Electrical and Mechanical Technician - Egham

Affinity Water; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an industry leader dedicated to delivering safe, clean drinking water to millions. As a Production Technician, you will play a vital role in maintaining and repairing essential plant equipment. With a varied day managing both planned and reactive work, you'll benefit from excellent training and tools to succeed. Enjoy perks like a company van, generous leave, and a double match pension scheme. Be part of a team that values sustainability and customer service, making a real difference in the community.

Benefits

Company Van

Uniform

Fuel Card

Excellent Training

Annual Bonus Scheme

Double Match Pension Scheme

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Wellbeing Centre Access

Medical and Dental Insurance Discounts

Volunteer Days

Qualifications

• Experience with industrial electrical equipment in a process-driven environment.
• Hold a full electrical apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Complete electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation maintenance.
• Manage planned and reactive work schedules.

Skills

Electrical Maintenance

Mechanical Maintenance

Instrumentation

Safety Compliance

Problem Solving

Education

Full Electrical Apprenticeship

HNC Qualification

City & Guilds Level 3

Tools

Heavy Equipment

Company Van

Job description

As an Electrical and Mechanical Production Technician, you will be responsible for completing electrical, mechanical and instrumentation maintenance and repairs to plant and equipment. Each day, you'll complete a maintenance routine schedule to ensure our sites, storage facilities and pumping stations are operating reliably and efficiently.

As a Production Technician, your day will be varied with managing planned and reactive work for which you will be provided with the training and tools to be successful in your role. In addition to this you will play a key role in all local infrastructure projects and improvements on the site working closely with other stakeholders in the business and have the freedom to express your opinions.

Travelling from place to place couldn't be easier as you'll be given a company van to drive to and from sites according to your schedule. You must have a full UK driving licence.
Click on this video to hear from our Production Technicians about what's involved:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEPcZmpCKvE

About us

Affinity Water are the UK's largest water only company and our sites in Iver and Egham have an incredibly diverse talented team.

The work we do matters to people's lives, with over 3.89 million customers using our water every day. Making that happen means a lot of people playing their part - whether they're treating and producing water, maintaining our network, visiting our customers, or doing the important work of supporting our front-line teams.

But we want to go beyond business-as-usual. We constantly look for any opportunity to be more sustainable, help our customers use water better, and improve the experience of everyone who uses our water.

The work you'll do is essential for Affinity Water to deliver safe, clean drinking water to millions of customers every day.

Production Technician Experience Required:

• To work safely and competently with the heavy equipment on site
• You need to hold a full electrical apprenticeship, or relevant HNC qualification or equivalent such as City & Guilds Level 3. If your qualification is gained from overseas, you will need to show proof of UK equivalent.
• Experience working with Industrial electrical equipment in a similar process-driven environment.
• Full UK driving license
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEPcZmpCKvE

Benefits:

• Salary total package up to £51,661 (once training complete)
• Basic £38,855 + Flex Allowance: £4,537 plus £8629Stand-by payment
• Standby 1:4£8269 per annum (after completion of training)
• Core Hours of work: 08:00am - 16:00pm (Monday to Thursday) 08:00am - 15:30pm (Friday)
• Remote/ working independently / onsite
• Company Van
• Uniform
• Fuel Card
• Excellent Training to gain further experience
• Company annual bonus scheme
• Annual leave from 24 days rising with length of service
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave.
• Carers policy and Menopause policy to help us support our people
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health
• Discounts for Medical and Dental Insurance, Retail Outlets
• Volunteer days
• Life Assurance

Interview process

1st stage video selection

2nd stage face to face in Egham

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.

Don’t forget to look at all the good work that we do at Affinity Water through our social media channels. You too can help shape our successful save water campaigns and make sure that there is enough water for the future. https://www.affinitywater.co.uk/saveourstreams/tips

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