Water Treatment / Water Hygiene Engineer

  • Future Select Ltd
  • Chelmsford, Essex
  • Apr 08, 2026
Full time Trades & Services

Job Description

Job Title: Water Treatment / Water Hygiene Engineer
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Salary / Benefits: £22k - £34k + Training + Benefits
Level of Experience: Trainee Water Hygiene / Water Treatment Engineer through to Lead Water Hygiene / Water Treatment Engineer

Profile

A leading Environmental Consultancy, with a reputation for providing professional Legionella and Water Treatment services to a national client base, is currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic Water Treatment / Hygiene Engineer based in or around the Chelmsford area. The successful candidate will be working on a portfolio of Local Authority, Commercial and Retail sites, providing ACoP L8 compliance measures, alongside Closed System Analysis and dosing, Clean & Disinfection works and Main Injections.

Applications will be considered from: Basildon, Brentwood, Braintree, Harlow, North London, Bishop's Stortford, Hertford, St Albans, and areas with good access to the M25 and Home Counties.

Experience & Qualifications
  • Experience working as a Water Treatment / Water Hygiene Engineer within an established company.
  • Working knowledge of ACoP L8 and HSG guidelines.
  • Industry recognised qualifications would be beneficial to the role. (Not Essential)
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to organise own workload.
The Role
  • Undertaking temperature monitoring and sampling regimes to ensure compliance with ACoP L8.
  • Carrying out clean and disinfections on both hot and cold-water systems, steam boilers and cooling towers.
  • Closed system analysis, sampling, and dosing with inhibitors.
  • Undertaking servicing, repairs, and replacement on TMVs.
  • Carrying out showerhead descales.
  • Undertaking installation and maintenance on dosing systems.
Alternative Job titles

Water Hygiene / Treatment engineer, Legionella Engineer, Water Hygiene Engineer, Water Treatment Engineer

Future Select are recruiting in the Water Treatment/Hygiene industry; we work with the best clients and candidates and supply the majority of permanent jobs in the market.

We would be interested in speaking to candidates with experience in any disciplines from Risk Assessors, Service Engineers, Account Managers and Business Development/Operational Managers through to Director level.