Water Treatment Technician - North West and Yorkshire

SOCOTEC UK Ltd is seeking a Water Hygiene Technician for the North West and Yorkshire regions. The role involves tasks such as cleaning water systems, servicing TMVs, and performing plumbing maintenance. Candidates should have experience in water hygiene and hold a UK driving licence due to travel requirements. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, emphasizing teamwork, inclusivity, and professional development.
Water Hygiene Technician

Are you looking for a rewarding career in water hygiene, water treatment, or Legionella control? SOCOTEC UK has an exciting opportunity for a motivated Water Hygiene Technician to join our growing Environment & Safety Division in the Northwest or Yorkshire Regions.

As a Water Hygiene Technician (sometimes known as Water Treatment Technician or Legionella Technician), you will play a vital role in supporting our clients, ensuring safe water systems, and contributing to the success of our business.

Responsibilities – Water Hygiene Technician

In this role, you will carry out a variety of water hygiene and water treatment tasks, including but not limited to:
• Cleaning and chlorination of water systems
• Servicing of TMVs (Thermostatic Mixing Valves) and Calorifiers
• Plumbing remedial work and system maintenance
• Supporting our Service Engineer team when required
• Developing and maintaining excellent client relationships

Requirements – What We’re Looking For

To succeed as a Water Hygiene Technician with SOCOTEC, you should demonstrate:
• Previous experience in water hygiene, water treatment, or Legionella control tasks
• Good knowledge of water hygiene processes and compliance requirements
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• A full UK driving licence (travel across Southwest London required)
• A positive, reliable, and team-focused attitude

About SOCOTEC Water Consultancy & Equipment

Our Water Consultancy Team provides essential services such as statutory water hygiene compliance, chemical and microbiological analysis, and management of systems including cooling towers, domestic water systems, and closed heating/chilled water circuits.

Our Water Equipment Engineers manufacture and supply equipment in-house, including reverse osmosis units, water softeners, and filtration systems – all supported with CAD schematics and Revit files. SOCOTEC UK is proud to be BIM Level 2 compliant.

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension. SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.

Why SOCOTEC?

Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We have several business streams that provides an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification and advisory services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent.

At SOCOTEC, we believe that a driven, inspired and challenged team is the key to success. We promote inclusivity, encourage individuality and have a zero-tolerance policy to discrimination, with the aim that every single member of our team will thrive both in and out of the workplace.

We invest in our people. We push you to grow and we want you to progress. We believe in continued development and the pursuit of ambition. Our open and friendly office space promotes a culture of teamwork and provides the opportunity to ask, listen and learn from those around you. With a young, dynamic and exciting workplace, we are constantly striving, as a team, to develop and succeed.

Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.

Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.

Think you’ve got what it takes to make a difference? Apply today to join SOCOTEC as a Water Hygiene Technician and take the next step in your water treatment career.