Pipe Fitter Mains Layer

Barhale site, Milton Sewage Treatment Works, Meadow Lane, Derby, DE65 6EH

Region Midlands Location Barhale site, Milton Sewage Treatment Works, Meadow Lane, Derby, DE65 6EH
Closing date 05/02/2027 Description

Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services, working across multiple sectors, including:

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects, developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities, including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel-fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products, including PPE

• As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
• Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• A broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver of our success

Installs, repairs and maintains underground water, drainage and utility pipelines, ensuring safe, accurate and efficient construction of civil engineering infrastructure projects.

• Water company's permit-to-work (PTW) System
• Water main design drawings, service drawings, and job packs
• PE pipes with their properties and characteristics
• Measuring and calibrating water mains
• Able to distinguish between existing pipe materials and joints
• Contingency plans and their requirements
• Correct choice of pipe-cutting equipment
• Reinstatement of valves, hydrants, and other water network equipment
• The Importance of bolt torque and recording documentation
• Digging of trenches to lay pipework, then back filling
• CAT & Genny certified to ensure the avoidance of below-ground cables/pipework’s

• CAT & Genny (Service Avoidance)
• CSCS
• Concrete / Plastic and salt-glazed pipe installing experience.
• Banksman ticket
• Installation of ground shoring equipment experience

• EUSR National Water Hygiene Card (Blue Card)
• EUSR Utility SHEA (Water) Network process and sewerage network
• Training in use of Prodrill 20 + 26 to drill water mains
• Confined spaces (CP1)
• Asbestos awareness
• Willing to travel and have a driving licence

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years, and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We…