Slow Sand Filter Operator

1 week ago

Ashford Common, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time

What you’ll be doing

as the Slow Sand Filter Operator Routine checks, maintenance, and operating mobile plant to ensure that services are delivered to time, cost, and quality standards. The three key areas are skimming filters, the removal/ relaying of granular activated carbon (GAC), and the re-sanding of SSFs. Use of specialist mobile plants including skimmers, loading shovels, dumpers, and excavators. Slow Sand Filter Technicians also operate the Floatex plant (Sand Washer) and GAC separation plants as well as the mobile crane when required. General site housekeeping, plant checks, and maintenance. Adherence to legal and company health, safety, and hygiene regulations are essential.

What you should bring to the role

Be a self-motivated individual who can immerse themselves into the team around them, you need to be very disciplined have the desire to learn from those around you and have a can-do attitude. This role can be demanding at times but very rewarding too. Take Ownership of responding quickly to faults, being curious to fully understand the problem, and identifying the best solution to resolve it the first time. Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to interact with the team. Basic literacy, numeracy and digital skills. Must be prepared to be trained in safety procedures. Ideally have a 7 Tonne Dumper licence or be prepared to obtain it. 360 Excavator, Loading Shovel and Sand Skimmer experience would be an advantage but not essential but be prepared to obtain it.

What’s in it for you?

Offering a starting salary from £24,800 per annum depending on level of experience. Full training package provided. 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays) Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution. Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year. Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Who are we?

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

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