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Plumber
April 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Plumber
Location: Ipswich
Contract: Permanent, full time
Responsibilities
Kier Utilities brings the built environment to life, keeping people and business connected.
In this role, you will be working on our Anglian Water Alliance, where we work on maintaining, repairing, and upgrading the water network.
As Plumber you will be supporting with the installation and exchange of internal water meters in customers houses and commercial properties. Reporting to one of our Field Performance Managers, you will be responsible for installing new water meters and exchanging existing internal meters, swapping out old smart meters for new where applicable. As well as this, you'll be problem solving issues such as low pressure, no water and leaks.
We will make good use of your plumbing and engineer experience, as well as your excellent customer service. By providing our customers with greater control and visibility of their usage, you will also be helping us and our client drive water efficiencies across the Anglian Water Region.
Your day to day will include:
- Installation, exchange and removal of existing internal meters for relocation, carrying out repairs and resolving customer issues as necessary
- Carry out water efficiency savings visits in customers homes and emergency response works as required
- Ensuring an efficient execution of work in a cost effective and productive manner in accordance with Kier and Anglian Water objectives
- Ensure all works comply to health and safety legislation where applicable
Who are we looking for?
This role of Plumber is great for you if you:
- Are an experienced plumber with at least an NVQ Level 2 plumbing qualification or equivalent (other qualifications will be considered upon application)
- Highly Organised and self-motivated with the ability to work under own initiative to undertake tasks
- Excellent customer service skills
- Able to cover out of hours emergency call out on a rota
- Full driving licence
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.
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
- Weekly paid, opportunities to earn daily bonus, standby payments
- A fantastic pension scheme
- A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands including supermarkets, restaurants & travel providers
- Company van
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.
Who is Kier?
As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.
We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.
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.
Closing Date: 1 May 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.