Distribution Technician - Canterbury/ Ashford
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Occupation Type
Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified.
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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Description
Summary:
Are you a hands-on person looking for a clearer career path and a role where you can learn new skills?
This isn't just a job; it's a career path. In this hands-on role, you'll gain skills for life, solve complex problems, and be supported by our on the job training program.
Your core role is to manage our mains network and provide vital face to face technical support to our customers, ensuring they get wholesome water 24/7.
This role is all about ensuring the integrity of our water supply system and being the main technical face for our customers. You'll manage critical network operations like mains shutdowns , supervise contractors , and use your expertise to resolve customer water supply issues directly.
We invest in our people, providing the training and development you need to build skills for life and move forward in your career.
Main Responsibilities:
Are you a hands-on person looking for a clearer career path and a role where you can learn new skills?
This isn't just a job; it's a career path. In this hands-on role, you'll gain skills for life, solve complex problems, and be supported by our on the job training program.
Your core role is to manage our mains network and provide vital face to face technical support to our customers, ensuring they get wholesome water 24/7.
This role is all about ensuring the integrity of our water supply system and being the main technical face for our customers. You'll manage critical network operations like mains shutdowns , supervise contractors , and use your expertise to resolve customer water supply issues directly.
We invest in our people, providing the training and development you need to build skills for life and move forward in your career.
Main Responsibilities:
- Day to day work is focused on keeping the network flowing and supporting our customers.
- Plan and prioritise your allocated work to make sure customer appointments are met.
- Perform essential network operations, such as mains shutdowns, completing all necessary risk assessments and interruption reports.
- A full, clean manual driving license.
- A good standard of secondary education, showing good numeracy and literacy skills.
- Strong Customer Service Skills.
- The ability to work effectively alone with minimal supervision, often outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Confident in using IT systems, data entry, and understanding of work management systems.
- Experience in handling customer complaints or queries
We operate on a rotating shift pattern, giving you full visibility of your schedule well in advance. Our standard Monday to Friday shifts include:
- Early: 07:00 am – 15:00 pm
Standby & Extra Earnings
Once you are fully trained and confident in the role, you’ll join our out-of-hours standby rota. This ensures our customers/operations are supported around the clock and offers you a significant dip in the "extra pay" pot:
- Standby Allowance: Average of £1,800 per annum.
- Call-Out Pay: Additional overtime rates apply if you are called out during your standby shift.
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.
- 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.
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:
£31,337 to £39,533 depending on experience