Water Hygiene Specialist

Serco: Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, DA2 8DA
Permanent, Full time (Mon-Fri, 8:30 – 16:30pm)

£60,000 – 65,000 per annum + excellent benefits

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Water Hygiene Specialist in our Healthcare Estates team, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the safe, compliant, and effective management of water systems across Darent Valley Hospital. You'll provide technical expertise, lead water hygiene compliance activities, and help maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors, and colleagues.

Our work touches lives every day. In this role, you'll help create a positive impact on communities by supporting essential healthcare services through safe and resilient water systems. Your work has purpose, helping to protect public health while driving continuous improvement, innovation, and compliance across a complex hospital environment.

What you’ll do as a Water Hygiene Specialist

• Act as the Responsible Person (Water), ensuring compliance with HTM 04-01, ACOP L8, HSG274, and contractual requirements.
• Lead the implementation, management, and continual improvement of the site's Water Safety Plan.
• Oversee Legionella risk assessments, water sampling programmes, flushing regimes, temperature monitoring, and remedial actions.
• Manage specialist contractors, ensuring high standards of quality, safety, competency, and value for money.
• Provide technical support and guidance for lifecycle projects, capital works, and water-related improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate compliance records, investigate incidents, support audits, and contribute to Water Safety Group meetings.

• Close liaison with AE and advisory AEs in and outside of Water Safety Group. 

Does this sound like you?

• Technical qualification in engineering or a related discipline, or significant experience in a water hygiene engineering role.
• City and Guilds or British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) Legionella qualifications, such as WH003 Legionella Control for Responsible Persons.
• Knowledge of healthcare estates environments and water hygiene legislation, guidance, and best practice.
• Experience working with Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems, compliance documentation, and technical reports.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and collaborate effectively across teams.

What we offer

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (we currently offer over 60 different apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Our employee networks support connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including veterans, LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Vetting and checks

A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.

Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).

For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.