Drainage Engineer

Cambridge

Permanent – Full time employment

£32,000 - £36,000 Basic Salary (DOE) + vehicle, fuel card, enhanced overtime

The Client

My client is a company that specialises in complete plumbing, ga, water and drainage services to their corporate clients, managing domestic and commercial properties. The company provide a quick and competitively priced response to their clients’ needs whether it be a simple blockage, a drain collapse, or a burst water pipe.

Due to recent expansion, they currently have an opportunity for an experienced Drainage Engineer to work in the Cambridge area. 

The Role

This is a field service position. The main purpose of the role is to cover all emergency reactive and PPM drainage works for domestic & commercial properties.

You will predominantly be site based undertaking all drainage duties whilst ensuring, where possible, that work is completed on the first visit. You will be able to confidently explain to customers what work you need to carry out ensuring you leave them with peace of mind and confidence in the company’s abilities

Responsibilities

• Being a trusted employee for all preventative maintenance and remedial work requirements for drainage issues - commercial and domestic sites.
• Blockages – locating blockages and clearing blockages with high pressure jetting equipment
• CCTV camera experience is necessary to trace and locate issues, pre and post surveys
• Manhole entry / breaking experience - experience of using power tools
• Remedial follow-on works to be carried out
• Basic plumbing would be a great advantage as would groundwork 
• You must be a people person and be able to confidently explain and issues to customers, so they understand the problems and what work is necessary to resolve

You will be in a field service position and will travel to arranged site locations daily, from home. You are required to be at site at 8.00am. 

The Requirements

• Drainage work experience is a must - competent in high pressure water jetting.
• Basic internal domestic plumbing experience would be very desirable.
• Good attitude to work – regardless of time of day or weather conditions
• Excellent customer service skills – delivering world class service
• Able to work on your own initiative or as part of a team

Can work to strict deadlines