Apprentice Assistant Water Network Tech

6 months ago


Derby, United Kingdom SEVERN TRENT Full time

**ASSISTANT WATER NETWORK TECHNICIAN APPRENTICE**

**LET’S CUT STRAIGHT TO IT**

**Taking care of ‘one of life’s essentials’ - it’**s our purpose and we want you to be part of it. Supplying wholesome drinking water, treating wastewater and recycling this back to the environment responsibly is no mean feat. We serve around 8 million people across the Midlands and Wales and unlike other businesses, our delivery is non-negotiable. It’s a matter of life.**

**Many of our employees are also our customers, so we truly** take pride in what we do Employing people from across our communities and beyond, Severn Trent is an exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be curious, can be ‘Wonderfully You’ and where you can truly make an impact to our environment, now and for future generations.**

**LET’S TELL YOU MORE**

Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn Our Apprentice Assistant Water Network Technician Programme offers the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the frontline of our business. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future.

Water Network Technicians work outside across our region to find leaks on our huge network of underground pipes and get these repaired. You will be supported every step of the way, by your line manager and mentor. Working in our water network team, you’ll will be ensuring we identify and reduce water leakage across our network. In your daily work, you’ll interact with distribution service technicians and our repair and maintenance technicians. You will also work with our call centres, network optimisation and contractors. You’ll regularly engage with customers and members of the public which will help you to build your stakeholder relationship management skills.

**HOW WILL THE PROGRAMME WORK**

**Standard**

Water Industry Network Technician

**Website
**Apprenticeship Duration**

30 months Excluding EPA

**Apprenticeship Level**

Level 3

**Location**
- Raynesway, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 7BE

**Salary
**£17,194

**Provider/ F2F or Online
**Severn Trent Academy (Coventry) / F2F**

**ENTRY CRITERIA**

This apprenticeship standard is at Level 3 (equivalent to 2 A-Level qualifications). If you don't already have GCSEs in English and maths, you will need to take functional skills as part of the apprenticeship, which is an alternative to GCSEs and achieve a Level 2. This will need to be achieved prior to completion of your apprenticeship.

**TRAVEL/LICENCE REQUIREMENT**

You will be required to have a Driving Licence & access to you own vehicle before completing your apprenticeship as driving is mandatory for your off-scheme role

**ROLE EXPECTATIONS POST APPRENTICESHIP**

Following successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will take up an Assistant Water Network Technician role, where you will be able to put your skills into action.
- Expected 40-hour weeks.
- Night-time working to investigate leakage when required.
- You’ll be part of a standby rota.
- Working independently.

**WHAT WILL YOU LEARN**
- You will learn how to identify leakage, using data, tools and techniques.
- Give advice to customers on water fittings and repair and maintain meters and loggers.
- We will teach you how to calibrate equipment such as temporary loggers and pressure gauges to the appropriate standard.
- You will learn how to operate our water network safely and protect our environment.

**WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR**

We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long-term.

We’d love you to be someone with
- A ‘can do’ attitude - willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and take pride in your work
- A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment
- Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving.
- No two days are the same on the front line and not every day goes to plan, so you’ll need to be quick on your feet to respond
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams
- Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences
- Ability to travel freely across our patch to visit different sites and travel to meetings and training days
- Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment
- Ability to work in all weather c



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