Field Service Technician

Water Pump Service Technician

Location: Kildare / Field-Based
Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:30pm
On-Call: Approximately every 4th/5th weekend and Bank Holiday

The Role

We are looking for a practical, reliable and technically minded Water Pump Service Technician to join an established and growing business.

This is a varied, hands-on field-based role involving the servicing, repair, maintenance, fault-finding and installation of water and wastewater pumping and treatment systems across domestic, agricultural, commercial and industrial environments.

No two days will be the same. You could be attending an urgent call-out at a dairy farm, servicing a domestic system, installing a new system for a commercial customer or working alongside a team on a larger site.

The successful candidate will need to be comfortable working independently, dealing directly with customers, solving problems in the field and adapting to changing priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Service, repair, maintain and install a range of water and wastewater systems and equipment.
Work on well pumps, water pressure boosting systems, VSDs, water treatment systems, sewage pumping and treatment systems and rainwater harvesting systems.
Carry out fault-finding and effective repairs.
Complete scheduled, preventative and reactive maintenance.
Install water pipework and associated equipment.
Attend urgent customer call-outs and prioritise work according to customer requirements.
Maintain accurate service and maintenance records.
Identify additional repair and maintenance requirements.
Communicate professionally with customers and explain completed works where required.
Work safely and in accordance with relevant Health & Safety requirements.
Carry out workshop-based servicing and repairs when required.
Participate in training and ongoing technical development.
Participate in an out-of-hours emergency call-out rota approximately every 4th/5th weekend and on Bank Holidays.

What We’re Looking For

Direct water-pump experience is not essential.

We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong practical or mechanical background who are used to working with their hands, using tools and solving problems.

Suitable backgrounds could include:

Factory or industrial maintenance.
Agricultural or farming environments, particularly dairy.
Mechanical maintenance.
Electrical maintenance or partially qualified electrical backgrounds.
Building or construction.
Plumbing.
Agricultural machinery or plant.
Other hands-on technical/service environments.

Ideally, you will have around 2 years’ practical experience in a relevant environment. Full pump experience is not required, as training will be provided.

Key Personal Qualities

The most important qualities are:

Strong practical ability and a natural aptitude for fixing things.
Good mechanical understanding – a genuine “mechanical brain”.
Strong fault-finding and problem-solving ability.
Ability to think on your feet and use initiative.
Comfortable working independently in the field.
Flexible and able to adapt when priorities change.
Reliable, hardworking and willing to get stuck in.
Comfortable dealing directly with customers.
Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
Pride in the quality of your work.

Fault-finding ability is particularly important. Technical knowledge can be trained, but the ability to intuitively diagnose problems and work out how to fix them is highly valued.

Essential Requirements

Fluent written and spoken English.
Full clean Irish driving licence.
Practical, hands-on experience using tools and working with equipment.
Strong mechanical aptitude.
Ability to work independently and use initiative.
Flexibility to work across different customer environments.
Current Safe Pass and Manual Handling certificates, or willingness/ability to obtain these as required.

What You’ll Receive

Full-time, permanent position.
Monday–Friday working week.
Overtime paid.
Pension scheme.
21 days’ annual leave.
Company van following successful completion of probation.
Company mobile phone.
Tools and PPE supplied.
Training and technical upskilling.
Career development opportunities.
Additional company benefits and performance-related bonus.
Long-term career opportunity within an established and growing business.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practical technician who wants to develop specialist skills within the water and pumping industry.

If you have a mechanical mind, enjoy fixing things, are comfortable working with tools and can think on your feet, we would like to hear from you – even if you have never worked directly with water pumps before.

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