Lining Engineer
Location: Nationwide
Employment type: Full Time
Working Hours: Monday to Friday (with flexibility for early starts, weekends, and out-of-hours work)
What’s in it for you…
We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.
20 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
Group Personal Pension Plan
Career development and progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
24/7 access to a virtual GP and mental health support and counselling services
Cycle to Work scheme
Discount club including supermarkets, phone bills, gyms and more
Life assurance cover
Long service recognition
Enhanced Maternity Pay
Paid volunteering opportunities in your community
About the role…
As a Lining Engineer, you will work closely with the Engineer and wider team as a skilled operative to deliver relining solutions using UV cure, steam cure, hot water cure, and ambient cure techniques across both regulatory and non-regulatory environments.
Working primarily on established frameworks with the UK’s leading water companies, you will play an active role in site operations, ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently, and within required timescales.
You will support site activities while contributing to team performance, quality standards, and client satisfaction.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Engineer with day-to-day site duties
- Assisting in all relining works completed on site
- Ensuring adherence to Ipsum site processes and reporting requirements
- Promoting safe systems of work across health, safety, quality, and environmental standards
- Acting as a role model and supporting the development of team members
- Identifying and resolving issues before they escalate
- Supporting delivery of high-quality work, reports, and feedback
- Building strong working relationships with colleagues and clients
- Ensuring all site incidents are reported appropriately
About you…
You will have experience within the drainage or utilities sector and a strong understanding of relining or patching operations, with a proactive and safety-focused approach.
Key experience and qualifications:
- Previous experience within the utilities or drainage industry
- Experience with UV, steam, hot water, or ambient lining techniques
- Full UK driving licence
- EUSR Patching and Lining
- Experience working as part of a patching or relining team
- NRSWA Street Works
- Confined Space Level 2 or above
- High-pressure water jetting
- Manual handling and First Aid at Work
- Banksman training
- Experience patching across a range of pipe diameters using standard and pillow packers
- HGV licence desirable
- OS19 qualification desirable
Skills and personal qualities:
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work across teams and clients
- Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines
- Professional and positive attitude
- Self-motivated and organised
- Flexible approach to working hours
- Team player with the ability to work on own initiative
- Customer-focused approach
- IT literate with experience using Microsoft Office
- Ability to produce clear and accurate reports
Our commitment to Equal Opportunities...
We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences, and we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.
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Next steps...
If you’re interested in this opportunity, please apply or reach out to the Careers Team for more information.
