Water Hygiene / Legionella Supervisor

Job Title: Water Hygiene / Legionella Supervisor

Location: Walsall, West Midlands

Salary/Benefits: 32k - 40k + Training & Benefits

Our client is recruiting for a Water Hygiene / Legionella Supervisor to oversee teams in the Midlands. You will be responsible for allocating workloads, providing on-site support to engineers, liaising with clients and monitoring daily progress. We are seeking someone who holds strong hands-on technical experience, who can utilise their knowledge to support the successful delivery of contracts. Our client is a medium-sized outfit, who have a strong presence across the region, and provides the full range of water hygiene, legionella risk and remedial services. For the successful candidate, they are offering excellent basic salaries, in addition to comprehensive packages, including: company vehicle, overtime earning, pension scheme and annual leave allowance.

Consideration will be given to candidates from the following locations: Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, West Bromwich, Lichfield, Tamworth, Cannock, Rugeley, Stafford, Halesowen, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Redditch, Solihull, Coventry, Rugby, Royal Leamington Spa, Hinckley, Nuneaton, Leicester, Loughborough, Coalville, Swadlincote, Derby, Nottingham, Burton upon Trent.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Experience working as a Water Hygiene / Legionella Supervisor or Lead Water Hygiene / Treatment Engineer
• Robust hands-on technical experience
• Excellent working knowledge, including: ACOP L8 and HSG 274 guidelines
• It would be advantageous to hold the City and Guilds (WMSoc) in Legionella Risk Assessing
• Strong communication skills
• Flexible to travel as per company needs
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills

The Role:

• Overseeing daily projects across the Water Hygiene and Legionella Risk Assessment department
• Providing on-site support to engineers / risk assessors
• Allocating workloads in an efficient manner
• Troubleshooting issues on site
• Liaising with clients to provide technical support and organise site access
• Ensuring works are completed within agreed deadlines and project scopes
• Producing detailed technical reports
• Supporting the team with hands-on tasks, including: showerhead descales, CWST disinfections, water sampling and temperature monitoring
• Maintaining strong working relationships with clients
• Identifying required training for colleagues and making recommendations
• Travelling as per company needs

Alternative job titles: Water Hygiene Team Leader, Lead Water Hygiene Engineer, Lead Environmental Service Technician.

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.

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