Technical Coordinator

Pertemps; Rickmansworth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water management company in the UK is seeking a Technical Coordinator to oversee essential maintenance operations. The role involves managing SAP prerequisites for complex jobs, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. The ideal candidate will have experience in water or wastewater treatment, strong IT skills, and a technical background. This position offers a competitive salary between £40,000 and £50,000 per annum along with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Annual Leave: 26 days holiday per year

Car Allowance Provided

Performance-related pay

Generous Pension Scheme

Access to health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in Water or Wastewater treatment.
• Understanding of health and safety issues.
• Good understanding of asset maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Manage prerequisites for complex jobs in SAP.
• Design operationally critical jobs using field data.
• Ensure Health and Safety is correctly managed.

Skills

Highly logical

Collaborative

Meticulous documentation

Managing large workloads

Competent with IT systems

Effective communication skills

Clean driving license

Education

Timed served apprenticeship

Relevant technical qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Overview

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.

Base location

Hybrid – Maple Lodge – WD39SQ

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 between £40,000 and £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.

Who are we?

We\u2019re the UK\u2019s 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\u2019s a big job, and we\u2019ve 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.

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.