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Salary: £47,020.53 per annum plus a 15% annual bonus and Veolia benefits
Hours:40 hours per week
Location:Energy Recovery Facility
Bernard Road Service Centre
Sheffield
S4 7YX
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone.
As a Network Engineer you’ll be pushing for innovative solutions to create a more sustainable future for all. We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you;
25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
Access to our company/people’s pension scheme
Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
What you’ll be doing;
Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs on industrial water boilers, boiler houses and associated equipment across the Sheffield district heating network
Maintaining and troubleshooting customer plant room installations, including actuators, strainers, valves and heat interface units
Supporting underground pipe network maintenance activities, including leak detection and repair
Conducting regular site visits to customer plant rooms, providing technical advice and ensuring minimal service disruption
Monitoring network performance using SCADA systems and maintenance management software, identifying improvement opportunities and reporting findings to the Principal Engineer
Ensuring all maintenance activities comply fully with relevant health and safety legislation, environmental standards and industry best practices
Accurately completing maintenance records, incident reports and work documentation in line with company procedures
Contributing technical input to support maintenance planning and continuous improvement initiatives
Supporting the implementation of energy efficiency and sustainability measures aligned with Veolia's wider environmental objectives
Collaborating with the wider operations team to respond effectively to both planned and unplanned maintenance requirements.
What we're looking for;
HNC/HND level qualification in Engineering or a related discipline – essential
Hands-on experience with water or steam boiler plant, heat networks or similar infrastructure – essential
A solid understanding of energy systems, boiler plant and heating systems – essential
Full UK Driving Licence – essential
BOAS accreditation – desirable
IOSH Managing Safety qualification – desirable
Working knowledge of heat networks and district energy systems – desirable
Experience using SCADA systems and maintenance management software
Ability to interpret technical drawings, equipment manuals and diagnostic data
Knowledge of relevant health, safety and environmental legislation applicable to heat network operations
What’s next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Veolia UK provides solutions for ecological transformation which means reconciling human progress with environmental protection. We develop and implement local solutions to depollute our vital resources and regenerate resources to preserve them from depletion along with solutions to decarbonize our ways of living and adapt them to the consequences of climate change.
We are a company of almost 14,000 employees, although we prefer to think of ourselves as “resourcers”. Every day across the country our “resourcers” design and deploy useful and concrete solutions, which help our customers fight against climate change, prevent pollution of waterways, soil and air and create a circular economy where nothing goes to waste.
Every year, we serve around 1.8 million people through our municipal wastewater contracts. We complete over 400 million waste collections across our Local Authority contracts, serving over 3 million residential properties; and we treat over 1.5 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from our 85,000 private customers. We also produce over 560 MWe of renewable and low carbon electricity, to power over 1.3 million homes.
We also anticipate the needs of tomorrow with innovative solutions that will decarbonise our energy and heating demands through the development of microgrids and energy management through our Hubgrade solution, which optimises the resources using digital and artificial intelligence.
Veolia UK is an exciting and innovative place to work, but don't just take our word for it - we were named as one of the top 10 'Very Big Organisations' to work for in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work 2024.
We are driven by optimism and passion, not to see the world as it is, but how it should be; and we are tenacious in our efforts to achieve our goals.
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