Water Treatment Engineer Preston, North West England, England
Job description
Joining SMS Environmental, you will be part of our passionate team, driving the evolution of Water Treatment with innovation and best practice to ensure the highest safety of people within UK communities we serve. We are proud to be one of the UK’s leading independent Water Hygiene specialists and now has never been a better time to get on board, joining our growing Water Engineering team.
You will thrive completing pre-planned maintenance of water hygiene works for our clients across our field-based role, travelling and delivering projects for clients across the Lancashire regions. Travel will be a key requirement of your role, with occasional travel further afield depending on our business needs.
Your responsibilities:
- Delivering a variety of water hygiene works to high standards
- Cleaning and disinfecting showers
- Checking and cleaning water tanks and systems
- Delivering TMV checks and maintenance
- Checking and disinfecting calorifiers
- Completing all work on in house software using an iPad
Your experience:
- Previous water hygiene experience, achieving results to high standards
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Previous experience using iPad technology
- Full UK Driving Licence (You will be provided with a company van)
Applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK.
All roles at SMS require a DBS check; SMS Environmental will cover the cost of this if you do not already hold a valid DBS certificate.
Why join us?
SMS Environmental Ltd prides itself on its commitment to supporting our employees in their personal growth and wellbeing. We offer:
- Competitive salary
- Company Sick Pay
- 30 days holiday including bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Plan including a 24/7 free confidential helpline
- Employee discounts and cashback savings across hundreds of your favourite high street brands, online shopping, holidays, and days out
- Extra bonus holiday for birthday on completion of 2 years’ service
- Support to gain further training and qualifications
Background on SMS:
For more than 20 years, SMS Environmental has been one of the leading water hygiene service providers throughout the UK, ensuring the public are protected from infectious diseases that can be carried through water systems. We provide essential services to an array of domestic and commercial clients including water testing, risk assessments, air sampling and air conditioning maintenance.
Our extensive skills and expertise in infection control and systems management have given us a key opportunity to drive the design and standardisation of Water Treatment education and training used throughout the industry today. We work closely with City & Guilds, CIBSE (CPD) Accreditation Board and UKAS to create, review and enhance modern water hygiene training course contents, materials and assessments to ensure they are fit for purpose and set high standards for the whole sector to aspire to.
All SMS employees are trained to the highest standard using a range of in-house training and external learning programmes that are accredited by City & Guilds. SMS Environmental has been awarded the Investors in People accreditation since 2011 and we continue to invest in our employees by supporting individuals to achieve their next step within their career.
SMS Environmental employs over 180 people from water treatment engineers and plumbers to office staff across our 4 nationwide offices based in Harwell (South Oxfordshire), Derby, Wales and Scotland.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you – click Apply Now!
SMS Environmental is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local communities and we welcome applications from all candidates.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company car
- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
Experience:
- Water Hygiene: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: On the road
