Job Description

Join Our Growing Business as a Ground Worker / Pipe Layer

Since our inception in 2012, Rendesco has pioneered the heat pump sector, offering comprehensive services from design and installation to ownership and operation of low-carbon heating systems. With hundreds of successful projects under our belt, our experienced teams lead the UK in renewable heating solutions.

Having grown rapidly across new build homes, Rendesco sees huge opportunity to provide clean heating to existing homes. The company's newest division, Home Energy, aims to retrofit existing homes with heat pumps and batteries to deliver clean heating and energy savings to customers.

Rendesco is looking to hire a motivated, energetic, and like-minded experienced Pipe Layer to work under the direction of our Installation Engineering Team across our various sites nationwide, to help facilitate a period of significant growth.

Job requirements

The ideal candidate for the Pipe Layer role will have a wealth of experience (and potential qualification) in watermains laying, or even in laying of HDPE pipework, headering and PIP for Renewable Energy projects.

All candidates must be able to work well as part of a team and encourage others to do so too.

Education

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Engineering or Plumbing Qualification:

NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 (or equivalent) ensuring an understanding of industry standards and best practices.

Experience and Skills:

(Preferable) - CABWI Level 2 in Network Construction Operations (water - self lay). EUSR Qualification or equivalent in Electrofusion Welding and Butt Fusion welding. CSCS Card (relevant cat) EUSR Water qualification Manual handling & First Aid (preferable)

Personal Attributes:

Good communication and interpersonal skill: Strong communication skills are vital for liaising with team members, clients, and other stakeholders, as well as for accurately documenting work, providing clear instructions, and resolving queries or issues effectively. Motivated and enthusiastic team player: A positive attitude with a willingness to contribute to team success, showing initiative and adaptability while working collaboratively on projects, sharing knowledge, and supporting colleagues as needed. Working away from home will be required: Flexibility to travel and work at various locations, including extended stays away from home, to meet project demands across Scotland (Cathcart/Polmont) and eventually, additional parts of the UK. Detail-oriented and consistent: Able to error-check own work and correct mistakes.

Key responsibilities

As part of our engineering team, we are looking for an experienced Pipe Layer to support mains laying of HDPE and Pre-Insulated Pipework across the UK. This is a site based, hands on role with a focus on providing excellence and high quality installations of key infrastructure to our 4th and 5th generation geothermal heating networks:

Installation of HDPE and Pre-Insulated Pipework (PIP) mains and headering, in trenches across developer sites and our project sites. Working in trenches (prepared by others) around other utilities, including on live connections (at times). Use of Electrofusion Welding and Butt Fusion Welding for HDPE and PIP. Qualified to EUSR standards. Pressure and flow testing and occasional flushing of installed pipework. Working to detailed technical drawings and site plans. Working and collaborating with Installation Supervisors, Installation Engineers, Project Managers and Installation managers. Adhering to all HSE requirements on site to customer, industry and Rendesco standards. Fault finding and fixing any problems that arise in collaboration with the wider engineering team

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Job benefits

Up to 42,500 basic salary (depending on experience and for the right candidate) Overtime (payable after first 9 hours, daily) Private Medical Insurance 30 monthly contribution to phone contract 25 days annual leave (exc bank holidays)

Be the change. If this sounds like you, apply now to join Rendesco and help us drive the future of clean, low-cost energy!

Rendesco is an equal opportunity employer who celebrates diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We operate a preferred supplier list for our external recruitment agencies. Any CV's that are speculatively sent to us by agencies outside of this list will be treated as a free gift and we will not be liable for any fees if we contact the candidate directly.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 42,500.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Private medical insurance
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: Scotland GW