Technical Coordinator

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Banbury; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utilities company in the UK is seeking a motivated Technical Coordinator to join their wastewater operations team. This role involves managing maintenance tasks, optimizing plant performance, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Ideal candidates will have experience in Water/Wastewater environments, strong SAP skills, and a collaborative mindset. The position offers an annual salary of up to £47,000, excellent annual leave, and various benefits, making it an attractive opportunity for those looking to make a difference.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous Paternity and Maternity Leave

Generous Pension Scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Relevant experience within Water or Wastewater treatment.
• Ability to work closely with various stakeholders.
• Capable of managing multiple jobs simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Manage prerequisites within SAP for complex jobs.
• Design operationally critical jobs using technical expertise.
• Maintain plant availability and optimize treatment performance.
• Ensure statutory maintenance requirements are met.

Skills

Mechanical and Electrical technician experience

Collaborative work

SAP competency

Local asset knowledge

Health and Safety awareness

Education

Technical qualification post-apprenticeship

Job description

Overview

We\'re looking for a motivated and proactive Technical Coordinator to join our Thames Valley North Wastewater Operations team. This is an exciting chance to play a key role across the Cotswolds, Cherwell and Oxford areas, working predominantly in the field and closely with a supportive and experienced operations team.

As a Technical Coordinator, you\'ll work side-by-side with local Performance Managers and a diverse team of technicians — including mechanical, electrical and ICA specialists. You\'ll take ownership of delivering planned and reactive maintenance, coordinating both internal field teams and external contractors. Your focus will be on ensuring our wastewater treatment sites achieve strong plant availability, meet operational KPIs and deliver excellent service for our customers — all while keeping activities within budget.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the management of the prerequisites within SAP (materials, permits, resources and services) for all complex jobs for planned and reactive work across maintenance and operations.
• Use technical expertise and data captured from the field to design operationally critical jobs.
• Highlight key operational risks across the area and present these to obtain funding.
• Maintain the availability of plant and equipment and optimise treatment process performance.
• Develop strong collaborative relationships with other internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide expert advice on technical issues and generate solutions to operational risks.
• Obtain quotes, order materials and 3rd party services through our framework contractors.
• Ensure all aspects of Health and Safety are managed correctly, through safe system of work approval, reviewing RAMS, permitting and site audits.
• You will be responsible for ensuring that our legal statutory maintenance requirements are met. These will include items such as lifting equipment, pressure vessels and generators.

Qualifications and Skills

• Timed served an apprenticeship and relevant technical qualification.
• Relevant experience working within Water or Wastewater treatment or comparable industry, preferably experience as a Mechanical and Electrical technician or ICA technician.
• Highly logical — able to decide on and build the dependencies between tasks.
• Collaborative — able to work closely with Planners, Field Performance Managers, suppliers, and 3rd parties.
• Technically experienced with a good understanding of how to maintain assets.
• Good local knowledge of how important an asset is to a site and how it relates to other assets.
• Meticulous at documenting the finer details of what needs to take place.
• Able to manage a large workload of numerous jobs in parallel.
• Competent with IT systems (will use SAP extensively) as well as effective communication skills.
• Knowledge and awareness of health and safety issues relevant to the industry, ideally IOSH or equivalent qualified.
• A full current driving licence is essential for this position as the role involves travelling around our sites, and a livery vehicle will be provided.

Additional Information

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. For more details please go to the employer website.

About Thames Water

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.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

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.

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.

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.

Salary: Offering a salary up to £47,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• 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.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to benefits for health, wellbeing, and finances (health MOTs, physiotherapy, counselling, Cycle to Work, vouchers, life assurance).