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Water Technician

September 21, 2022 | Comments Off on Water Technician

We're looking for a Water Technician to join our Utilities, South West Water team no days are the same. Within this role, you will be responsible for co-ordinating and ensuring that all work is carried out safely and to programme.

Kier Utilities brings the built environment to life, keeping people and businesses connected. In this role, you will be working on our South West Water contract, where we work on repairs and maintenance services to provide reliable, efficient, and high-quality drinking water and wastewater services.

In the role of Water Technician, you will work closely in a team and other colleagues to work on schemes including mains laying, pressure management, district metering and large and complex mains repairs.

Location: Redruth, Cornwall

Contract: Permanent - Full time

Responsibilities

The role of Water Technician will be depot based, supervising and participating in a 2 man gang. Ensuring safety of site, self and colleagues, quality of work and production.

  • General site supervision, including completion of all records as required
  • All Health and Safety issues on site, completion of records
  • Communicating with the Supervisor and other colleagues to monitor progress and inform of problems
  • To ensure all work complies with relevant Safety, Health and Environmental legislation and that recycling takes place whenever possible
  • To ensure proper use of plant and materials, keeping wastage to a minimum
Who are we looking for?

  • You do need to have previous Utilities experience.
  • Full UK Driving Licence
  • NRSWA Operative
  • Cat & Genny Trained
  • UK driving licence
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Closing date: 19/10/2022

Please click apply or send your CV to:

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity, leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance, and more
  • A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Please note, that interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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