Location: Travel across the North East as required

Joining SMS Environmental, you will be part of our experienced team, driving the evolution of Water Treatment and Air Purification with innovation and best practice to ensure the highest safety of people within UK communities we serve. We are proud to be one of the UK's leading independent Water Hygiene specialists and now has never been a better time to get on board.

Striving to the the best, leading independent water hygiene and air purification supplier across the UK, we have ambitious growth plans and are focusing on our people to ensure we not only deliver the best for our staff, but our customers too. We're dedicated to hiring and developing the best out there. Committed to supporting you across your career journey, we will prioritise your needs and well-being to ensure a fulfilling career with us, where you can achieve your fullest potential and long term career success.

Key Benefits:

• 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday (paid overtime over these hours if you want it)
• 22 Days holiday per year plus bank holidays, offering you additional 1 day leave for birthday after 2 years service
• Brand New Company Uniform, IPad & Mobile Phone
• Brand New Uniform, Equipment, Tool Bag & PPE
• Modern, full serviced, company van & business fuel card
• Trade Cards to ensure you are not far from gaining new supplies
• City & Guilds Affiliated Training Programme
• Private Medical Care or Alternative Cash Plan after 2 years service
• Long Term Service Rewards, starting from Year 1 to receiving £1000 towards a weekend away after 20 years service
• Enhanced Sick, Maternity & Paternity Leave
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discount Scheme - saving up to £240 per month on food & groceries
• Core Values Champions Rewards - peer nomination every quarter with reward vouchers for nominations
• Annual development & review process

Your role:

Unique opportunity to join us, as the leading independent provider of water hygiene services across the UK. Your exciting new role will engage in managing a team of engineers, as well as completing pre-planned maintenance of water hygiene works for our clients across the North East in our field-based role.

Your responsibilities:

• Delivering a variety of water hygiene works such as cleaning and disinfecting showers and Calorifiers, and checking/cleaning water tanks and systems
• Delivering TMV checks and maintenance
• Completing all work on in house software using an iPad
• Responsible for a team of PPM engineers
• Ensuring all reporting and KPI tasks are completed monthly
• Ensuring all engineers are completing work safely and in a timely manner
• Ensuring all PPM works are planned and liaising with coordinators as required

Requirements

Essential

• Previous water hygiene or water treatment experience within legionella focused role
• Experience supervising a team of engineers in a previous role
• Prior experience working across various customer sectors, delivering high quality work
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Qualified in City & Guilds Disinfection, Legionella Control or similar recognised and relevant courses in the industry
• Ability to pass Enhanced DBS Check
• Right to work in the UK
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence

Desirable

• Qualifications relating to PAT Testing or Ladder Inspections

Full UK, manual Driving Licence (You will be provided with a company van and business fuel card)

Applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK.

All roles at SMS require a DBS check; SMS Environmental will cover the cost of this if you do not already hold a valid DBS certificate.

SMS Environmental is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local communities and we welcome applications from all candidates.

Background on SMS:

For more than 22 years, SMS Environmental has been one of the leading water hygiene service providers throughout the UK, ensuring the public are protected from infectious diseases that can be carried through water systems. We provide essential services to an array of domestic and commercial clients including water testing, risk assessments, air sampling and air conditioning maintenance.

Our extensive skills and expertise in infection control and systems management have given us a key opportunity to drive the design and standardisation of Water Treatment education and training used throughout the industry today. We work closely with City & Guilds, CIBSE (CPD) Accreditation Board and UKAS to create, review and enhance modern water hygiene training course contents, materials and assessments to ensure they are fit for purpose and set high standards for the whole sector to aspire to.

All SMS employees are trained to the highest standard using a range of in-house training and external learning programmes that are accredited by City & Guilds. SMS Environmental has been awarded the Investors in People accreditation since 2011 and we continue to invest in our employees by supporting individuals to achieve their next step within their career.

SMS Environmental employs over 215 people from water treatment engineers and plumbers to office staff across our 4 nationwide offices based in Harwell (South Oxfordshire), Derby, Cardiff and Glasgow.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you - click Apply Now!

SMS Environmental is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local communities and we welcome applications from all candidates.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company Van & Business Mileage Fuel Card
• Company Sick Pay
• Medical Plan (Medical, Dental & Optical) or Alternative Cash Plan after 2 years service
• 30 days holiday including bank holidays
• Company contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan including a 24/7 free confidential helpline
• Employee discounts and cashback savings across hundreds of your favourite high street brands, online shopping, holidays, and days out
• Extra bonus holiday for birthday on completion of 2 years' service
• Support to gain further training and qualifications