Drainage Engineer / Operative (Permanent)

Job Title: Drainage Engineer

Location: Manchester

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Job type: Permanent, Full time - 42.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, voluntary weekend overtime

Innovation Group manages critical incidents in the car and home on behalf of the world's leading insurers, brokers and fleet managers, together with warranty and service plan provision for many OEMs and automotive dealerships, globally. We aim to continually go beyond expectations for our clients and their customers. Each year we process over four million insurance claims, saving leading insurers tens of millions of pounds.

The Role

This role will be site/household property based and requires experience in drain repairs with the ability to solve problems at the site and make decisions on the works to be carried out, ideally during the first visit. You will be required to provide explanations to customers and deliver exceptional customer service.

Key Requirements:

• Visiting customer sites/households to carry out drainage investigation/repair works required
• Ensure compliance with all health and safety requirements and adhere to best working practices at all times following processes laid down by the Health and Safety policy
• CCTV (labelling/reporting and recording)
• CAT Scanning in order to identify buried services
• CAT Scanning to trace/locate the drainage system using sonde
• Open Cut pipework replacement in excavations up to a depth of 2.0m. (including knowledge of trench shoring methods)
• Reinstatement of various different domestic surface types (Paving Slabs, Block Paving, Cold Lay Tarmac, Concreting etc.)
• Problem solving approach to repairs

The Candidate:

• Patch Repair experience (no dig repair using patch packer)
• Relining experience (no dig repair via inversion of calibration hose through liner using air or water)
• Experience in Drainage or Ground works
• Carry out drainage repair techniques including CIPP Lining
• Experience in High Pressure Water Jetting (HPWJ)
• Use of 360 Excavators (1.5T, 3T, 5T)
• Excellent standard of customer care
• Self-motivation and ability to use initiative
• Strong work ethic and flexible attitude
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Experience In soils investigations with hydraulic equipment, window sampling equipment desired
• Full UK Driving Licence

Desired:

• Confined space entry
• 360 Excavator
• Asbestos Awareness
• ISO19 CCTV Operator

Specific Requirements

• Full UK Driving Licence
• ISO19 CCTV Operator

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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Waterworks Maintenance, Flood Engineer, Senior Drainage Engineer, Drainage Technician, Drain Engineer, Waterworks Technician, Drainage Maintenance may also be considered for this role.