Electrical Technician

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension (Defined Contribution)

Annual Leave

Performance pay

Paternity Leave

Maternity Leave

Cycle to Work

Life Assurance

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Thames Water Utilities Limited is seeking an experienced Electrical Technician to join the Maintenance team at Mogden STW, Isleworth. This permanent, full-time role offers a 38-hour week, standby and overtime potential, with a salary up to £42,000 depending on skills and experience, plus an extensive benefits package.

You will inspect, maintain, fault-diagnose, test, install and repair electrical equipment across mechanical plant and drives, motors, PLCs and control systems, working with minimal

Qualifications

• Time-served apprentice with significant experience in electrical systems or NVQ/C&G Level 3 in electrical engineering.
• 18th Edition preferred; training can be given.
• Problem solver able to identify issues and implement solutions, escalating when required.
• Excellent communicator with internal and external staff and contractors.
• Resilient and adaptable to a changing environment.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health, safety and wellbeing of yourself, colleagues, contractors and visitors at all times.
• Work on drives, pumps, 3-phase motors, starters and controls, VSDs, PLCs and associated systems.
• Undertake reactive and planned maintenance, respond to alarms, fault-finding and installations as required.
• Record work and asset information, raise risks and recommend improvements.
• Provide specialist technical advice and coaching to staff, including apprentices.
• Deliver excellent customer experience with professional interactions.

Skills

Electrical systems

Electrical troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Health & Safety awareness

Customer-focused service

Education

Time-served apprentice or NVQ/C&G Level 3 in electrical engineering

Tools

VSD (Variable Speed Drives)

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Job description

Job title Electrical Technician Ref 43500 Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Mogden - Isleworth - TW7 7LW Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours Working pattern is 38 Hours, Monday-Friday 7:30 am -3:36 p.m., plus standby & opportunity to increase earnings by a potential £8,000 to £10,000. Salary Competitive salary up to £42,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience. Job grade A Closing date 19/08/2026

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Electrical Technician to join our Maintenance team in our Wastewater Division to be based at our Mogden STW.

As a successful candidate, you will use your electrical knowledge as well as your experience to inspect, maintain, fault-diagnose, test, install, modify or repair as appropriate, mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment, in a safe, efficient, timely and effective manner with minimum supervision, allowing us to ensure that 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, and you will be actively helping to reduce pollution from our sites.

What you’ll be doing as the Electrical Technician.

• Ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing 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.
• Examples of equipment that you will be working on will be drives, various pumps, 3-phase motors, starters and controls, electronic control systems such as VSD, automatic valves, flow, level and pressure measurement, programmable logic controllers, variable speed drives and controls.
• Undertake both reactive and planned maintenance, responding to alarms and fault-finding to identify issues, fix these or escalating; planned maintenance of plant and equipment daily, 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, respectful and polite manner.

38 hours per week, Monday-Friday. 7:30 am -3:36 pm, plus Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase the earning potential by up to a further £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company training.

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

What you should bring to the role

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

• You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering.
• 18 th Edition preferred but training can be given.
• A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, or escalating 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 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.

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.

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.

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, 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.