Trainee Water Leakage Engineer

Overview

RPS are seeking Trainee Leakage Engineers to join our Water Operations Division in Wales. Roles are available in West, North East, North West and South Wales. Our team of Leakage Engineers are at the heart of our strategic priorities – to deliver great work for our clients by providing excellent customer service and executing complex operational tasks. Whether you are just starting out or taking the next step in your career, this position provides an opportunity for you to progress with RPS.

This is a permanent, full-time position working Monday to Friday 07:00 - 15:30 plus overtime, bonus and benefits. You will also be allocated a company van.

The RPS Asset, Surveying, and Inspection (AS&I) team provides industry leading services to the UK Water Industry and our employees are involved in services supporting Water Networks, Drainage, Surveying, Leakage Consultancy, Water Resources and Efficiency. The team analyse complex data and provide pragmatic solutions. This includes reducing water leakage and preventing flooding and pollution in local communities.

Our Welsh Water’s asset management and delivery professionals develop and deliver industry leading solutions in flooding, pollution, water quality and leakage. Our teams find and repair leaks on the network to minimise water wastage, which is good for Welsh Water customers and the environment.

As a key member of the Asset, Surveying, and Inspection (AS&I) business, your role as Trainee Leakage Technician is critical to our strategic priorities – to deliver great work for our clients by providing excellent customer service and executing complex operational tasks. Whether you are just starting out or taking the next step in your career, this position provides an opportunity for you to progress with RPS.

You will need to work flexibly, including weekends, evenings and overtime if required. Be willing to travel to different locations. It is essential that you enjoy working outdoors, as come rain or shine, you will mostly be outside.

This is a great first step into a career in the water industry and full training and one-to-one mentorship will be provided. Reporting to the Team Leader, you will ensure the delivery of leakage reduction by using your expertise to resolve complex operational issues that will include detecting both proactive and reactive leaks on our clients’ network using a combination of methods.

• Assess, diagnose, and determine the most appropriate solution to reduce leakage and fully support the delivery of regulatory targets and work to pinpoint leakage with a level of accuracy that delivers a great service for clients
• Ensuring that Health and Safety is maintained
• Achieving KPI targets and delivering leakage detection/reduction within DMAs
• Attending excavations requested by R&M to assist leak location
• Training and mentoring assistant leakage Technicians
• Assuming responsibility for general admin tasks, i.e., electronic timesheets submissions, weekly vehicle checks and defect reporting
• Forming and maintaining excellent working relationships with colleagues, contractors, and the client

• Any prior experience working in a similar role is useful; however we will train you in water network hydraulics, leakage detection techniques, monitoring/reporting of leakage levels and other issues associated with the clean water industry
• You will want to learn and build knowledge of utility tracing, noise logging and step-testing planning/operation to allow you to build your experience of leakage monitoring, pressure/flow and flow data capture techniques and methods. Above all you will be open and willing to learn new methods
• Able to work well under pressure and to conflicting deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail and high standards
• Team player who wants to solve problems within defined procedures and is flexible, with a cooperative attitude to working and giving and receiving help and sharing knowledge
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Customer focused and able to build and maintain great working relationships
• Able to work quickly and accurately report on…