Water Treatment Engineer
UK-wide travel | Full-Time | Permanent
Flexibility for overtime required
The Opportunity
We''re currently recruiting for a dedicated and experienced Water Treatment Engineer to join a growing team delivering essential water hygiene and treatment services across the UK.
With previous experience working across L8-compliant environments, the successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality water treatment solutions for clients nationwide.
This is a field-based role requiring regular travel across the UK, so flexibility and a full UK driving licence are essential.
What You''ll Be Doing
- Conducting closed system analysis, testing, and dosing
- Carrying out inspections, cleaning, and chlorinations of water storage tanks and cooling towers
- Performing TMV servicing and shower head disinfections
- Undertaking temperature monitoring and sampling in accordance with ACOP L8
- Carrying out spa balance tank cleans, dead leg removals and disinfections of pipework and buildings
- Supporting pre-commission cleaning and flushing activities
- Performing calorifier pasteurisation and routine maintenance
- Completing water system assessments, fault-finding, and compliance reporting
- Collaborating with clients and internal teams to ensure timely, safe and compliant service delivery
- Previous experience in Water Treatment and Hygiene engineering
- Water Hygiene qualifications (L8 / Legionella Control Association / equivalent)
- Strong understanding of HSG274 and relevant British Standards
- Confident communicator, both written and verbal
- Full clean UK driving licence
- Ability to work nationwide, including occasional overtime and overnight stays
- Experience with water softener installations and servicing (Clack, Fleck, Autotrol units)
- RO Plant installation, fault-finding and maintenance