Water Hygiene Engineer

Job Title: Water Hygiene Engineer

Location: Guildford, Surrey

Salary/Benefits: £26k - £36k + Training & Benefits

Our client is recruiting for a reliable and enthusiastic Water Hygiene Engineer to cover local contracts, spanning commercial, healthcare and local authority premises. This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful and reputable outfit, who provide the full range of water hygiene, water treatment and legionella services across the UK. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a good level of technical knowledge, including: HSG 274 and ACOP L8 guidelines. This is a great role for those who are looking to work outside of Central London. Salaries and benefits on offer are attractive, and include great training opportunities.

We can consider candidates from: Guildford, Woking, Epsom, Sutton, Croydon, Crawley, Horsham, Kingston upon Tames, Hounslow, Bracknell, Camberley, Aldershot, Farnham, Basingstoke, Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough, Fleet, Alton, Thatcham, Didcot, Oxford, Thame, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Winchester, Andover.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Experience working as a Water Hygiene Engineer
• Fully conversant in ACOP L8 and HSG 274 guidelines
• Strong communication skills
• Must have experience working across a range of premises, including: commercial and healthcare
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• Professional manner

The Role:

• Conducting a range of water hygiene compliance duties
• Showerhead descales
• Tank inspections, cleans and disinfections
• TMV servicing and failsafe checks
• Water sampling
• Temperature monitoring
• Basic flushing on outlets
• Updating logbooks
• Working to set project deadlines

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

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. 

We are inundated with applications, we will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful.  Your details will be saved on our system and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.

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