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Job Overview
- To ensure the delivery of compliant water and environmental service management to the GSK R&D contract in accordance with the contract deliverables and KPIs, where environmental refers to drainage systems and water management
- To be responsible for line management duties of Water Team
- You will be expected to liaise with the supply chain who may manage – maintain assets they have been contracted to do so
Main Duties
- Multi-purpose role to maintain and upkeep environmental water systems and equipment in compliance and adherence to procedure, method statements or work instructions
- Surveying and assessment of all building water services in order to ensure compliance with HSC L8 ACOP and HSG 274 Parts 1, 2 & 3 guidance and Water Fittings Regulations
- Fault find and assessment of water treatment equipment including softeners, dosing pumps etc
- Cleaning and disinfection of high-risk systems including cooling towers, water tanks etc when required.
- Operation and water testing of cooling systems including Cooling Towers, closed systems and water treatment plant
- Maintain a good comprehension of relevant Standards and Regulations
- Manage remedial works of environmental water systems components including but not limited to, drainage systems, interceptors, pen stocks and sump pumps
- Liaise with contractors regarding water and environmental system issues and management
- Update the site water and environmental logbooks on a day to day basis
- Carry out water duties in accordance with current standards including but not limited to, legionella response, floods and drainage issues.
- Support contracted work e.g. clean sumps, interceptors etc is carried out in accordance with agreed method statement or work instruction and permits to work (PTW), when required
- Take water samples IAW BS 7592 Sampling and only pass them to accredited laboratory organisation for testing
- Reconcile faults and/or defects ensuring that an audit trail is in place to follow actions
- To keep up to date with GSK my learning training
- To maintain proficiency on all relevant IT packages and systems
- To keep up to date with relevant IT systems and proactively utilise Office 365
- To establish a consistently positive working relationship with your client and end users
- To ensure an effective feedback mechanism is in place to allow clients feedback to be monitored and actions logged and closed out
- To ensure all applicable processes are designed to ensure operational excellence; with waste reduced and value add increased
- Ensure an effective communications plan is in place and that stakeholder engagement is proactively managed
- To satisfy all contract deliverables
What we are looking for
Experience
- Experience of water related equipment and the risks associated with cooling towers, domestic potable system and spray producing systems
- Practical with good engineering knowledge in the field of expertise including water softeners, water treatment plants and plumbed systems
- A knowledge of computer programmes is essential. (MS Office)
- Have an understanding or experience of Cooling tower operation and maintenance
Personal Competencies
- Confined space CP – desirable , not essential
- City and Guilds Certification in understanding legionella to include cooling towers (legionnaires' disease) - achieved or working towards.
- Hold or be working towards Certificate in Water Fittings Regulations and in particular backflow (SPEC Course)
- Highly motivated and capable of working under own supervision. An ability to make decisions quickly and carryout manual physical activities
- Capable of working both alone and as part of a dynamic team.
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and on paper, able to present argument and arrive at evidence-based decision making
- IT Literate including Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint and Visio. Experience of Smartsheets will be an advantage
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shivam Sharma at Shivam.Sharma@mitie.com.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 68,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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