KINNECT Welcomes Urban Utilities to Water Utility Client Base

Water utility company, Urban Utilities, has partnered with KINNECT for the provision of a wide scope of occupational health services to bolster the health and wellbeing of their 1100-strong workforce.

Urban Utilities are one of Australia’s largest water distributor-retailers, supplying drinking water, recycled water and sewage services to more than 1.5 million people in Southeast Queensland across an area spanning 14,384 square kilometres.

To care for the health of a large and diverse workforce, KINNECT has been tasked with providing pre-employment assessments, health surveillance programs, workplace rehabilitation, drug and alcohol testing and occupational physician consultancy services.

These services will be significantly customised so that that KINNECT’s service delivery meets Urban Utilities’ specific needs and their commitment to ensuring the best possible health outcomes for their people. Our occupational physicians will work closely with their in-house team to review current practices and build on an already strong legislative compliance framework with best-practice approach.

KINNECT’s Chief Customer Officer, Clark Hopley said that the current partnership has been based on successful projects and relationships with key Urban Utilities stakeholders in their previous roles. He believes that the new contract with Urban Utilities is a great strategic fit for both organisations:

“It’s confirmation of our demonstrated knowledge, experience and capability in this particular industry. What makes this situation unique is that Urban Utilities can add to, and benefit from, KINNECT’s experience working with many other major players in the water infrastructure and maintenance sector such as Sunwater, Seqwater, and Unitywater.

“It’s also a great fit given Urban Utilities’ geographical service area which can be served by KINNECT’s offices in the south and north of Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast,” Clark explained.

If you’d like to discuss how we can support your organisation’s Occupational Health needs across pre-employment medicals, health surveillance, workplace rehabilitation, injury prevention and occupational medicine services, contact us today.