Job Description:

Job Title: Legionella Risk Assessor / Water Hygiene Engineer

Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester

Salary/Benefits: £27k - £39k + Training & Benefits

Due to continued company growth, our client is seeking an experienced and adaptable Legionella Risk Assessor / Water Hygiene Engineer to cover new contracts across the North West of England. They are looking for someone who is confident with full legionella risk assessments on domestic hot and cold systems, in addition to a range of plumbing and water hygiene duties. Applicants must be self-sufficient on site and will be confident in providing a high level of service. For the successful candidate, our client is offering excellent further training and development, alongside competitive salaries and benefits packages.

You will be travelling across: Wigan, Skelmersdale, Bolton, Rochdale, Manchester, Bury, Oldham, Hyde, Eccles, Stockport, Altrincham, Wilmslow, Warrington, Knutsford, St Helens, Prescot, Ormskirk, Liverpool, Formby, Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Preston, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Colne, Macclesfield, Chester, Crewe.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Must hold the City and Guilds in Legionella Risk Assessing
• Diverse experience undertaking: Legionella Risk Assessments, plumbing and water hygiene tasks
• Fully conversant in ACOP L8 and HSG 274 guidelines
• Confident in producing bespoke technical reports
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• Flexible to travel as per client needs

The Role:

• Attending client sites to perform legionella risk assessments on domestic hot and cold water systems
• Highlighting any required remedial works and found risks
• Producing detailed technical reports and schematic drawings
• TMV replacements and servicing
• Deadleg removals
• Showerhead descales
• Cleans and disinfections on cold water storage tanks
• Flushing on little used outlets
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients
• Representing the company in a professional manner

Alternative job titles: Legionella Consultant, Water Hygiene Consultant, Water Hygiene Risk Assessor, Water Hygiene Engineer, Environmental Consultant.

Future Select are recruiting in the Water Treatment/Hygiene industry; we work with the best clients & candidates and supply the majority of permanent jobs in the market.

We would be interested in speaking to candidates with experience in any disciplines from Risk Assessors, Service Engineers, Account Managers and Business Development/Operational Managers through to Director level. 

We are inundated with applications, we will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful.  Your details will be saved on our system and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.

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