Company Overview
Water is wonderful. Without it we’d be lost. With it, everything’s possible. For every toothbrush, for every loo flushed. For the hot showers, the cool drinks, the cups of tea. But it’s not just at the heart of our homes. It’s at the heart of everything; our schools, our businesses, our hospitals. Saving lives, helping communities thrive. We’re Severn Trent, a diverse and amazing group of people who want to keep it that way. We bring you clean water and we take it away safely too. But it’s not just what we do. It’s how we do it: not just talking, but going over and above. Stepping up and rolling our sleeves up. It’s because we care. Not only about our water but our corner of the country. And we care for our amazing people who make all this possible. Don’t just take our word for it; we’re a Glassdoor Top 50 Company – one of the best employers in the UK right now.
Taking care of ‘one of life’s essentials’ – it’s our purpose and we want you to be part of it. Supplying wholesome drinking water, treating wastewater and recycling this back to the environment responsibly is no mean feat. We serve around 8 million people across the Midlands and Wales and unlike other businesses, our delivery is non-negotiable. It’s a matter of life.
Many of our employees are also our customers, so we truly take pride in what we do! Employing people from across our communities and beyond, Severn Trent is an exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be curious, can be ‘Wonderfully You’ and where you can truly make an impact to our environment, now and for future generations.
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Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn! Our Tanker Driver Apprentice Programme offers the perfect blend of safely transporting an increasingly valuable commodity – sewage and sludge and working regular, local routes, and having the responsibility for safely collecting, and delivering sewage and sludge and transporting it in vacuum tankers between Severn Trent sites. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future.
As an Apprentice Tanker Driver, you’ll be exposed to a wide range of opportunities through earning all of the key skills required to become a Severn Trent Tanker Driver as you train over to achieve your LGV (Large Goods Vehicle) driving licence at category C.
You’ll be doing a wide range of daily activities and your competencies will include;
- The ability to operate STW specification vacuum tankers and associated equipment.
- The ability to safely access vehicle cabs, sites and offices using correct procedures (3 points of contact, etc)
- The ability to manipulate (including loading & unloading to/from tanker pipe storage trays) flexible pipework (up to 5” diameter) in a safe manner utilising correct manual handling techniques.
- The ability to work unsupervised one trained, in all weather conditions utilizing correct PPE, lone worker system, etc.
- The ability to dynamically risk assess site access & working conditions depending on specific circumstances on arrival
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