Calling all Office Temps ! 13ph to 20 ph Come and work for the busiest Office Recruitment Agency in Ashford! We are the most experienced team of recruiters with a combined over 75 years of experience recruiting across the South East of Kent. We have new vacancies coming in every day from the very best employers in Ashford, Maidstone, Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover. To be considered for these Temporary vacancies you need to be registered with Office Angels, ready to start work straight away. Temporary vacancies available at the moment include: Receptionist Administration Finance - Sales & Purchase Ledger, Accounts Assistant, Credit Control Sales Coordinator HR Administration Business Analyst Customer Service Executive All of these roles are working for excellent companies who we are proud to be working in partnership with and who we can recommend as a great place to work. Temporary roles vary from a 1 day booking through to 12 month...

Summary: As the Water Network Science Manager, you'll lead a specialist technical team dedicated to protecting water quality from our treatment works right to the customer's tap. Reporting directly to the Water Quality Manager, you'll take ownership of network performance by proactively identifying potential risks before they impact supply and ensuring the continuous delivery of safe, wholesome drinking water. In this role, you will balance fast-paced operational demands with long-term maintenance strategies to optimise the network's overall resilience. You will bring proven experience in water quality or distribution science, strong leadership skills to guide technical experts, and a proactive, analytical approach to risk management that guarantees compliance and maintains customer trust. Main responsibilities: Provide leadership and technical direction to the Distribution Science team, focusing on the monitoring and management of the water distribution network. Develop...

Summary: As a Distribution Technician, you'll be the person keeping the water flowing and ensuring our community receives a reliable, uninterrupted supply every single day. In this hands-on, field-based role, no two days are ever the same. You'll spend your time out on the front lines tackling real-world challenges, investigating sudden supply issues, fixing mains bursts, and stepping in as a supportive face for customers when things don't go to plan. Whether you're attending scheduled appointments, running water quality tests, helping customers locate their water meters, or offering friendly advice, your daily work will make an immediate, positive impact. Main responsibilities: Customer Support: Attending customer appointments and carry out allocated work for them, responding to customer requests and offer general advice, water quality tests, and help locating water meters if needed. Network Support: Carrying out mains shuts, risk assessments, interruption reports,...

Summary: Are you someone who loves working outdoors and takes real pride in maintaining high standards? Do you want a meaningful role where your efforts directly contribute to the essential service of clean water? Do you want to work for a company that offers stability, invests in its people, and provides a clear sense of purpose? We're looking for a dedicated and organised Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to use your practical skills across a diverse range of our operational sites, land, and property. You'll be a vital part of keeping our critical infrastructure running smoothly and looking its best, offering real purpose in your day-to-day work. You'll be part of a supportive company that genuinely invests in its people and the communities we serve. If you're looking for a role with variety, impact, and a great work-life balance, this could be the perfect next step for you. Main responsibilities: To undertake Grounds and...

Social Science Graduate - Explore a Career in Education Location: Canterbury and East Kent (Canterbury, Ashford, Thanet, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and surrounding areas) Pay: 93 - 100 per day (depending on role and experience) Job Type: Full-Time & Part-Time Long-Term, Short-Term & Permanent Opportunities Start Date: Immediate - Roles Available Once Cleared for Work Social Science Graduate Have you completed a Social Science degree and are considering a career working with children or young people? Tradewind Recruitment is working with a wide range of mainstream and specialist SEN schools across Canterbury and the East Kent area, offering rewarding opportunities for graduates looking to gain valuable experience before progressing into careers in teaching, educational psychology, social work, youth justice, counselling, mental health or other child-focused professions. We are recruiting Social Science graduates for a variety of education support...

Farrer Barnes is recruiting for an excellent Accounts & Tax Manager opportunity with a well-established and highly regarded chartered accountancy practice based in Sevenoaks. This successful firm has built an excellent reputation across Kent, the wider South East and nationally, providing a comprehensive range of accountancy and advisory services to an impressive and diverse client base. Its portfolio includes owner-managed businesses (OMBs), SMEs and larger corporate organisations, with many clients experiencing continued growth. Following a period of sustained success and with ambitious plans for the future, the Partners are looking to strengthen the team with the appointment of an experienced Accounts & Tax Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious practice professional to join the firm at an exciting stage of its development and play an important role in its continued growth. Based from the firm's Sevenoaks office, you will take responsibility...

Biomass Engineer Up to 43,000 South East A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Kent to work for a highly reputable and people-focused company. Following consistent growth, my client are looking for the chosen candidate to look after a number of stores, performing a mix of PPM and reactive work on biomass boilers and associated plant. You will be provided with industry leading training, with fantastic opportunities to progress within the company. Job Description: - Biomass Engineer - PPMs and reactive work - Inspection, fault finding, diagnostics - Electrical & Mechanical plant - 1 in 4 call out - (Will be discussed at interview) Requirements - HEATAS (desirable but not essential) - Full UK Driving License - Electrical/Mechanical experience Benefits: - Company vehicle + door to door + Personal Use - In house training provided - Health Cash Plan - Private Medical Insurance - Excellent Pension Scheme - Discount Scheme If...

Summary: Are you a Risk Lead capable of taking South East Water from foundational tracking to world-class QSRA and QCRA modeling? Do you have a track record of driving down cost impact risks to unlock critical contingency in a massive capital budget? The PMO Portfolio Risk Lead owns the 'What if' scenarios, protecting the £1billion Capital Programme from uncertainty, including both threats and opportunities. Operating within the central IPMO hub, you will champion a risk-aware culture across the organisation's 'spokes'. While using an in-house risk system, you will lead the evolution of the function, fulfilling the strong desire to implement Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and Cost Risk Analysis (QCRA). You will be responsible for setting Risk Management Standards, assurance and maturing capabilities to meet SEWs organizational needs. All standards and assurance activity will integrate with broader SEW Risk Management practices and will need to enable escalated...

Summary: The Portfolio Data and Reporting Lead owns the critical question 'What does this all mean?', translating complex project data into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders across South East Water. As part of the central PMO hub supporting a £1billion Capital Programme, you will act as the 'data guardian', ensuring integrity and consistency while breaking down information silos between business functions to provide a single source of truth. Accountable for reporting where we are winning and where we have opportunities to improve. Providing actionable insights that drive performance levels and aide decision making up to Board level. You are the primary interface for transforming raw data into intelligence. Without this role, the organisation would rely on fragmented data dumps rather than intuitive insights, hindering senior leadership's ability to make fast, strategic decisions in a highly regulated environment impacting customer's overall experience. Main...

Summary: Are you an experienced Civil Engineer looking for a role that offers real purpose and impact? We're looking for an Engineer to join our Civils team, working on vital water infrastructure projects that make a genuine difference to people's lives across the South East. This is a chance to use your expertise to help us deliver safe, clean drinking water to our customers, from the very beginning of a project to its successful completion. You'll be part of a supportive team, working on exciting, varied projects and shaping your own technical deliverables. Main responsibilities Review and check project scopes to make sure they'll achieve the right outcomes. Provide technical solutions and support on capital projects, producing key documents like design drawings, CDM documents, and job specification packs. Check other people's work for technical quality. Mentor our brilliant Graduate Civil Engineers and apprentices, helping them to grow and develop their skills....

Summary: Are you looking for a role where your technical input directly shapes water infrastructure? Do you have the communication skills to negotiate with Tier 1 contractors and the technical knowledge to challenge a design review? We are searching for an Assistant Project Manager (APM) to provide critical technical and operational support to the Project Manager throughout the full lifecycle of schemes with a focus on civil engineering - from Initial Concept and Feasibility through to Commissioning and Final Handover. Reporting directly to the Project Manager, you will ensure the seamless delivery of infrastructure projects, maintaining momentum from the pre-construction phase to site completion. Main responsibilities: Performing administrative tasks as required, including preparing estimates and invoices and keeping track of the project's progress, usually with the help of specific software and technical experts. Reporting to the project manager on the project's progress...

Summary: As our Solutions Analyst/Developer at South East Water, you will design, build, deploy, and constantly improve our Oracle-based applications and databases. You'll work right at the intersection of our hybrid setup, bridging our on-premise data centre with our modern Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. In this role, you'll write highly efficient database code and use Oracle APEX to design clean web interfaces, keeping our data flowing smoothly between both worlds. We are a forward-thinking technology team bridging the reliability of robust, secure on-premise infrastructure with the dynamic scalability of the cloud. Our core systems are built on Oracle and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We are seeking a highly skilled Developer to design, develop, and modernise our suite of business-critical web applications. If you are a database-centric developer who loves building highly responsive low-code applications while navigating the exciting complexities of a hybrid...

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a strong background in PFI We're looking for a Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and monitoring of PFI expiry and handback activities, ensuring a smooth, timely, and efficient transition of PFI projects. This position will have responsibility for lifecycle works, asset condition, remedial works, compliance and transition planning through to successful handback. Rydon Maintenance Ltd provides hard facilities management services in partnership with a range of NHS Trusts. We provide reactive and planned maintenance to a number of NHS buildings and we work to strict timescales and safety requirements to ensure the comfort and safety of service users using these NHS facilities. With offices in the South East, to Bristol in the South West our experience has taken us across a variety of sensitive healthcare environments. Job Purpose We re looking for a highly organised Project Manager to join our team to manage...

Teaching Assistant Location: Tooting, South London Position: KS2 Teaching Assistant Start date: ASAP Pay: Dependent on experience We are working with a welcoming primary school in Tooting that is looking for a Teaching Assistant to join its KS2 team as soon as possible. The school has a strong focus on inclusion, high-quality teaching and helping every child feel valued. Its approach centres on achieving excellence together, with respect, kindness and perseverance playing an important part in everyday school life. The successful Teaching Assistant will support pupils across KS2, working closely with the class teacher to help children make progress, develop independence and engage positively with their learning. The school is looking for someone who understands that every child learns differently and can help create a classroom where pupils feel safe, supported and able to succeed. Main Duties and Responsibilities Teaching Assistant Support for Pupils: Support...

Summary: As Delivery Manager, you will be a crucial member of the Engineering leadership team. You will hold full accountability for your portfolio, valued between £20-40 million annually, and will be responsible for the safe design and delivery of asset engineering programmes. This involves planning and leading multiple workstreams, managing third-party suppliers and stakeholders, and overseeing project managers and their teams. You will ensure your programmes are delivered on time and within budget, while maintaining compliance with internal governance and utilising data-driven insights for informed decision-making. This role demands excellent programme management skills, commercial awareness, contract management experience, and the ability to lead and inspire diverse teams. This is an exciting time to join our business as we are investing over £1.8 billion in our water network to build a sustainable future. This means we're growing and investing in talented people who can...

Summary: The Role undertakes the Asset Owner role on behalf of the Head of Asset Management for the above and below ground water supply assets in (Sussex/West) Region. Leads Regional focussed teams of AM Planners and Modellers to understand the long and short term Asset Management Needs for that Region, and developing those needs into Whole Life costed options for appraisal. The Role is responsible for leading the production of the long term Regional Strategy for (Sussex/West), articulating the strategic needs for the region in terms of maintaining current levels of service and also addressing future demand and resilience challenges. The role has accountability for the Operational Zone plans which then translate the strategic needs into base and enhancement investment requirements over the life of the assets. These are the fundamental plans that our price review submissions will be built from, from AMP9 onwards. The Role is critical to managing AM risk in that region, and will...

Summary: Are you technically minded and able to come up with creative solutions? Do you thrive in challenging environments? Are you a real team-player? If so, don't let this opportunity pass you by We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. You'll take up this crucial role as a Process Technician to join our team that keep the water flowing for millions of customers every day. You'll use your skills, know-how and attention to detail, along with a dependable approach, to operate and maintain our production sites, reservoirs and pumping stations. You'll manage water level and flow within our reservoirs and pumping stations to ensure we provide a continuous water supply to the communities we serve. Experience in water treatment processes would be useful but isn't essential. Ideally, you'll have experience in process operations or an electrical / mechanical engineering background. You'll operate, maintain and manage our water...

Summary: Are you an engineer who thrives on variety, takes pride in technical excellence, and wants a career that fits around your life-not the other way around? We have an incredible opportunity for a Project Engineer to join our Investment Delivery Directorate. Based out of our Snodland, Kent office, you will enjoy a flexible, hybrid working model that allows you to manage your own time between home, the office, and our project sites across the beautiful South East. At South East Water, we don't just talk about work-life balance and continual professional development (CPD)-we build them directly into our culture. Supporting a Project Manager, you will take ownership of all technical and engineering aspects of your assigned projects from conception to completion, including a PLC replacement project. You will be the technical anchor-planning, scheduling, and managing tasks to ensure accuracy, safety, and top-tier quality. Although this role offers flexible/hybrid working...

Summary: Are you a proactive Health & Safety professional who thrives on variety? Do you enjoy balancing strategic office-based risk management with hands-on, face-to-face site engagement? We are seeking a NEBOSH-certified Health & Safety Advisor to join our team. This is a dynamic, hybrid role where you will split your time between our Kent Operations hub, working from home, and travelling out on site across the Kent region to support the management of H&S and ensure compliance. As our dedicated H&S champion, you will report directly to the Head of H&S, providing expert advice to Regional departments, driving our Wellbeing strategy, and ensuring our operations remain safe, compliant, and forward-thinking. What You'll Be Doing Expert Guidance & Training: Provide sound safety advice grounded in legislation and company policy. A key part of your role will involve inspecting / auditing our operations and engaging with audiences out on site on H&S...

Project Engineer Location: Rural Dartford, DA2, Regular travel to project sites around South East and London Contract: Full-time, Permanent, 37.5hours a week. Salary: £30,000-32,000 per annum + Performance related bonus Benefits: 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, company laptop/mobile phone, Uniform and PPE, Private Healthcare, Pension, Expenses for travel, Parking and career opps. Support Project Managers in delivering construction projects across life safety projects, from planning through to handover. Help keep projects on programme and within budget, coordinating clients, subcontractors, suppliers and internal teams. Ensure project documentation, certification and handover records are complete, accurate and traceable. Key Responsibilities Project Delivery & Documentation Prepare and maintain risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) and ensure they are issued to site in good time. Produce project reports covering progress, quality and...