Reinstatement Technician HD

Company: Severn Trent Water
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Location: Wales
Job Description:

Overview

At Hafren Dyfrdwy, we’re passionate about delivering clean, safe water and caring for the environment across Wales. We’re more than a water company – we’re a team committed to sustainability, innovation, and supporting the communities we serve. If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real impact and be part of a purpose-driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

We are excited to announce a new opportunity to join our Network Operations team as a Reinstatement Operative for our backfill and reinstatement team. You will be a vital part of the backfill operations, maintaining and replacing Hafren Dyfrdwy’s underground water network in the Wrexham and Powys areas. You will be responsible for providing an effective team support function, undertaking duties to include waste transfer, backfill and reinstatement operations on the company’s infrastructure assets.

The key accountabilities of this role include:

  • Carrying out a wide variety of reinstatement based tasks on the distribution network, sent out by the Hafren Dyfrdwy Planning Team at our head office in Wrexham.
  • Accountability for your own health and safety and a duty of care for any internal and external stakeholders affected by the work you do.
  • Exercising judgment in terms of the risk/impact to our customers, the general public, and road-traffic users, relative to the activity in hand, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and company standards at all times.
  • Undertaking the full range of duties involved in delivering an effective reinstatement as part of our repair and maintenance service, including team support for waste transfer, backfill and reinstatement operations.

All of this is underpinned by the Distribution vision statement, “Great people working in a safe, proactive operation and maintenance organisation. Delivering excellent customer service at least cost.”

Qualifications

  • Experience in reinstatement works
  • Able to complete work as part of our reinstatement team and have knowledge and experience of reinstatement on public highways and private sites
  • Ability to demonstrate and implement daily Health & Safety in the workplace
  • Physically demanding role and will involve working outdoors in all weather conditions
  • Driving licence essential (category C1 preferred)
  • NRSWA preferred
  • A full UK driving licence required for the role

Benefits

  • 23 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
  • Annual bonus scheme (up to £1,500 per annum based on company performance)
  • Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 8% when you contribute 4%)
  • Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
  • Dedicated training and development with our Academy
  • Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
  • Family friendly policies
  • Two volunteering days per year

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Posted: July 11th, 2026