Water Hygiene Technician - Entry Level

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As our company grows and develops, we are ever expanding our teams. We have a great opportunity for a dedicated Water Hygiene Technician to join our Environment & Safety Division and wear the SOCOTEC badge with pride.

Are you interested in a career in Water Hygiene? This could be your opportunity to excel as a Water Hygiene Technician, as well as playing a vital role in helping our business succeed. We are looking for a motivated, dependable, and flexible Water Hygiene Technician to join our team. As a member of the Water Hygiene Team, it is key that you work efficiently as part of a team, as well as having the capabilities to work independently.

The nature of the job includes travelling and being away overnight on occasion when required.

• Plumbing remedial work
• Clean and chlorination of tanks
• Chlorination of water systems
• TMV servicing including full servicing and fail‑safe testing
• Calorifier inspections
• RPZ servicing

• Communicating verbally and in writing with the client when faults have been identified
• Producing detailed site observations based on current guidelines, legislation and best practice
• Working in a safe manner avoiding hazards to yourself, colleagues and clients
• Carrying out any other duty or work reasonably requested by the employer
• Working in safety‑critical client sites
• Completing service report sheets via a phone application
• Completing water monitoring log books and visit report sheets

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

As well as a competitive salary 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 an enhanced company pension. SOCOTEC UK is proud to be Disability Confident accredited.

Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,400 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 Water Hygiene Technician, 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.

Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.

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.

Entry level

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

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