Electrician

Morson Edge; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Van

Fuel Card

Tools Provided

Uniform Provided

Job summary

Morson Edge is hiring an experienced Electrician to support critical infrastructure at the AWE site in Reading with occasional travel to nearby MOD sites. The role focuses on installation, maintenance and fault-finding of electrical and electronic assets across water and wastewater processes, with a strong emphasis on safety and regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will perform inspections, diagnose issues, and carry out repairs to ensure continuous operation.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining water and wastewater assets.
• Ability to fault-find, diagnose and repair fixed plant and equipment.
• Able to work in confined spaces, at heights and in varied environments.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, repair and maintain water and wastewater assets to defined standards.
• Fault-find, install, repair, inspect, replace and maintain fixed plant and equipment.
• Provide timely feedback to Head Office with status updates on allocated work.
• Coordinate with scheduling to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Maintain safety standards and ensure compliance across sites.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team player

Self-motivated

Education

SEMTA Approved Apprenticeship

NVQ 3 or City and Guilds 236

18th edition Electrical qualification

Job description

Electrician

Location: Reading, Berkshire (AWE Site)

Salary: £29,667.20 - £44,500.80 + Benefits Package

Security Clearance: Applicants must be capable of obtaining the required security clearance due to the nature of the site.

Whats on Offer?

• Company Van
• Fuel Card
• Tools Provided
• Uniform Provided
• Permanent, Full-Time Position

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Electrician to join our team supporting critical infrastructure projects at the AWE site in Reading with occasional travel to other MOD sites within an hour radius

Role Objective:

To maintain, assess, diagnose, determine the most appropriate resolution and support any interruptions / issues to either the water service or sewage treatment process, and/or provide general installation and maintenance skills across a range of STS contracts on Water Compliance / O&M / Internal Contracting Organisation (ICO) contracts. To provide a full range of maintenance alongside carrying out Field Technician duties , installation and repair services to all electrical, and electronic assets relating to Water and Wastewater treatment processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Undertake day to day inspection, repair and maintenance of water and wastewater assets to defined internal quality standards.
• Work with scheduling team and line management to maximise productivity and efficiency.
• To fault-find, install, repair, inspect, replace and maintain aspects of fixed plant and equipment as requested to ensure it functions in a safe and effective manner. Provide timely feedback so that Head Office has up-to-date information on status of any allocated job.
• Provide quality daily job feedback to identify follow on work to minimise the avoidable failures for water quality and environmental consents.
• Manage personal workloads to ensure maximum flexibility, productivity and effective time management.
• Maintain site standards to food grade level, particularly on water assets.
• Undertake range of activities as required and as skills and ability allow. For ICO employees this may include, O&M activities, CFS testing, meter verification/ installation, lifecycle works and private pipe services and general site maintenance and cleaning duties, tank inspection and cleaning, pipework installation and modification, Water Compliance remedial works, etc.
• Maintain level of professional expertise to ensure ability is held to repair/maintain a wide range of makes, types and complexities of plant/equipment.
• To fault find, install, repair, inspect, replace, and maintain aspects of fixed plant and equipment as requested to ensure it functions in a safe and effective manner.
• Operate and maintain the highest Health and Safety standards in accordance with all Company policy and procedures
• Respond to reactive asset failures across numerous sites and undertake immediate fault diagnosis and determine rectification requirements to restore serviceability of the asset
• Identify appropriate spares needed for effective repair/maintenance of equipment and either request spares from Maintenance Manager or instigate order personally dependent based upon purchasing guidelines.
• Exercise judgments on equipment spend to ensure the appropriate and safe repair is balanced with the requirement to maximize cost effectiveness. Provide feedback on judgment of asset condition to assist with most cost-effective operation of the asset.
• Provide high level of customer service to maintain customer expectations of quality service provision.
• Participate in '24 hour reactive standby rota' to assist company in maintaining service provision to its customers

Experience

• Good problem solving and practical thinking skills are required to ensure the safe and effective operation and maintenance of all assets and to prevent avoidable asset failure where possible.
• You will need to demonstrate a can do attitude and be comfortable working both within a team and working alone.
• Excellent process diagnostic and communication skills are essential.
• Must be physically fit with ability to work in confined spaces, underground or at heights.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels in the organization, and with external customers. This is especially important when working out of hours.
• Must be able to explain complex or technical problems to colleagues in a manner that enables others to understand and be able to react to, effectively.
• Is balanced and confident and willing to speak up constructively when something is wrong.
• Able to demonstrate confidence in own judgment.
• Applies experience and logic to a situation
• Is achievement focused and with a clear sense of ownership, will work with commitment and determination to drive to deliver
• Willing to make a productive contribution.
• A good team player who will commit to the team's agenda, willingly helping others in the team when asked and solving problems.
• Experience of operating and maintaining water and wastewater assets

Capabilities

• Good problem solving and practical thinking skills are required to ensure the safe and effective operation and maintenance of all assets and to prevent avoidable asset failure where possible.
• You will need to demonstrate a can do attitude and be comfortable working both within a team and working alone.
• Excellent process diagnostic and communication skills are essential.
• Must be physically fit with ability to work in confined spaces, underground or at heights.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels in the organization, and with external customers. This is especially important when working outof hours.
• Must be able to explain complex or technical problems to colleagues in a manner that enables others to understand and be able to react to, effectively.

Qualifications

• SEMTA Approved Apprenticeship
• NVQ 3 or City and Guilds 236 qualifications
• 18th edition Electrical qualification.
• Full UK driving license
• Electrical Inspection and Testing

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