Lead Water Hygiene Engineer

Job Title: Lead Water Hygiene Engineer

Location: Swindon, Wiltshire

Salary/Benefits: -26k - -34k + Training & Benefits

A growing and successful Water Hygiene / Legionella outfit is recruiting for an experienced and knowledgeable Water Hygiene Engineer to support on new contracts. You will be working across the M4 corridor and into the South West of England, servicing a range of commercial, public sector and local authority premises. We are seeking someone who ideally holds experience leading on projects and overseeing small teams. Our client is offering competitive basic salaries, in addition to comprehensive benefits packages (including: company vehicle, overtime and training routes).

Locations of work include: Swindon, Wantage, Didcot, Faringdon, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Devizes, Thatcham, Trowbridge, Bath, Briston, Yate, Frome, Warminster, Salisbury, Andover, Basingstoke, Winchester, Oxford, Bath, Bristol, Thornbusy, Dursley, Stround, Cirencester, Wells, Glastonbury, Shepton Mallett, Shaftesbury.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Experience working as a Water Hygiene Engineer
• Good understanding of HSG 274 and ACOP L8 guidelines
• Flexible to travel as per company needs
• Comfortable leading on projects
• Ideally will hold industry-related qualifications
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills

The Role:

• Completing a vide variety of pre-planned and some occasional reactive maintenance
• TMV servicing
• Calorifier inspections
• Showerhead and outlet descales
• CWST cleans and disinfections
• Flushing on little used outlets
• Water sampling
• Temperature monitoring
• Liaising with clients to arrange site access
• Managing other engineers, ensuring works are completed correctly and within agreed deadlines
• Allocating works to teams
• Updating logbooks

Alternative job titles: Water Treatment Engineer, Lead Water Hygiene Engineer, Water Treatment Operative, Water Management Engineer, Environmental Service Technician, Legionella Operative.

Future Select are recruiting in the Water Treatment/Hygiene industry; we work with the best clients & candidates and supply the majority of permanent jobs in the market.

We would be interested in speaking to candidates with experience in any disciplines from Risk Assessors, Service Engineers, Account Managers and Business Development/Operational Managers through to Director level.-

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