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Experienced Leakage Technician - Welsh Water

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The Role

Overview

Detect and reduce water network leaks for Welsh Water clients.

Key Responsibilities

  • leakage detection
  • leakage assessment
  • kpi delivery
  • client liaison
  • staff training
  • health safety

Tasks

-Forming and maintaining excellent working relationships with colleagues, contractors, and the client -Training and mentoring assistant leakage Technicians -Achieving KPI targets and delivering leakage detection/reduction within DMA’s -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 -Attending excavations requested by R&M to assist leak location -Ensuring that Health and Safety is maintained -Moving heavy items including inspection chamber covers. -Assuming responsibility for general admin tasks, i.e., electronic timesheets submissions, weekly vehicle checks and defect reporting

Requirements

  • uk licence
  • dbs check
  • team player
  • communication
  • utility tracing
  • leakage monitoring

What You Bring

-Full UK driving licence -Team player who wants to solve problems within defined procedures and is flexible, co-operative attitude to working and giving and receiving help and sharing knowledge -Great written and verbal communication skills -You may be required to work in confined spaces and on highways. -Working in all weather conditions (this could include night work also). -Able to work well under pressure and to conflicting deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail and high levels of standards -Able to work quickly and accurately report on findings -Customer focussed and able to build and maintain great working relationships -Please note mandatory drugs and alcohol tests are undertaken for this role and a DBS check will be undertaken. -You will want to learn and build a 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 -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

The Company

About Rps

-Delivers innovative solutions across sectors from planning to execution. -Strong expertise in large-scale projects like infrastructure, energy, and environmental consulting. -Notable work includes wind farms, transport infrastructure, and urban development consultancy. -Multidisciplinary approach integrates engineering, design, and environmental expertise. -Committed to sustainable outcomes and addressing complex industry challenges.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Commercial

Retail

Industrial

Health

Education

Data Centre

Renewables

Power

Gas Networks

Energy Storage

Oil and Gas

Nuclear

Rail

Aviation

Port

Road

Defence

Security and Safety

Information and Telecommunications

Wastewater

Groundwater

Flooding

Drainage

Network Infrastructure

Marine

Interview Process

-competency interview

Security Clearance

-mandatory drugs and alcohol tests -dbs check