Trainee Trenchless SME
Location: Weston Super Mare office with travel to Midlands as required
Employment type: Full Time
Working Hours: Monday to Friday
What’s in it for you…
We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
Group Personal Pension Plan
Career development and progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
24/7 access to a virtual GP and mental health support and counselling services
Cycle to Work scheme
Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms and more
Life assurance cover
Long service recognition
Enhanced maternity pay
Paid volunteering opportunities in your community
About the role…
As a Trainee Trenchless SME, you will support the proactive performance function by reviewing CCTV reports and identifying defects in drainage and sewer systems, helping to raise and coordinate repairs in line with client requirements.
This is an entry-level opportunity, ideal for someone looking to build a career within the water and utilities sector, with exposure to technical analysis, operations support and client engagement.
Key responsibilities include:
About you…
This is an entry-level role, so a positive attitude and willingness to learn are key. You will be comfortable working with data, reviewing technical information and supporting a fast-paced operational environment.
You will also demonstrate:
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Next steps
If you’re interested in this opportunity, please apply or reach out to the Careers Team for more information.
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.
