HGV Drainage Engineers

HGV Drainage Engineers

Metcor Environmental | Maidenhead, Gravesend, Sheffield and Leigh| Full-time, Permanent

Contract: 48-hour contract, working an average 42-hour week on a 4 on / 4 off shift pattern.

Location: Maidenhead, Gravesend, Sheffield and Leigh

About the role

Are you an experienced HGV Drainage Engineer? Are you happy working nights, early morning starts and staying away when required?

Metcor Environmental, part of Metcor Group, is currently recruiting for HGV Drainage Engineers to join the team. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity operating HGV drainage tankers across client sites, carrying out pre-planned maintenance and emergency response works.

Shift pattern

• Week 1: Monday to Thursday working, Friday to Monday off.
• Week 2: Tuesday to Friday working, Saturday to Tuesday off.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and overtime paid at time and a half
• Stay away bonuses
• Company fuel card for performance of duties
• Free uniform
• Company mobile phone for performance of duties
• Personal accident cover, subject to eligibility after one year’s service
• Life insurance, subject to eligibility after one year’s service
• Access to virtual GP, subject to eligibility after one year’s service
• Early Christmas pay, with December pay usually paid one week earlier
• Employee assistance programme, including access to a 24-hour advice line
• Metcor Hub benefits, savings and perks
• Company pension, with auto-enrolment after three months’ service; contributions made via salary sacrifice, subject to eligibility and scheme rules
• Social events

Key responsibilities

• Operate an HGV tanker to carry out pre-planned maintenance works.
• Maintain the vehicle and equipment to the best possible condition.
• Carry out vacuum tanker and high-pressure water jetting operations and wastewater management.
• Adhere to all health and safety policies at all times, following safety protocols for HGV drainage tanker operation.
• Work alongside an assistant, ensuring all information is fed back correctly to the office.
• Support the CCTV and drainage teams by facilitating surveys, inspections and detailed investigation works.

About you

• At least one year’s experience in the drainage industry.
• Minimum Class 2 licence.
• Strong problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Flexibility to work nights, early mornings and frequent stay away work, typically once or twice per month for up to one week at a time.
• Experience working on commercial sites.
• Good communication skills.

About Metcor Environmental

Metcor Environmental was founded in the mid-1980s. Formally known as Metro Mechanical Services, we quickly grew focusing first on fast food customers, and then working with facilities managers and large commercial property owners in London and the Southeast. Over time, the company expanded and launched its principal hub for the North, based in Leigh, Greater Manchester.

Metcor Environmental Ltd Today

Today, under its group ownership model, Metcor Group encompasses Metcor Environmental, Metcor Pumps, and Metcor Electrical, each offering a comprehensive suite of solutions. We offer robust maintenance programmes for drainage, plumbing and pumps as well as providing national reactive emergency coverage for a range of issues. As part of our service, we offer technical diagnostic services, including drainage mapping, water testing, CCTV surveying, flows and loads analysis and site inspections. Across all these services, we focus on continuous improvement, marrying our decades of operational experience with new ways of harnessing data and driving our performance to the next level. Metcor Environmental Ltd now service across the UK 24/7 through our circa 600 directly employed engineers and counting.