Electrical Technician

Jobs.co.uk; Rickmansworth; Presencial; GBP 38.000 - 46.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual leave 24 days

Pension scheme (AON)

Health & wellbeing benefits

Cycle to Work

Life assurance

Descripción de la vacante

Thames Water is hiring an Electrical Technician for Maple Lodge STW in Rickmansworth. The role involves inspecting, maintaining, fault-diagnosing, testing, installing, modifying and repairing mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment with minimal supervision.

Salary up to £42,000, 38 hours weekly, Monday to Friday, including standby and overtime opportunities. You will work to ensure site operations, safety, and environmental objectives are met, with PPE and a company van provided on

Formación

• Time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical/electrical systems.
• 18th Edition preferred, training available.
• Problem solver able to identify issues and implement solutions.
• Excellent communicator with staff and contractors.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others at all times.
• Undertake reactive and planned maintenance; respond to alarms and faults.
• Record work and asset information to improve performance and identify risks.
• Provide technical advice and coach staff, including apprentices.
• Deliver excellent customer experience and professionalism to internal and external customers.

Conocimientos

Time-served apprentice

Electrical experience

Problem solving

Communication skills

Full UK driving licence

Educación

NVQ/C&G 3 in electrical engineering

Herramientas

18th Edition

Descripción del empleo

About The Role

This full-time Electrical Technician role, based in Rickmansworth at Maple Lodge STW, supports wastewater treatment operations. Working with minimum supervision, the postholder inspects, maintains, fault-diagnoses, tests, installs, modifies and repairs mechanical plant plus associated electrical equipment safely and efficiently. A salary of up to £42,000 per annum is offered, dependent on skills and experience. Applicants need strong electrical knowledge and proven maintenance background. The position helps keep sites operational for customers while actively reducing pollution and improving Thames Water's environmental impact. Health, safety and wellbeing underpin every task undertaken.

About The Role

This full-time Electrical Technician role, based in Rickmansworth at Maple Lodge STW, supports wastewater treatment operations. Working with minimum supervision, the postholder inspects, maintains, fault-diagnoses, tests, installs, modifies and repairs mechanical plant plus associated electrical equipment safely and efficiently. A salary of up to £42,000 per annum is offered, dependent on skills and experience. Applicants need strong electrical knowledge and proven maintenance background. The position helps keep sites operational for customers while actively reducing pollution and improving Thames Water's environmental impact. Health, safety and wellbeing underpin every task undertaken.

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Technician based at our wastewater treatment site at Maple Lodge STW.

As a successful candidate, you will be using 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 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 elevate, 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, respectful, and polite manner.

Base Location: Maple Lodge STW – WD3 9SQ

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

• 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 elevate 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.
• Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 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.
• 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 (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

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.

Learning about our purpose and values

Working at 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.