Sampler - Staines - 12 Month FTC

Affinity Water has an exciting opportunity to join our Staines Water Quality Sampling Team as a Sampler on a 12 Month FTC. Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. At Affinity Water, we make sure that over 3.89 million customers can rely on our services and have clean and safe drinking water on tap. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

What you'll be doing:

• You'll spend most of your time out and about visiting water treatment works, reservoirs, and other Affinity Water sites in and around Staines and collecting water samples across our operational areas.
• You'll perform routine, non-routine and random sampling across our supply area, working independently to complete your daily schedule.
• There will be a level of interacting with our customers to gain access to residential properties to take water quality samples, and so you'll be comfortable with entering customer properties and engaging with the public.
• There's lots of autonomy in this role as you'll plan your sampling schedule each day.
• You'll be excellent at managing your time, meeting deadlines and be comfortable working alone.
• When you're not outdoors collecting samples, you'll be based at our site in Staines, completing key administration tasks such as data input and recording samples into our internal systems.
• You'll be comfortable using core IT programs such as MS Excel.
• As the service you'll provide is essential to the customer, you'll be comfortable participating in a weekend and out-of-hours standby rota to ensure someone is always on hand when there's an operational issue.

What you'll need:

• Full UK Clean/Manual UK Driving Licence
• 3 GCSEs with a grade 4 (C) or above (Desirable)
• Ability to perform manual handling activities safely and competently such as operating valves and lifting lids.
• Competent in use of Microsoft Office applications
• Keen interest in the environment and water industry
• Develops and maintains effective internal relationships, has a good teamwork focus and customer relations.
• Strong desire for career progression and passion for continual learning

Benefits:

• Salary: £26,852 (salary dependant on skills and experience)
• Hours of work: 08:00am - 16:00pm (Mon - Thurs), 08:00am - 15:30pm (Friday)
• Company Van
• 1 in 10 standby (Claimed on a timesheet)
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme
• Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

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.