Technician - Dual Skilled

Thames Water; Hoddesdon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company in Hoddesdon is seeking a Mechanical & Electrical Technician to join their Wastewater Division. You will be responsible for maintaining, diagnosing, and improving mechanical and electrical systems. This role offers a salary up to £45,000 per annum, with additional benefits including a company van, tools, and health support services. Candidates must have significant experience and a full UK driving licence.

Benefits

Company van

Generous Pension Scheme

Annual Leave: 24 days, increasing to 28

Performance-related pay plan

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Qualifications

• You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical/electrical systems.
• Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking both reactive and planned maintenance.
• Provide specialist technical advice where appropriate.
• Delivering excellent customer experience.

Skills

Mechanical system troubleshooting

Electrical system diagnostics

Health and Safety compliance

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical/electrical engineering

Job description

We are currently recruiting a Far Mechanical & Electrical Technician to join our team in our Wastewater Division to be based out of our Rye Meads Sewage Works - SG12 8JY.

As a successful candidate, you will use your mechanical & electrical knowledge as well as your experience to inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair as appropriate, mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment, in a safe efficient timely and effective manner with minimum supervision allowing us to ensure that all of our sites remain operational for the benefits of our customers.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to Thames Water's environmental impact, and you will be actively helping to reduce pollution from our sites.

What you’ll be doing as the Mechanical & Electrical Technician

• Ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of myself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors is always my top priority. Display 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 or escalating, 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 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 Rye Meads Sewage Works - SG12 8JY

38 hours per week, Monday-Friday. 7:30 am - 3:36 pm plus Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase the earning potential by up to a further £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company training.

All PPE, Tools, plus the provision of a Van when on duty and call.

What you should bring to the role

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

• You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical/electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical/electrical engineering.
• A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, or escalate 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 and 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 £45,000 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)

Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.

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.

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.

Thames Water is an equal opportunities employer, and we value diversity and inclusion in our workforce.