Plumbing and Drainage Engineer
Can be based across London, and Southern and Northern Home Counties
What’s in it for you...
When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it. We’re big on professional development, wellbeing, and creating a place where people enjoy coming to work.
You’ll get:
20 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Group Personal Pension Plan
Career development with support to earn industry qualifications
24/7 access to a virtual GP, mental health & counselling services
Cycle to Work scheme
Discount club – from groceries to gyms
Life assurance cover
Enhanced Maternity Pay
Long service recognition
Paid volunteering days in your community
Local social committees and regular team events
About the role...
We’re growing our drainage engineering teams and looking for practical, hands-on people to join us. This is a full-time, permanent role working across a range of sites — commercial, residential, rail, and utilities — delivering high-quality drainage solutions and maintenance services.
You’ll work flexibly, including some nights and weekends, to support the demands of a 24/7 network.
What you’ll be doing...
Operating specialist drainage equipment, including high-pressure water jets, lining systems, and electro-mechanical machines
Carrying out patch repairs, jetting, blockage clearance, and drain maintenance
Completing safety checks and reports in line with company and legal standards (e.g., LOLER, PUWER)
Diagnosing drainage issues and proposing effective solutions
Accurately documenting work carried out and reporting findings
Liaising with clients and colleagues to plan work and solve problems
Maintaining and checking equipment before and after use
Ensuring all work complies with health, safety, environmental and quality policies
About you...
You’ll bring some practical experience in drainage or utilities, and you’re confident using a range of equipment and tools. You’re a strong communicator with a problem-solving mindset and a team-first approach.
You’ll need:
A full UK driving licence
Certification in high-pressure water jetting (or willingness to train)
Confined space entry qualification (or willingness to train)
Water Jetting certified
Flexibility to work various shifts, including occasional nights and weekends
Our commitment to Equal Opportunities...
We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences, and we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.
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Next steps...
If you’re interested in this opportunity, please apply or reach out to the Talent Team for more info!
At Ipsum, we provide specialist engineering services across the UK’s regulated water and energy companies and private sector businesses.
We work with our customers to maintain, optimise and develop their above and below ground assets to ensure security and resilience, and with our smart systems and ways of working, we ensure we deliver on time, on budget and safely.
At Ipsum, we develop long-term working relationships with our customers by providing essential utility services on both public and private networks. We have many long-term contracts and framework arrangements in place which are built upon great customer service, safe working practices and the ability to flex and deploy specialist skillsets at short notice.
The growth of Ipsum has been built upon our people and our ability to meet the demanding and ever-changing needs of our customers. The UK utility sector is evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer demand, regulatory-driven outcomes and to exploit new innovative technologies, at Ipsum we will continue to grow in this sector by being a reliable, flexible and agile service partner that helps customers meet these new challenges.
As we know, utility service provision is not a 9 to 5 business, our customers don’t switch off their networks or assets at night, or at the weekends, or on holidays, or when things are quiet. They need them to work round the clock – and we at Ipsum are right beside them 24/7 to make sure they do.
We pride ourselves in providing specialist scheduled maintenance services, being able to respond to an individual call-out or mobilise onto a major upgrade project and that our customers can rely on Ipsum 24/7/365.
