Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where you'll be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

Want to be apart of it?

What you'll be doing?

You’ll be joining our Network Operations Team as a Trainee Water Network Operative, working across both London and the Thames Valley on our Thames Water Lot 3 contract.

You’ll be providing excellent customer service by carrying out operational tasks, resolving customer issues, and completing network valve activities with minimal disruption to water supplies.

You’ll be supporting teams with pressure management maintenance and assisting with the installation of assets for new pressure‑managed sites.

You’ll be installing zonal meters and district meters, including carrying out exchanges, while also supporting network upgrade schemes as they arise.

You’ll be completing high‑consequence valve checks on trunk mains and other high‑impact network valves to help maintain network resilience.

You’ll be responding to reactive requests from network colleagues whenever possible, providing support during urgent or unplanned situations as they occur.

Your working pattern for this role will be Sunday to Thursday.

What you’ll bring?

Do you hold a current driving licence? You will need to hold one to be considered for this role.
Have you gained experience in a similar role within the water industry?
No experience required, all training will be provided.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

Contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
21 days plus bank holiday, rising to 25 days with service
Opportunity for overtime
Personal accident cover

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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