At a Glance
- Tasks: Detect and manage water leaks while ensuring efficient water supply across various sites.
- Company: Join Ancala Water Services, a key player in providing essential water services.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days leave, flexible hours, health cashback, and a generous pension scheme.
- Other info: Field-based role with opportunities for overtime and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in water conservation and join a dynamic, collaborative team.
- Qualifications: Knowledge of water systems and a valid driving licence required; training provided.
The predicted salary is between 28168 - 32889 £ per year.
Location: Birmingham, Gloucester or Oxford with field-based travel across Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
Salary: £28,168 to £32,889 dependent on experience + overtime opportunities.
Role Type: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday plus telephone stand-by rota and opportunities for overtime.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, paid birthday day off, annual bonus scheme, Westfield health cashback plan, generous pension scheme, flexible working hours, life assurance, enhanced maternity and paternity benefits and much more!
Ancala Water Services is a private utilities company providing clean and wastewater services to over 1,000 Ministry of Defence establishments across England and Wales. As part of our essential front-line operations service, you will be joining a collaborative and dynamic team that is responsible for ensuring that our networks run as calmly and efficiently as possible.
This is a pivotal role where you will help reduce the overall cost of water charges by accounting for all water consumed, as well as reducing water that is bought, but not sold, on site. This is achieved through using a range of leakage detection methods and to monitor, minimise and record water performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accounting for 100% of water supply on to each of our sites and identifying leakage events.
- Carrying out reactive and proactive leak detection on MOD sites and monitor the leakage system and collecting data.
- Recording relevant site data and feeding this information back to the demand management team.
- Installing and maintaining flow and pressure data logging equipment.
- Ensure that all relevant site data is captured through detailed on-site investigations.
- Escalating areas of risk to the wider business such as water quality issues, supply risks or H&S concerns.
- Knowledge of water supply configurations and hydraulics by using site plans and schematics.
- Extensive technical expertise in all methods used to account for consumption and leakage.
- Knowledge of testing and inspecting fire hydrants and configuring pressure and flow loggers (training will be given).
- A good understanding of health and safety within an industrial setting.
- A commercial awareness to understand the cost impact on the business when making decisions.
- You will be comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Meet the security clearance requirements for the role which includes, but is not limited to, the successful candidate being a full-time resident of the UK for the past 5 years.
- Ability to obtain Security Clearance which involves a Criminal Record Check and a full MoD Security Application and associated verification processes.
- You must have a full, valid driving licence and be comfortable driving a van (company van provided).
Locations
Water Networks Leakage Technician in Colchester, Essex employer: Ancala Water Services (Defence) Limited
At Ancala Water Services, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work culture that values employee well-being and growth. With competitive salaries, generous benefits including 25 days of annual leave, flexible working hours, and opportunities for overtime, our team members are empowered to thrive in their roles while making a meaningful impact on water services across the region. Join us in Birmingham, Gloucester, or Oxford, where you can develop your skills in a dynamic environment dedicated to sustainability and efficiency.
Contact Details:
Ancala Water Services (Defence) Limited Recruitment Team
