Water Network Operative

**Water Network Operative**:

- Salary £26,759 - £33,448- Location Chelmsford**About the role**

**Water Network Operative**

**Location - Chelmsford**

**Salary - £26,759 - £33,448 standby & overtime**

**Employment Type - Permanent, Full time - 40 hours per week**

**4x 10 hour shifts Monday to Saturday on a rolling pattern**

**Participation in an out of hour’s standby rota**

**About the role**

We have a number of fantastic opportunities for you to join us as a Water Network Operative based at our Hanningfield & Dagenham depots.

As a Water Network Operative you will be working as part of the Network Services Team that has Health & Safety at the heart of everything they do while delivering an outstanding field-based service to our customers.

Reporting to one of our Area Managers, you will undertake repair and maintenance work on our distribution network of underground pipes, safely, hygienically, to a high standard and at all times delivering great customer service. The work involves excavating in the highway using multiple techniques from hand digging through to the use of heavy machinery, carrying out repairs and maintenance activities to our underground pipes and assets, repairing burst water mains through to installing stop taps - essentially, keeping the water flowing to our customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year.

**Who are we looking for?**

We are looking for passionate, motivated people who want to be part of a fantastic team. Carrying out high quality repairs and maintenance to our distribution network whilst delivering outstanding customer service in everything that we do. We want our customers to have clean, flowing water every minute of every hour of every day, so we need people who want to make a difference, working flexibly and take part in our out of hours standby rota. You will have the ability to use the equipment required to excavate in the highway and send electronic work requests on a device such as an iPhone.
- Please note - This role has been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made._
- This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date._ _Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked._
- Please note this role also requires a full driving licence._

**About us**

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

**Our values**

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:
Results Driven
- We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical
- We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused
- We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Creative
- We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team
- We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

**Colleague benefits**

We’re the great company we are because of you - our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer
Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Christmas savings club

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan