Technical Coordinator

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Orpington; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company seeks a Technical Coordinator for a hybrid role based in Orpington. The position requires a strong ability to manage complex SAP prerequisites and collaborate with teams to ensure compliance and operational success. Offering a salary up to £50,000, the role includes benefits such as a car allowance, generous leave, and a pension scheme, making it a rewarding career choice for those committed to making a difference to millions of lives daily.

Benefits

Annual Leave: 26 days, increasing to 30

Car Allowance

Performance-related pay plan

Generous Pension Scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Essential criteria include logical thinking and collaboration with various stakeholders.
• Heavy usage of IT systems, especially SAP, is required.
• A clean driving license is essential due to travel requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage prerequisites within SAP for complex jobs.
• Design operationally critical jobs based on field data.
• Ensure health and safety protocols are managed correctly.

Skills

Logical thinking

Collaboration

Meticulous documentation

IT proficiency (SAP)

Effective communication

Clean driving license

Education

Relevant technical qualification

Time served apprenticeship

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job title Technical Coordinator Ref 43510 Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Hybrid - Orpington (PS & Depot) Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 36 hours per week Salary Offering a salary up to £50,000 depending on skills and experience. Job grade B Closing date 13/02/2026

Join us in leading essential maintenance operations across our estate. You'll coordinate teams, ensure compliance, mentor apprentices, and drive performance—all while delivering top-tier service within budget.

What you’ll be doing as a Technical Coordinator

• You will be responsible for the management of the pre-requisites 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 a safe system of work approval, reviewing RAMS, permitting and site audits.

Working pattern or hours:

36 Hours (Monday to Friday) with the inclusion of an out-of-hours rota for which you will receive additional payment.

What should you bring to the role?

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:

• 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.
• Meticulous in 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.
• A clean driving licence is essential as the role involves travelling.

Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring:

• Relevant experience working within Water or Wastewater treatment or comparable industry, preferably experience as a Mechanical and Electrical technician or ICA technician.
• Timed served an apprenticeship and a relevant technical qualification.
• 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.
• Knowledge and awareness of health and safety issues relevant to the industry.

What’s in it for you?

• Offering a salary up to £50,000 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)
• Car Allowance Provided.
• 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.

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.

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.

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.