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Drainage Operative (Wastewater Treatment)

Colchester, EssexFull-timePipelayer / Drainage

FM Conway is hiring drainage operatives (wastewater treatment) for its Water and Drainage Management team in Colchester, Essex, working 4pm to 2am. Each operative works in a two-person crew with an HGV driver, helping with high-pressure water jetting, CCTV drainage surveys, cleaning, investigations, planned maintenance and emergency call-outs, and using the Trimble GIS system. Much of the work is cyclical gully maintenance.

  • Full UK driving licence
  • Drainage experience useful but not essential
  • High-pressure water jetting, street works or confined space experience an advantage

Pay and benefits: Performance-related bonuses on eligible cyclical gully cleaning contracts, and the chance to join the HGV Apprenticeship Programme after probation. 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, company pension, life assurance, ongoing training, shopping discounts and health and wellbeing support, including 24-hour advice lines.

Posted
16/10/2026
Closes
15/12/2026

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