valve operations including CALM Networks
• NRSWA Operative
• IT proficient including Office365, GIS mapping tools, PDA/Tablet use and online reporting software
• full, clean UK driving license
• practical, clean water industry field: 3 years

Benefits

• fuel card
• company car

Earnings for position technician