Water Technician – Level 3

Job Description

Job Overview

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We are looking for a Water Technician who will be responsible for the operation, maintenance and monitoring of water treatments for our customers, ensuring water is safe and meets regulatory standards. The position will support the key functions of the business by providing services as and when required and carrying out tasks allocated in accordance with all method statements and the fundamental rules of Marlowe Environmental Services.

Position: Water Technician • 40 hours per week • Glasgow

Role Responsibilities

• Complete allocated jobs within the agreed timescales.
• Complete all necessary documentation accurately and submit on the electronic system in live time.
• Must not exceed one audit failure per year.

Required Qualifications

Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.

• Ensure all equipment used is safe and fit for purpose.
• Have skills in line with levels 1 & 2 as well as either:
  • Technical service (closed heating and chilled system testing, cooling tower weekly/monthly checks and water treatment of boilers)
  • Plumbing & water treatment remedial skills
  • Acid descaling of boilers, towers and condensers
  • Ability to carry out multiple tasks across a range of work disciplines and take responsibility for identifying personal training needs, raising these with your Line Manager
  • Ability to train less experienced technicians/engineers
  • Ability to occasionally work in any other role reasonably within capabilities
  • Ability to interpret results, reports and make recommendations

Additional Duties

• Conduct secondary disinfection testing, plant inspections and servicing
• Carry out Silver Copper analysis and service visits
• Conduct BSRIA Chemistry and BSRIA Micro sampling
• Undertake closed system analysis, top ups and dosing via various methods
• Perform plumbing & water treatment remedial skills

Skills & Knowledge

• Advanced water treatment knowledge
• Client service skills
• Analytical and problem solving skills

Personal Attributes

• Excellent time keeping
• Demonstrate sound work ethics
• Be respectful and possess cultural awareness
• Valid UK driving licence
• Compliant DBS and security checks that may be customer specific
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team

Benefits

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle to work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save as you earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.