Legionella Risk Assessor - West Midlands in Birmingham

Covering the West Midlands region — including Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Telford, and surrounding areas.

Are you interested in Water Hygiene? This could be your opportunity to excel as a Legionella Risk Assessor, as well as playing a vital role in helping our business succeed. As our company grows and develops, we are ever expanding our teams. We are looking for a driven, dependable, and flexible Legionella Risk Assessor to join our team. As a member of the Water Hygiene team, it is key that you are able to work efficiently as part of a team, as well as having the capabilities to work independently. Due to the nature of the job, travelling will be part of your day to day role.

Primarily, your role will be to undertake risk assessments, written scheme audits, and internal quality checks. The tasks you will undertake will include (but are not limited to):

• Legionella risk assessment of water systems
• Audits of management and planned preventative monitoring regimes
• Carry out general water hygiene tasks i.e. water outlet flushing, temperature check, sampling

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• City & Guilds qualification in Legionella Risk Assessment
• Working knowledge of ACoP L8, HSG274 and BS:8580
• Understanding of complex water systems including water softeners, vehicle washes and industrial processes
• Understanding of written scheme of control audits
• A strong ability to communicate with clients
• Competent report writing skills
• Computer software usage i.e. Word & Excel
• Ability to pass Enhanced DBS and MOD security clearance checks

About Water Hygiene: Our Water Hygiene Team is split into two main areas: Water Hygiene and Legionella Risk Assessment. Our Water Hygiene Assessors' main focus is ensuring water systems are working in line with regulations. We assess everything from conducting tank cleans and disinfections, water temperature monitoring, shower descaling, water sampling, and TMV (thermostatic mixing valve) servicing. Our Legionella team work hard to ensure the safety of water content. We undertake risk assessments, written scheme audits, and internal quality checks, all to make sure our clients are not using a harmful water supply.

What's in it for you? We can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension.

SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.

Why SOCOTEC? Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We provide an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent. As a Legionella Risk Assessor, you will play a pivotal role in providing these services.

We offer transversal career pathways as well as linear pathways, and we will support you in attaining a portfolio career in one place. Not to mention the possibility of working locally, nationally, or globally, in the office or remotely. We are committed to your personal and professional development, and you will be supported in every step of your journey with us.

Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.