# Water Technician

**Company**: The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Depending on experience
**Category**: Facilities & Maintenance
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking for an experienced Water Technician to join our Estates team and play a key role in maintaining a safe, reliable and effective hospital environment.

The Water Technician will be responsible for the operation, maintenance, monitoring and compliance of all water systems across the hospital estate. Acting as a designated Competent Person (Water), you will support the Water Safety Group and ensure compliance with legislation, healthcare guidance and best practice.

Main duties of the job:

- Maintaining domestic hot and cold water systems, including tanks, calorifiers, booster pumps, TMVs and pipework.

- Carrying out water hygiene monitoring, temperature checks, flushing regimes, outlet descaling and disinfection.

- Managing reactive plumbing repairs and maintenance across the estate.

- Supporting the Water Safety Plan and Legionella compliance program

- Assisting with Legionella risk assessments and action management.

- Maintaining accurate compliance records using CAFM systems.

- Liaising with specialist contractors and water treatment providers.

- Participating in the Estates on-call rota.

Person Specification:

- City & Guilds Level 2/3 in Plumbing & Domestic Heating or equivalent NVQ qualification.

- Legionella Awareness Training (City & Guilds, BOHS W3 or equivalent).

- Knowledge of HTM 04-01 and ACOP L8.

- Minimum three years' plumbing maintenance experience within a commercial or healthcare environment.

- Experience carrying out water hygiene monitoring and temperature logging.

- Strong knowledge of Legionella control, HSG274 and water safety requirements.

- Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate compliance records.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

## Skills

### Required
- Plumbing
- Water Hygiene
- Legionella Control
- HTM 04-01
- ACOP L8
- CAFM systems

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