Electrical Technician

Thames Water; Reading; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company in the UK seeks an experienced Electrical Technician to work at its water production sites. You will be responsible for maintaining and repairing electrical equipment, ensuring operational efficiency for more than 16 million customers. The ideal candidate should have a strong electrical background, NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering, and a valid UK driving licence. This role offers a competitive salary of up to £42,000 along with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Salary up to £42,000

Contributory pension

26 days annual leave

Performance-related pay

Generous Paternity Leave

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Time-served apprentice with significant experience in electrical systems.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and under own initiative.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair electrical equipment.
• Undertake reactive and planned maintenance, responding to alarms.
• Provide specialist technical advice and training to staff.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Team player

Health and Safety awareness

Education

NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering

18th Edition (preferred)

Job description

Overview

We seek an experienced Electrical Technician based at our water production sites in East Thames Valley.

As a successful candidate, you will use your electrical knowledge to inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair electrical equipment in a safe, efficient, timely and effective manner with minimum supervision, ensuring that 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.

Base Location: Speen WTW, Newbury RG14 1RT.

Working pattern: 38 hours per week, Monday-Friday 07:30 am - 3:30 pm, plus inclusion on a standby rota for which you will receive additional payment.

All PPE, 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’ll be doing as the Electrical Technician

• Ensuring the health, safety and well-being of yourself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors is always a top priority by complying with 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, fixing these or escalating, planning maintenance of plant and equipment daily, and installing new plant and equipment as required in line with current standards and regulations.
• Recording work and asset information to improve business performance, identifying possible future risks, and recommending changes in day-to-day work to raise resolution requirements.
• Providing specialist technical advice with up-to-date knowledge, and coaching, training and developing staff under supervision, including the apprenticeship programme.
• Delivering excellent customer experience and positively contributing to overall customer satisfaction, interacting with internal and external customers in a timely, professional, efficient, respectful and polite manner.

What you should bring to the role

• You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical/electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering.
• 18th Edition preferred, but training can be given.
• 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 maintain 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?

• 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 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.
• Benefits to support health, wellbeing and finances, including health MOTs, physiotherapy, counselling, Cycle to Work, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, serving more than 16 million customers daily. We aim to build a better future for customers, communities, people and the planet, and we’re looking for passionate and skilled people to help us achieve this.

Learn more about our purpose and values. Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive place to work, offering 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 protecting the world of water for future generations, we’ll 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. Join the Thames Water family. We welcome applications from everyone and provide adjustments if needed during the recruitment process.

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.