Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
What you will be doing
This is an exciting predominately field-based role, working as part of a close and supportive Field Operations team within Waste Pumping. You will be focused on maintaining and improving pumping stations infrastructure, to ensure our assets operate 24/7. The role will also require you to manage smaller projects and provide support to the team on larger-scale projects.
You will be responsible for designing complex jobs for works at our pumping stations and ensuring any prerequisites are in place to allow work to be completed by the Field Technicians.
Key requirements for the role include:
- Using technical expertise and data captured from the field to design operationally critical jobs
- Highlighting key operational risks across the area and presenting these to obtain funding
- Maintaining the availability of plant and equipment and optimising pumping station performance
- Developing strong collaborative relationships with other internal and external stakeholders
- Providing expert advice on technical issues and generating solutions to operational risks
- Carrying out data analysis on pumping stations to recognise trends and drive continuous improvement
- Having a mechanical/electrical apprenticeship or experience preferred
- Obtaining quotes, order materials, and third-party services through our framework contractors
- Ensuring all aspects of Health and Safety are managed correctly, through a safe system of work approval, reviewing RAMS, permitting, and site audits
We’re looking for you to:
- Demonstrate good business/stakeholder awareness, together with an innovative and creative approach to problem-solving
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to clearly interact with your field-based colleagues and key stakeholders
- Have previous experience in technical job design and/or prerequisite management within a utility company
- Possess strong IT literacy skills as all work is managed through an SAP system and user training for this and other standard software systems will be provided
- Take care of yourself and others, we have a zero-compromise approach to Health & Safety and it is critical that all of our employees go home safe and well at the end of each day
The role is based in Mill Green STW in Hatfield although this flexible.
What’s in it for you?
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to become a dedicated expert in designing, coordinating, and project management. You will build and develop strong working relationships with your field-based colleagues to enable them to complete their scheduled duties.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service, and a wider benefits scheme.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident Leader and we are a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
You can find out more in our working for us section of our website.