Drainage Industry Jobs in Edinburgh

Drainage industry jobs in the Edinburgh area

Are you looking for a drainage industry job in Edinburgh with one of the UK’s leading employers in this field? If so, check out the range of job vacancies that Lanes Group has to offer at our site in Broxburn.

We are the UK’s largest privately owned specialist drainage contractor, and our Edinburgh facility is one of our most important depots. Located on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, it serves an urban zone of approximately 850,000 people.

From Edinburgh, we provide a complete range of drain and sewer services to domestic and commercial clients in Scotland, including choke clearance, specialised dockyard cleaning, industrial estate drainage maintenance and homebuyers’ CCTV drainage surveys.

We’re always on the lookout for talented new recruits to help us deliver our 24/7 services to customers in Edinburgh. We offer a wide variety of roles at the site, including roles for HGV drivers, jet vac operators, engineers and office-based staff.

Our Edinburgh depot provides a busy, lively and friendly environment for staff, with multidisciplinary teams working together to deliver the very best solutions. We’re looking for talented, motivated workers to join us at Lanes, and can offer strong prospects for long-term career development and personal growth to those who successfully apply.

To find out more about the opportunities currently available in our Edinburgh depot, check out our current job listings below.
 

Our Edinburgh facility employs people in drainage jobs from all over the region, including: 

• Lothian
• Fifeshire
• Dunfermline
• Livingston
• Musselburgh
• Melrose
• Bathgate
• Hawick
• Dunbar
• Perth
• Dundee
• The Scottish Borders

Who we employ at the Edinburgh depot

HGV driver/operators

We are always on the lookout for qualified HGV operators to apply for our Edinburgh-based driver/operator job vacancies. These are much more than basic driver roles, as staff will be expected to get directly involved in the essential engineering, repair and maintenance work we perform.

Taking the wheel of one of our distinctive fleet of Lanes vehicles, our vehicle operators will be extensively trained to make full use of our top-of-the-range tools and equipment. These staff members will also interact directly with clients, delivering the top-notch customer service experience for which Lanes is known.

Prior drainage industry experience is beneficial but not essential, which makes this an ideal opportunity for professional drivers from other backgrounds to retrain in an exciting new line of work.

Roles include:

• HGV drivers
• Jet vac operators

Engineers

Our engineering crew are at the heart of everything we do at Lanes Group. We are among the biggest employers of drainage engineers in the UK, with some of the country’s most talented professionals among our ranks.

Lanes engineers are responsible for imaging, repairing and unblocking drains and sewers of all shapes and sizes across Scotland, working with some of the most sophisticated technology available and dealing with domestic and commercial projects of all sizes.

These highly skilled jobs will give you plenty of scope to grow and develop your skills over time, while dealing directly with and providing reassurance to customers in need.

Roles include:

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

Office-based

Our office-based staff are the lifeblood of our activities at Lanes. Without them overseeing our administration, planning, management and support functions so efficiently, we simply wouldn’t be able to serve our clients in the way we do.

By joining our Edinburgh administrative team on the East Mains Industrial Estate in Broxburn, you will take on the responsibility of working with our field-based engineers and drivers to provide the information they need to carry out their work efficiently. At the same time, you will liaise with our customers across the region directly, building relationships and providing essential communication where necessary.

Anyone looking to take on one of these roles should have strong organisational skills, with a talent for working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Roles include:

• Area development managers
• Depot managers
• Customer coordinators
• Administrator jobs
• Operations managers

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For example, Brian Macallister has been a drainage engineer for more than 15 years, spending the last decade at Lanes. Having seen the company’s methods evolve considerably over the years, he calls Lanes “the best company I’ve worked for”, thanks to the breadth of support and training he has received to help him make best use of our state-of-the-art surveying technology.

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