Location
West London - Hampton - TW12 2ES

Hours
38 hours per week, Monday – Thursday/Friday 07:30-16:17 on a 9-day working fortnight, which means you will get Friday off every 2 weeks.

Salary
£28,300 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

About the Role
We currently have a great opportunity to join Thames Water as a Slow Sand Filter Operator. You will be working in a small, dedicated team responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the Slow Sand Filters (SSF) at our Water Treatment Works, to ensure the highest levels of clean drinking water to supply our customers. Your responsibilities will include routine checks, maintenance, and operating mobile plant to ensure that services are delivered to time, cost, and quality standards. The three key areas are skimming filters, the removal/ relaying of granular activated carbon (GAC), and the resanding of SSFs. You will use specialist mobile plants, including sand skimmers, loading shovels, dumpers, and excavators, and operate the Floatex plant (Sand Washer) and GAC separation plants, as well as the mobile crane. General site housekeeping, plant checks, and maintenance will also be part of your duties, along with adherence to legal and company health, safety, and hygiene regulations.

Experience
Previous experience in a similar machinery-based or manual labour role is highly desirable.

About you
You should be a self-motivated person who can immerse themselves into the team around them. You need to be very disciplined, have the desire to learn from those around you, and possess a can-do attitude. This role can be demanding at times but is very rewarding too. You should take ownership of responding quickly to faults, be curious to fully understand the problem, and identify the best solution to resolve it the first time. You must be motivated and always strive for the highest possible standards, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with the team, and possess basic literacy, numeracy, and digital skills. You should be ready to be trained in safety procedures and preferably have a 7-tonne dumper licence or be prepared to obtain it. Experience with 360 Excavator, Loading Shovel, and Sand Skimmer would be an advantage but be prepared to obtain it.

Qualifications
A full UK driving license is required.