Hybrid Network Control Technician – 9 Month FTC

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About the role

  • 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.
  • Life Assurance.

Job title

Network Control Technician – 9 Month FTC

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£55,768 per year

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

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