PDA Search and Selection Ltd Hiring for Water Hygiene Engineer at Maidstone Full Time

Position: Water Hygiene Engineer

Location: Maidstone

Salary: £30,987 per annum

Benefits: Company Car/Van, company pension scheme, 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

We are advertising this Water Hygiene Technician role on behalf of our client ‘City Facilities Management’. City were established in 1985 and the company has grown to become one of the world’s largest privately held, integrated FM companies.

Job Purpose:

To assist in the delivery of an affective national water hygiene service to ensure City Facilities Management meets its statutory responsibilities and provides safe working environment for employees, clients and those affected by our undertaking.

Key Accountabilities:

• To represent the company in a professional manner at all times and develop a good working relationship with the City FM and Morrisons colleagues in all stores and depots.
• To attend training courses as and where necessary and to ensure personal job skills keep pace with technical developments.
• To work with City and Morrisons colleagues to ensure laid-down standards of quality are maintained at all times.

Technician responsibilities:

• At all times ensure priority is given for the Health and Safety of colleagues, contractors and members of the public whilst carrying out job related tasks.
• To complete all documentation and registers prior to signing in on arrival.
• To communicate with site managers/ops team explaining reason for visit and work to be carried out.
• To complete all required documentation and acquire signatures where required prior to signing out when leaving the site.
• Carry out and complete site specific Legionella risk assessment review s.
• Auditing of the City FM compliance folder. Ensuring AST’s and other City Technicians are completing routine jobs.
• Inspect cold water storage tanks.
• Appropriately sample CWST’s, cold outlets and hot water systems.
• To carry out the cleaning and chlorination of cold water storage tanks and their associated down systems.
• That the cleaning and chlorination task is generally undertaken outside normal store trading hours, to minimize risk to staff and members of the public.
• any non-compliance with water regulations.
• Jobs raised are closed down upon completion.
• Line management is updated on a daily basis.
• Sufficient notice is given to line manager for the ordering of water hygiene spares and consumables, cleaning chemicals and replacement equipment.
• Raise jobs to helpdesk as and when required.

Responsibilities:

• High degree of mobility – traveling nationally/ within region.
• Overnight stays away from home.
• Personal fitness – nature of job requires the jobholder to climb ladders, working in confined spaces.
• Ensure to be of smart appearance with good up keeping of uniform.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• PPM store visits delivered within agreed timescales. Plan own monthly schedule of work efficiently.
• Flexibility regarding working nationally, dayshift and nightshift.
• Tank inspections.
• Water sampling.
• Legionella awareness experience.
• Legionella risk assessment experience.
• Clean and chlorination of water tanks experience.
• IT skills.
• Communication skills.
• Full/ Clean UK driving license.

Interested candidates should forward their CV to Haley Small at PDA SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED