THAMESMEAD JOB VACANCIES

Drainage industry jobs in the Thamesmead area

If you’re looking for an exciting new role within the drainage industry, we have a number of job vacancies available in and around the Thamesmead area. At Lanes Group, we pride ourselves on being the UK’s largest privately owned specialist drainage company, and could offer you an amazing new career opportunity.

Our Thamesmead team operates as a satellite of our Slough utility hub. From this location, Lanes serves as the exclusive wastewater network maintenance partner to Thames Water, the UK’s largest water supplier, with over 15 million customers. This means we need the support of motivated and talented people to help us carry out our extensive and essential work across the region.

We employ more than 900 wastewater engineers and support staff, operate over 350 specialist drainage vehicles, and carry out in excess of 1,000 maintenance jobs every day

All of our staff based in Thamesmead play an essential role in helping us with these efforts, and we work hard to serve the needs of both domestic and commercial customers across the London area and beyond.  

We currently have a number of vacancies in the Thamesmead area, and have a variety of different roles depending on what you’re interested in. We are dedicated to providing passionate individuals with the right attitude and skills, great job prospects and opportunities to grow their careers with us at Lanes Group. 

Our Slough facility employs people in drainage jobs from all over the region, and our Thamesmead depot plays a key role in this. We offer jobs in the following areas:

• Abbey Wood
• Barking
• Bexleyheath
• Crayford
• East Wickham
• West Heath
• Woolwich

Who we employ at the Thamesmead depot

We have a wide range of job vacancies available in and around the Thamesmead area, from office roles to HGV drivers. We are looking for the right candidates to employ for the following jobs: 

HGV driver/operators

If you are looking for a professional driving job, our HGV driver/operator role would be ideal. We constantly require qualified HGV operators to help assist with our essential maintenance and repair work in Thamesmead, and across the UK. 

Our HGV driver roles are much more varied than a typical transport operator role. Our drivers are directly involved with drainage, maintenance and repair work - making the job a potentially exciting opportunity for those looking to expand their skills and knowledge into new areas.

Roles on offer include:

• Tanker drivers
• HGV drivers
• Jet vac operators

Engineers

As one of the biggest employers of drainage engineers in the UK, we are constantly looking for highly skilled individuals to join the team.

Our expert engineers carry out essential work in and around Thamesmead, and are responsible for repairing, imaging and unblocking drains and sewers of all shapes and sizes. The team utilise some of the most advanced technology in the industry and work closely with their talented colleagues, as well as directly with our customers.

Our engineer roles include: 

• CCTV drainage engineers and assistants
• Drainage engineers and assistants
• Jetting engineers and assistants

Office-based

At Lanes Group, we don’t just require the skills of engineers and professional drivers; none of our work would be possible without our essential office-based staff.

Our teams based in the office work tirelessly to ensure our wastewater engineers have all of the information they need, while also keeping customers informed and happy throughout the process. 

If you have the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers, have great organisational skills and are good at solving problems, then an office-based position could be perfect for you. 

Our office-based roles include: 

• Depot leads
• Depot managers
• Administrators
• Operations managers
• Field support workers and technical specialists​​​

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Our Thamesmead depot provides a varied and highly engaging working environment, where every employee is valued for their hard work and contribution towards the success of Lanes Group. 

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