Electrical Technician

Wessex Water Services; Ilminster; Presencial; GBP 28 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Pension up to 20%

Career progression

25 days holiday

Holiday trading up to 5 days

Healthcare package

Life assurance

Resumo da oferta

Wessex Water Services, part of the YTL UK group, seeks an Electrical Technician to join our EM&I team covering Yeovil, Taunton and surrounding sites. You’ll perform planned and reactive maintenance and contribute to small installation work on water recycling centres.

Applicants should be time‑served with three‑phase and single‑phase power/control systems, hold City & Guilds/NVQ Level 3 or an equivalent apprenticeship, and have good health and safety awareness.

Qualificações

• Time-served electrical technician with three-phase and single-phase power/control knowledge.
• Hold City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3, or a time-served electrical apprenticeship.
• Formal mechanical training is preferred but not essential.
• Excellent health and safety awareness and IT literacy.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out pre-planned and reactive maintenance on EM&I sites.
• Maintain plant, machinery and equipment to ensure reliable operation.
• Fault finding, diagnosis and resolution to minimize downtime.
• Contribute to continuous improvements across the area.

Conhecimentos

Electrical power & control

Fault finding

Maintenance planning

IT literacy

Formação académica

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 or time-served apprenticeship

Descrição da oferta de emprego

What you'll do

This is a really exciting challenge for an Electrical Technician to be a part of a high-performing and dedicated Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation (EM&I) team to cover our sewage treatment sites across the Yeovil and Taunton area.

• carry out pre-planned and reactive maintenance work, including some small installation projects on our water recycling centres
• take responsibility for ensuring the effective operation of plant, machinery, and equipment
• carry out fault finding, fault diagnosis, and fault resolution
• deploy excellent decision-making to confidently make continuous improvements across the area.

In this position, you will be required to have a can-do attitude and a flexible approach to work. You will be working with a wide variety of products and equipment. Whilst performing in your role, you will have ongoing opportunities to develop your skill set and knowledge, which can include formal and in-house training, which could lead to progressing into field support and PLC programming.

We are looking for someone who can work flexibly and effectively with minimal supervision. You will also be required to participate in an out-of-hours standby rota, which will cover surrounding areas.

What you'll need

To be successful in this role, we are seeking a time‑served Electrical Technician who is competent in three‑phase and single‑phase power and control systems. It is essential that candidates applying for the role hold City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3, or a time‑served Electrical Apprenticeship. Formal mechanical training (dual‑skilled) is preferred but not essential. The successful candidate would also need to have excellent health and safety awareness and IT literacy.

To be considered for this role, you must hold a valid UK driving licence, as there will be regular travel around various sites within our region.

This is a Monday to Friday role, but standby cover will be required for evenings and weekends on a rota basis, which includes a standby payment, plus a performance bonus of up to 5% of your salary and overtime available.

A company van and all the tools and training you will need to complete your role will be provided.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water - one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West.
• YTL Developments - a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 450-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community.
• YTL Construction UK - a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors.
• YTL Live - the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space.
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion - with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.