Role: Water Network Technician Location: Field-Based South Wales Salary: £27,348 to £32,500 (dependent on experience) Role Type: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday plus phone stand-by rota Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, paid birthday day off, annual bonus scheme, Westfield health cashback plan, generous pension scheme, flexible working hours, life assurance, enhanced maternity and paternity benefits. As part of our essential front-line operations service, youll be joining a collaborative and dynamic team that is responsible for ensuring that our networks run as calmly and efficiently as possible. This is a pivotal role where you will help reduce the overall cost of water charges by accounting for all water consumed, as well as reducing water that is bought, but not sold, on site. This is achieved through using a range of leakage detection methods and to monitor, minimise and record water performance. You will use your industry experience to identify areas for improvement across your region and work collaboratively with the wider business. This is a field-based role mainly within South Wales and candidates will ideally be based in or around Merthyr Tydfil to give you a good base for attending our various sites. What Youll Be Doing: Accounting for 100% of water supply on to each of our sites and identifying leakage events Carry out reactive and proactive leak detection on MOD sites and monitor the leakage system and collecting data Recording relevant site data and feeding this information back to the demand management team Installing and maintaining flow and pressure data logging equipment Ensure that all relevant site data is captured through detailed on-site investigations Escalating areas of risk to the wider business such as water quality issues, supply risks or H&S concerns What Youll Bring: Knowledge of water supply configurations and hydraulics by using site plans and schematics Knowledge of specialist leakage detection equipment such as correlators, cat and genny, acoustic logging and ground-mics Extensive technical expertise in all methods used to account for consumption and leakage Knowledge of testing and inspecting fire hydrants and configuring pressure and flow loggers (training will be given) Good problem-solving, communication and mobile device IT skills The ability to build and develop strong relationships at all levels with both internal and external contacts A good understanding of health and safety within an industrial setting A commercial awareness to understand the cost impact on the business when making decisions You will be comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions About you: Due to the nature of sites on which we operate, the successful candidate must: Meet the security clearance requirements for the role which includes, but is not limited to, the successful candidate being a full-time resident of the UK for the past 5 years Ability to obtain Security Clearance which involves a Criminal Record Check and a full MoD Security Application and associated verification processes You must have a full, valid driving licence and be comfortable driving a van We will review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert earlier than stated.