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Summary:
Do you want to ensure the water we supply is safe and clean?
Are you a consistent and reliable person?
We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.
You’ll take up this crucial role within our laboratory to collect and courier water samples for testing. We offer a range of water testing services both to businesses and individuals wanting to test private water supplies. This means that you’re great speaking to customers to provide a friendly, reliable and professional service.
On a typical day, your sampling round will involve travelling to different customer premises and appointments to collect water samples. You’ll ensure all water sample are packaged correctly and safely returned to the laboratory so that they can be processed for testing. You don’t need any previous experience as we provide lots of training. Instead, you’re well organised and methodical in your approach.
You’ll need to live within a commutable distance to our Laboratory in Farnborough, Hampshire. Customer sampling and collections runs include travel to Kent, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire and the Birmingham area.
Working hours are generally completed between 9-6 depending on the run assigned and traffic conditions. Therefore, some flexibility is needed to cover our operating hours between 7am-7pm. We’ll provide access to a company vehicle.
This is your chance to join a friendly, busy and supportive team to ensure the water used by our communities remains safe and clean.
Main responsibilities:
- Ensure the timely collection of water samples from company and clients premises and for transporting these back to our laboratory in Farnborough.
- Sample and deliver water samples from customer sites.
- Perform on site tests and quality control checks in accordance with South East Water and Water Quality regulatory standards.
- Update our electronic system to register samples, ensuring details and tests are entered correctly and completely.
- Ensure to adhere to the methods, procedures, quality systems and Health and Safety requirements set out within the laboratory.
- Provide assistance to other areas of Laboratory Services e.g. bottle preparation; stock control
What you'll need:
Skills / Experience / Qualifications:
- Good Customer Service
- Clean Driver’s Licence
- Good Standard of Maths and English at GCSE Level
- Confident using IT equipment to fulfil your role.
It would be advantageous if you had:
- An understanding of Private water supply regulations and water hygiene would be advantageous
We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.
We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.
Benefits package:
- Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
- Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
- Paid volunteering days.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Health cash plan.
- Life assurance.
- Wellbeing related benefits.
What can you expect from your recruitment?
- To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.
- It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
- Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.
If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!
South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.
Compensation package:
£27,002 + company van
