Network Control Technician assisting Duty Network Manager in operational management for Affinity Water. Providing technical support during incidents and ensuring service quality for customers.
Responsibilities
The Network Control Technician will play a key role in Control Operations and is required to assist the Duty Network Manager to manage company operations on a 24/7 basis without senior management involvement; except in emergencies.
Using all available information to provide continual technical support to operational teams before and during incidents on the water network.
Ensuring that the quality of service provided to customers meets Company and Regulatory standards.
Minimising customer water supply interruptions via identification of abnormal performance and diagnosis of incidents and to ensure appropriate escalation.
Investigate issues, assessing risk, factually record actions, agreeing outcomes, taking action & recording decision making and issues on appropriate Company systems.
Commit to participate in training and qualified development to become fully affective in the Control Operations environment.
Providing recommendations and evidence to assist with the rapid resolution of water network incidents.
Maintain historical contingencies and mitigations in support.
Requirements
Working knowledge of or the ability to learn hydraulics, valve operation, pressure, flow and leakage monitoring/control.
Able to forecast and predict outcomes.
Can make strategic recommendations utilising data available from the network.
Experience in the use of relevant systems e.g. Serck/SCADA, GIS, Waternet, CORTECH, Hi-affinity, MAXIMO, Puzzel, CTrack, SharePoint, MS Office and other business systems.
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle as there is a requirement to be able to co-locate to our alternative Operations Centre in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire should the business require it.
Benefits
Annual leave: 30 days.
A ‘Celebration Day’ that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
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