Mechanical Technician

Thames Water; Earlswood; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company in Earlswood is seeking a skilled technician to perform maintenance and provide technical expertise. You will ensure safety compliance while maintaining mechanical and electrical systems. The role offers a competitive salary up to £39,000 per annum, company van, and generous benefits including a pension scheme and enhanced leave policies.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £39,000

Company van and tools provided

Contributory pension scheme

Annual leave increasing with service

Generous parental leave policies

Access to health benefits and support

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mechanical or electrical systems.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health, safety, and well-being at work.
• Undertake reactive and planned maintenance.
• Provide technical advice and coaching to staff.
• Interact with customers in a professional manner.

Skills

Mechanical systems experience

Electrical systems experience

Problem-solving

Communication

Team player

Health and Safety knowledge

Education

NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical engineering

Job description

What you’ll be doing

• 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, fixing these and escalating, and performing planned maintenance of plant and equipment daily.
• 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 an excellent customer experience and positively contributing to overall customer satisfaction. Interacting with all of our customers (internal & external) in a timely, professional, efficient, respectful and polite manner.

Base Location - Earlswood - Redhill - RH1 5HE.

Working Pattern 38 Hours Monday- Friday 77 : 30 am-3 : 36 pm Plus with Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase this earning potential by up to a further £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company training.

All PPE, Tools Plus and Van will be provided.

You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical / electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical engineering.

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 mechanical engineering.
• 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 to 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 £39,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus a company van, tools, and PPE.
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Annual Leave : 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• 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!
• 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.