Drainage Industry Jobs in Stafford

Drainage industry jobs in the Stafford area

Lanes Group is the UK’s largest privately owned specialist drainage contractor, and our depot in Stafford plays a key role in helping us serve the needs of customers across the Staffordshire region.

We’re looking for new team members to help us expand our Stafford operations and deliver responsive, high-quality services through our contract with the infrastructure support service provider Amey, on behalf of local water supplier Severn Trent Water, which serves around 4.5 million households and businesses.

Working exclusively through our contract with Amey, the team at the Stafford utility hub work to solve drainage problems for domestic and commercial clients, as well as offering specialist waste management and tanker services.

We have worked with Amey in Stafford since 2011, and the core Grindley Farm site now employs around 180 people, operating more than 100 specialist vehicles and carrying out more than 250 blockage clearances each and every day. Our Stafford contract work also encompasses hubs in Shropshire, Derby, Nottingham and Leicester, with nearly 110 staff members employed across these four locations.

We currently have a range of vacancies available in Stafford, and are in particular looking for candidates who can work flexibly or out of hours. We offer a wide variety of shift patterns, including 7-on-7-off and 4-on-4-off arrangements, as well as more standard Monday-to-Friday routines.

The main Grindley Farm depot is located at a rural site 4.5 miles away from Uttoxeter; our affiliated Shropshire, Derby, Nottingham and Leicester hubs offer alternatives for those who would find it difficult to commute to this location.

Much of the work we do in Stafford is contract-based, which means permanent staff often work side-by-side with professionals on fixed-term assignments. Our roles range from short-term contracts through to long-term placements, with plenty of scope for ongoing training and personal development.

Our Stafford sites employ people in drainage jobs from all over the region, including: 

• Alton
• Birmingham
• Cannock
• Cannock Chase
• Creswell
• Eccleshall
• Great Haywood
• Heath Hayes and Wimblebury
• Hixon
• Leicester
• Lichfield
• Little Haywood
• Mansfield
• Newport, Shropshire
• Rugeley
• Shugborough Hall
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Stone
• Trentham
• Uttoxeter
• Wolverhampton

Who we employ at the Stafford utility hub

HGV driver/operators

Our HGV driver/operators in Stafford play a crucial role in delivering essential repair and maintenance work for customers. A job behind the wheel of our distinctive, state-of-the-art Lanes vehicles is much more varied than a standard driving role you might find elsewhere, and you will receive training to perform drainage-related engineering tasks using top-of-the-range equipment.

The high-volume work will see drivers interact with a wide range of customers, responding to callouts across the Staffordshire region as and when required. These roles do not depend on prior drainage industry experience, meaning professional HGV drivers from all backgrounds are welcome to apply.

Roles include:

• Tanker drivers
• HGV drivers
• Mechanics
• Jet vac operators

Engineers

As one of the biggest employers of drainage engineers in the UK, Lanes Group is always looking for skilled new candidates to expand our capabilities in Stafford. As an engineer, you will be involved in imaging, repairing and unblocking drains and sewers of all shapes and sizes, while working with sophisticated equipment and highly skilled colleagues.

Our drainage engineers are responsible for dealing with problems on the frontline, delivering effective solutions for customers during their time of need.

Roles include:

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

Office-based

Our office-based team at Stafford play a crucial role around the clock, liaising with customers and providing field engineers and drivers with the information they need to do their jobs effectively.

We are looking for candidates with strong people skills who can build effective working relationships with colleagues, provide customers with updates and reassurance, and reactively solve problems as and when they arise.

Roles include:

• Administrators
• Site supervisors
• Works coordinators
• Works planners
   

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Our Stafford utility hub offers contract-based and long-term employees an opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced environment, where no two days are ever the same, and workers have the opportunity to develop brand new skills.

Chris Huston, a drainage engineer in Stafford, is a great example of this. A former trainee accountant, Chris has been part of the Lanes team supporting Amey since July 2015, and has relished the broad range of different responsibilities he’s been given at Lanes - as well as the opportunity to connect with people and deliver essential services.

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