Legionella Risk Assessor / Water Hygiene Engineer

  • Future Select Recruitment
  • Rugby, Warwickshire
  • 11/03/2026
Full time Construction

Job Description

Job Title: Legionella Risk Assessor / Water Hygiene Engineer

Location: Rugby, Midlands

Salary/Benefits: 26k - 38k + Training & Benefits

We are recruiting across the Midlands for an experienced Legionella Risk Assessor / Water Hygiene Engineer, to cover commercial and domestic contracts. You will be joining a national outfit, who specialise within the Legionella / Water Hygiene industry, and have recently grown their presence across the Midlands. Daily duties will include: ACOP L8 compliance tasks and completing legionella risk assessments. You must be flexible to travel in line with company requirements, and will be expected to support other engineers with training. Salaries and benefits packages on offer are excellent.

You will be travelling across: Rugby, Daventry, Northampton, Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon, Redditch, Nuneaton, Leicester, Tamworth, Market Harborough, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Lichfield, Cannock, Coalville, Swadlincote, Burton upon Trent, Lougborough, Nottingham, Derby.

Experience / Qualifications:

  • Will have worked as a Legionella Risk Assessor / Water Hygiene Engineer
  • Must hold the City and Guilds (WMSoc) in Legionella Risk Assessing
  • Excellent industry technical knowledge, including HSG 274 and ACOP L8 guidelines
  • Hardworking attitude
  • Good foundation of literacy and numeracy skills
  • Confident using IT software to complete reports

The Role:

  • Carrying out a wide range of ACOP L8 compliance duties to ensure client sites remain safe
  • Showerhead descales
  • TMV servicing
  • Closed system sampling
  • Cleans and disinfections on cold water storage tanks
  • Undertaking legionella risk assessments on domestic hot and cold water systems
  • Writing detailed risk assessment reports
  • Maintaining strong working relationships with clients
  • Travelling in line with company needs

Alternative job titles: Environmental Service Technician, Legionella Technician, Water Hygiene Consultant, Water Hygiene Risk Assessor, Water Treatment Engineer.

Future Select are recruiting in the Water Treatment/Hygiene industry; we work with the best clients & 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.

We are inundated with applications, we will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful. Your details will be saved on our system and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.

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