Leakage Control Technician - Staines

When you join Affinity Water as a Leakage Control Technician, you’ll help to deliver a critical service to the business by detecting leakage and unaccounted-for water in the network. You’ll take ownership of an assigned District Metered Area (DMA) and carry out surveys using various detection techniques, ensuring hazards are reported efficiently and in real time.

You’ll work as part of a dedicated team to deliver set leakage targets, completing your activities safely in line with company procedures and with water quality standards always in mind. You’ll also put your effective communication skills into practise by working collaboratively with internal departments and stakeholders, understanding and facilitating their requirements.

You will have a set area with leaks to repair to achieve leakage volume targets

Crucially, you’ll take pride in delivering an exceptional service to customers day in, day out.

Experience required

• Experienced in using leakage equipment and tools, leakage techniques, and systems such as Waternet and GIS. 
• Confident in report writing and record keeping as part of your role involves writing method statements when certain methodologies are used. As the service you’ll provide is essential to the customer, you’ll be comfortable participating in an out of hours standby rota.
• You’ll also need a full UK driving licence to travel in a tracked vehicle.  Happy to work alone and work outside in all weathers.  Core hours 8am-4pm with additional overtime when required.  
• Digital apps are used to report incidents so you will need to be confident with this method. 
• Self motivated with a strong work ethic

The work you'll do is essential for Affinity Water to deliver safe drinking water to our 3.6 million customers every day. In return, you'll be entitled to a host of benefits including a double-matching pension scheme, on-the-job training and a holiday allowance that increases with length of service. So the longer you stay, the more you gain.

Get involved in the story behind your water and be part of Affinity Water’s vision to be the leading community-focused water company.

Apply now and follow the quick and easy application questions to submit your interest.

Benefits

• Basic Salary £37, 289k plus overtime 2 nights per month £931 pa  and flex allowance £4537 pa  - total package £42k
• Holiday entitlement - 23 days plus celebration day rising to 27 days, plus bank holidays
• A generous pension scheme that doubles the contributions you make, up to a maximum of 12%
• We offer enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave. We also have a Carers policy and Menopause policy to help us support our people through different stages of their lives.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental
• Company tracked van, Mobile Phone & Uniform 

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive

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