Drainage Engineer in Peterborough

Location: Peterborough
Salary: £28,000 per year
Recruiter: Metro Rod
Job Hours: Full-time

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Drainage Engineer

Metro Rod Peterborough & Lincolnshire

Peterborough area

Salary starting at £28,000+ DOE plus overtime, on-call & benefits

Metro Rod work with the likes of Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Mitie, Clarion, Axa, Wetherspoons and many more in the FM, Social Housing, Property Management, Retail, Industrial and Leisure sectors. Despite having been around for over 40 years, we are a fast-growing and dynamic business and part of an ever-expanding group Franchise Brands.

Founded in 1983, Metro Rod and its sister company Metro Plumb are leading providers of drain clearance and maintenance services delivered on a largely reactive basis. The services are provided by over 60 franchisees with geographical coverage across the UK. We’ve been clearing and unblocking drains for more than thirty years and we’re proud of our reputation for quality service and customer satisfaction. Major companies and leading high street names trust us to deal with all their regular drain maintenance and we’ll bring the same high standards of service to tackle your drain blockage.

Within the Waste & Water Services Division of Franchise Brands, is also Willow Pumps and Filta. Two expanding businesses that focus on sewage pumps and commercial kitchen solutions. Together, the brands provide a complete one-stop shop for keeping water and waste flowing.

Metro Rod North Midlands are now looking for dedicated and technically skilled individual who wants to develop their engineering careers within this sector and who are committed to providing the most exceptional levels of service to our valued and high-profile customers.

We will work with you from the outset to establish the optimum working pattern that suits your needs as well as those of our business.

The roles themselves will provide a wide range of emergency and contracted services to both commercial and domestic customers.

What does it entail?

  • Carrying out a range of services associated with the cleaning, clearance, repair, and maintenance of our customers’ drains
  • Operation of High-Pressure Water Jetting Equipment in line with rigorous safety standards
  • Carrying out surveys
  • Providing an exceptional standard of customer service and technical expertise
  • Accurately recording work/job details via a range of bespoke internal/client systems and apps
  • Communicate effectively with high profile commercial and domestic clients and Metro Rod Support Centre colleagues to ensure excellent customer service is always provided
  • Being part of an on-call rota to help service our clients 24/7 / 365 days a year. This would be one week in four– variable according to the business needs

What are we looking for?

  • High pressure water jetting and CCTV Surveying with experience in commercial drainage beneficial but not essential as full training provided for the right candidate
  • Confined space entry experience
  • CSCS tickets
  • Excellent problem-solving ability with sound technical knowledge
  • Have a positive, flexible, can-do attitude
  • Want to be part of a growing and progressive business
  • Be willing to work some unsociable hours
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Must live in the Peterborough area

What you will receive

  • Personal development
  • Door to door overtime
  • Company van and fuel card
  • Branded uniform
  • Ongoing Health & Safety and new skills training


About Metro Rod


Metro Rod is the UK’s leading commercial, drainage, pump and tanker solutions company.

Our scale, expertise and experience allow us to take on any challenge, and we use the latest technology and techniques to carry out over 235 000 jobs each year. Safety and customer care are important cornerstones of our service, and our health and safety policies are highly evolved and compliant with the highest national accreditation standards.

We work with businesses of all sizes to keep their drains clear and flowing smoothly. Our national business customers trust us across multiple sectors, including facilities management, retail, water utilities, social housing, education, hospitality and many more. As a franchise network, we also work with local businesses and customers in the private and public sectors.
Our reactive and planned services mean we are always on hand when you need us. Our network consists of over 500 trained pump and drainage engineers who are available 24/7/365 across the UK, to support you with your pump and drainage needs.

Metro Rod is owned by Franchise Brands PLC, a group of international multi-brand franchisors with a combined network of over 450 franchisees. As such, it benefits from the management, resources and highly professional range of central support services that Franchise Brands is able to provide.

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