Apprentice Field Service Engineer - Mechanical; Wastewater

Overview

As a Level 3 Apprentice Field Service Engineer - Mechanical (Wastewater) you will learn how to:

• Ensure our mechanical assets and equipment are always running up to standard on our wastewater treatment works
• Work as part of a dedicated team focussed on ensuring our plants continue to operate at maximum efficiency
• Work with a wide range of equipment, be able to identify any faults and carry out routine maintenance, following the company's rigorous health and safety standards
• Schedule maintenance activity and organise your workload effectively, Complete risk assessments: identify and document risks and hazards in the workplace. Apply control measures.
• Comply with health and safety regulations, and safe working and security practices and procedures.
• Set out and remove signing, lighting, and guarding.
• Conduct vehicle checks.
• Conduct and assess impact of activity for example, environmental, cost, reputation, safety, and health. Apply control measures.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements . For example, safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, and efficient use of resources.
• Apply principles of sustainable development. For example, in choice of materials.
• Trace and locate network services.
• Collect mitigation data or evidence.
• Check technician tools and equipment. Conduct maintenance for example, calibration.
• Identify issues. Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques: identify root cause. Resolve faults.
• Consider, identify, and promote areas for improvement. For example, in relation to quality, cost, time, safety, and impact.
• Use information technology. Follow cyber security requirements. Comply with GDPR.
• Interpret digital mapping systems and update.
• Complete work documentation: enter and record data and information using digital technology for example, hand-held devices.
• Read and interpret written information. For example, work instructions, and service level agreements.
• Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, equipment, traffic management, and personnel.
• Prioritise work activities.
• Communicate verbally and in writing. For example, with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders. Use water industry terminology where appropriate.
• Identify and escaline issues.
• Provide advice and guidance to customers.
• Liaise with, negotiate with, and handle conflict in individual or group environments.
• Apply and enforce water fittings regulations to customer installations for example, rainwater harvest systems and solar panels.
• Read and interpret technical data for example, flows and pressures.
• Install pressure gauges.
• Conduct flow and pressure measurements.
• Identify different valve types. Operate multiple valves, hydrants and washouts including isolation and recharging of mains.
• Follow hygiene practices for example, disinfect equipment.
• Select and use water quality testing equipment to test for water quality for example, chlorine, turbidity, taste, odour, and clarity.
• Sample for chemical and micro-biological analysis.
• Set up temporary loggers (flow and pressure).
• Carry out network optimisation activity. For example, PRV, PSV, and air valve maintenance.
• Select and use leakage detection tools and methods to identify source of leakage. For example, step testing, acoustic and electronic, data logging ground microphones, and correlators.
• Inspect and check network assets for example, air values, PRV, critical values, fire hydrant. Identify action.
• Select and use equipment to complete planned preventative maintenance. For example, conduct high velocity mains cleansing and low turnover flushing.
• Conduct step testing using valves.
• Select and use initial leakage detection equipment and methods. For example, acoustic and electronic, data logging, ground microphones, and correlators.
• Use specific leakage detection equipment and methods to identify leakage pin-point for example, network or customer side.
• Conduct targeted DMA (district metered area) survey.
• Access, download, and interpret data from pressure and flow loggers.
• Test and assess application of innovative leakage equipment.
• Apply maintenance practices to meters and loggers. Identify and arrange repairs.
• Trace or locate drain or sewer.
• Complete visual inspection to check assets for example, combined sewer overflow, non-return valves, flow control devices, and storage tanks. Identify action.
• Use dye testing to trace and investigate cross or illegal connections.
• Use digital inspection equipment for example, CCTV to check assets. Identify action.
• Use sonde equipment.
• Select and use blockage removal equipment for example, rods and jetting equipment.
• Select and use equipment to apply first line maintenance techniques for example, replace seals, lubricate, de-silt, and de-scale.
• Follow alarm response procedures.
• Comply with (water or wastewater) industry regulations and procedures.
• Complete risk assessments: identify and document risks and hazards in the workplace. Apply control measures.
• Comply with health and safety regulations, and…