Electrical Technician

idibu; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water company in Cirencester is looking for an experienced Electrical Technician to maintain and repair electrical systems. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the operational efficiency of our water production site. Offering a salary up to £42,000 per annum along with generous benefits, including a contributory pension and performance-related pay. This role is essential for helping us reduce environmental impact and satisfy customer needs.

Benefits

Contributory pension

Annual Leave: 26 days holiday

Performance-related pay plan

Generous Paternity Leave

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Time-served apprentice with significant experience in electrical systems.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and fault diagnose electrical systems.
• Undertake both reactive and planned maintenance.
• Train and develop staff under supervision.

Skills

Problem solving

Excellent communication

Team player

Education

NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Technician based at our water production site at Latton (GL7 5QF) near Swindon. As a successful candidate, you will use your electrical knowledge and experience to inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment in a safe, efficient, timely and effective manner with minimum supervision, ensuring all of our sites remain operational for the benefit of our customers. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to Thames Water's environmental impact, actively helping to reduce pollution from our sites.

What you’ll be doing as an Electrical Technician

• Ensuring the health, safety and well-being of yourself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors is always my top priority by always displaying the correct behaviours by complying with the Health and Safety at work regulations and Thames Water’s Health and Safety guidelines.
• Undertaking both reactive and planned maintenance, responding to alarms and fault finding to identify issues, fix these or escalate, planned maintenance of plant and equipment on a daily basis, installing new plant and equipment as required in line with current Standards and Regulations.
• Record work and asset information to improve business performance along with identifying possible future risks and recommending changes in the course of your day-to-day work and to raise these for resolution as required.
• Provide specialist technical advice where appropriate with up-to-date technical knowledge along with coaching, training and developing staff under their supervision, including the apprenticeship programme
• delivering excellent customer experience and positively contributing to overall customer satisfaction. Interacting with all our customers (internal & external) in a timely, professional, efficient, respect and polite manner.

Base Location - Latton WTW - Cirencester - GL7 5QF.

38 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 3:30 pm.

All PPE and tools, plus the provision of a van when on duty and call.

You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering.

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering.
• A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, or escalate if required.
• An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors.
• Resilient, adapting to the pressures of work and working in a constantly changing environment.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, under own initiative, to design and meet standards.
• Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.
• Team player who can work in many different teams, showing respect for others, providing helpful feedback and supporting the development of others.
• Full UK driving licence.

What’s in it for you?

• Offering a salary up to £42,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Annual Leave: 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid
• Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.