Experienced Technicians

Thames Water; Reading; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Thames Water's front-line Operations Team as a Technician, contributing to the renowned infrastructure transformation. This role involves maintaining critical equipment while offering competitive salaries and comprehensive training opportunities in a diverse work environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive training and career progression pathways

Company van and fuel card provided

24 days annual leave, rising to 28

Defined contribution pension scheme

Access to benefits hub and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining, testing, and diagnosing faults in mechanical/electrical equipment.
• NVQ or City & Guilds in a relevant discipline required.
• Full UK driving license essential due to site travel.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for scheduled, unscheduled, and emergency maintenance on equipment.
• Work within multi-disciplinary teams at clean and wastewater sites.

Skills

Maintenance

Testing

Installation

Diagnosis

Education

NVQ or City & Guilds qualification

BS7671/18th Edition certification

Tools

PLC Management and Programming

Job description

Join Our Front-Line Operations Teamto help shape the future and deliver life’s essential service

With a£19.8 billion investment over the next five years, we’re delivering one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure transformation programmes and are looking for experienced Technicians with a in:

• Mechanical
• Electrical
• Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA)

We have fantastic career opportunities for skilled and motivated individuals to join our front-line operations teams in our clean and wastewater sites acrossLondon, theThames Valley, and theHome Counties.

This is your chance to make a lasting, measurable impacton the future of water and wastewater.

Your role will involve:

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you’ll be responsible forscheduled, unscheduled, and emergency maintenanceon mechanical and electrical equipment. Your efforts will keep our sites running and our customers in supply while making a real difference to theenvironmentand ourlocal communities.

We’re looking for:

We’d love to hear from you if you have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Maintaining, testing, installing, and diagnosing faults on electrical and/or mechanical plant equipment
• NVQ or City & Guilds qualification in a relevant discipline
• BS7671/18th Edition certification (desirable for those with an electrical background)
• Strong practical knowledge of operational plant and control systems
• Depending on the role, experience of any of the following is desirable: Wonderware or ClearSCADA, relay logic, and PLCs (Rockwell & Allen-Bradley), including management and programming A full UK driving licence (essential, as many roles require site travel)

Why Join Us?

• Be part of modernising the UK’s largest water and wastewater network
• Help reduce river spills by 95% and protect natural ecosystems
• Work on meaningful projects with real environmental and social impact

You’ll benefit from:

• Salary between £34,479 to £57,000 depending on role and experience plus ‘out of hours’ standby payments after training and overtime opportunities
• Comprehensive training and career progression pathways
• Company van and fuel card (subject to role and location)
• All necessary tools and PPE provided
• 24 days’ annual leave, rising to 28 days with length of service, plus bank holidays
• Defined contribution pension scheme – up to 12% company contribution
• Annual personal medical assessment
• Access to our benefits hub, with discounts and wellbeing support

We’re proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process

Ready to Make a Difference?

Your work will havepurpose,scaleandimpact. Whether you are early in your career or ready for a senior leadership role, Thames Water offers the opportunity togain experience, lead,andhave influence,now and for future generations.

Apply nowto register your interest, and we’ll be in touch to talk about current and future opportunities across our100+ sites.