Network Technician Job at Bristol, Gloucestershire Full Time NEW

We’re hiring a Network Technician to join our team in Bristol on a full-time basis, earning £31,872.00 per annum (salary dependent on experience).

In this role, your data and analytical skills will have a real impact in ensuring our customers have a reliable, safe water supply.

What you’ll be doing?

• Getting out and logging pressure and flow data across the network.
• Transferring data correctly to platforms used in the business.
• Ensuring the correct operation and maintenance of leakage, pressure and flow data collection systems; investigating faults and repairing or replacing faulty equipment.
• Day to day maintenance and operation of the network data logging collection systems, ensuring data is collected regularly and faults rectified swiftly to enable leakage checks.
• Download and maintenance of household night use consumption monitoring devices so that household consumption can be accurately monitored and used in annual leakage calculations.
• Set up and maintenance of alarm packages associated with flow and pressure loggers and other relevant network sensors.
• Undertake periodic manual download cycles of data loggers to support leakage reporting and network maintenance activities and to monitor poor pressure areas, commercial meters and trunk main probe meters.
• Be confident in the installation and setup of insertion probe meters, working safely and methodically on large diameter pressurised mains.
• Assist with other processes such as pressure control, project research, district metering (including insertion probe installation), trade logging, leakage and consumption research.
• Installation, maintenance and data analytics of acoustic logging systems.

What we are looking for:

• Confident and experienced in a range of systems, including Microsoft Excel, Word and data logging systems; ideally with experience in Netbase, GIS, sound recording loggers and similar software.
• Full UK driving licence to cover the areas within our supply using a company van.
• Confident with analysing information and attention to detail.
• GSCEs in Maths and English.
• Effective communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a small, immediate team, as well as independently.
• Experience in the operation of water supply networks would be advantageous but is not essential.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and the option to increase your flexibility through our buy and sell holiday options.
• Employee Share schemes.
• Competitive company pension scheme.
• Access to thousands of discounts and vouchers through Pennon Perks.
• Discretionary bonus.
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Closing Date: 25th May 2026

Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.