Trainee Acoustic Logging Technician - South East Water

Trainee Acoustic Logging Technician - South East Water

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The RPS Asset, Surveying, and Inspection (AS&I) team provides industry leading services to the UK Water Industry. Our employees support water networks, drainage, leakage consultancy, water resources and efficiency. We analyse complex data and provide pragmatic solutions, including reducing water leakage, preventing flooding and pollution in local communities.

As a key member of the AS&I business, your role as a Trainee Acoustic Logging Technician is critical to our strategic priorities – to deliver great work for our clients by providing excellent customer service and executing complex operational tasks. You will need to work flexibly, including weekends, evenings and overtime if required. Be willing to travel to different locations and enjoy working outdoors, as most of your work is conducted outside (rain or shine).

• Locating water main fittings using plans
• Deploying and retrieving loggers that record acoustic data used to help locate leakage

• You will enjoy working outdoors, as most of your work is conducted outside (rain or shine)
• A good standard of basic maths and English
• Basic IT skills
• Willing to work occasional nights, weekends and overtime as required
• Have good hearing
• Tidy and well organised
• Have pride in your work and take good care of work equipment and tools
• Happy working alone and as part of a team

(Full training will be provided)

• Full UK driving licence

• Moving heavy items including inspection chamber covers
• Working in all weather conditions (including night work)
• Working in confined spaces and on highways
• Mandatory drug and alcohol tests and DBS check

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go. A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number; you are part of the solution.

We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need for flexible work, empowering our people to create a work‑life balance that’s right for them. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs.

RPS is part of Tetra Tech since January 2023, a global firm that defines, designs, and manages projects in urbanisation, natural resources, and sustainability. Our team of 28,000+ across 550 offices in 120+ countries delivers solutions that create lasting value in an increasingly urbanised and resource‑scarce world.

If we feel you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange a competency interview. All applications will be considered.

We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required. We do not acknowledge speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website for further information.