As a water quality Sampler, you’ll be on the front line of water safety, quality and delivery, ensuring that customers receive the very best when they turn on their tap.

About us

Affinity Water is the UKs largest water-only supplier, providing sustainable, high-quality water to 3.85million customers across the Southeast of England. We are on a mission to redefine the way water companies connect with their customers and communities, and to make better use of water and safeguard the local environment now and in the future.

The role:

You will spend some of your time out and about visiting water treatment works, reservoirs, and other Affinity Water sites collecting water samples across our operational area between Guildford and North London and delivering to the laboratory in Staines.

You’ll perform routine, non-routine and random sampling across our supply area, working independently to complete your daily schedule. There will be some unannounced visits to customers houses to take sample readings in residential areas, and so you need to be comfortable entering customer properties. (DBS check will be required and paid for by Affinity Water)

There’s plenty of driving involved and so you’ll be a confident driver happy to drive around our supply area, on average 60/70 miles per day. Travelling between sites couldn’t be easier as you’ll be given a company van. This can be used to commute to and from work.

You must have a full/clean UK/Manual driving licence.

Experience needed:

• You’ll be excellent at managing your time, meeting deadlines and be comfortable working alone.
• Eagerness to develop your skills, we will invest time to train and develop you to ensure you’re up to speed with industry knowledge and best practise.
• You will be out in the field during the day and returning to our local depot in either Staines or Rickmansworth to complete key administration tasks such as data input and recording samples into our internal systems.
• Basic IT Skills, training given on bespoke apps
• As this is a customer facing role you will need to have excellent communication skills and experience of working with the public.

Interview Process:

This role has a 2 stage interview process which includes;

• 1st stage interview: Microsoft Teams interview (45 minutes)
• 2nd stage interview: Face to face interview at our Staines site where you will meet the hiring managers, have a detailed overview of the day to day duties of a Sampler within Affinity Water and you will also have the opportunity to meet the rest of the Sampling Team, ask questions and take part in a practical assessment of taking water samples.

If you are successful at shortlist, the Talent Acquisition Partner managing this role will be in touch to discuss the outcome and arrange an interview.

Closing Date:

Benefits:

• Part-time Salary £18,648 plus you will earn a further 3-5k in guaranteed overtime.
• Part time hours 27.5. You can choose your 5.5 hours between 8am -4pm such as 9:15 – 2:45pm
• Overtime payments on top of your basic salary for participating in occasional weekend work and out-of-hours standby during the week and double time on Sunday
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 24 days rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous ‘double match pension scheme’ that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.
• Disability confident bullet point added to our adverts; if you need to apply in a different format, please contact us

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.