About the role:
The process technician role is a varied role which will involve carrying out process testing on effluent and sludge streams, maintaining process assets which will involve cleaning and clearing blockages, carrying out planned and reactive maintenance tasks, front line maintenance, optimising process assets to ensure efficient operation of our assets and problem solve underperforming or failed assets.
This role will involve, but not be limited to:
- Monitoring and inspecting equipment, following a checklist to carry out planned preventative maintenance, ensuring equipment / generators / telemetry are operating correctly.
- Reporting defective assets to ensure maintenance teams can attend promptly to investigate failed assets.
- Carry out continuous based monitoring, which will involve taking oil samples and recording instrument readings.
- Reporting safety observations, near misses and mitigating risks on site.
- Making sure work area is safe before commencing any work by undertaking a SHE 5 risk assessment using your Motion device.
- Having an awareness of budget position and how unplanned events can impact on the budget (e.g. tanker/plant/pump hire, etc.)
- Liaising with the planning and scheduling team to ensure your work load is managed correctly. All planned / reactive tasks and asset condition is recorded on a PDA and uploaded to our SAP system.
- Attending all team meetings, engaging with safety briefings and company communications, identifying issues and raising constructive feedback with the management team, with suggestions for improvements
- This part-time role is based at Swindon Sewage Treatment Works, although you may be required to cover a geographical area around the Thames Valley.
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To be successful you will have the following skills and experience:
- Do you have similar experience working in an outside, manual role?
- We are looking for someone who wants to get stuck in and hands on. You must be very self-motivated and be able to work well alone and as a team.
- You will have good literacy and numeracy skills and must be prepared to be trained in safety procedures.
- Computer data input and enquiry experience is desirable as is knowledge of Waste Water Treatment Processes. Experience diagnosing basic mechanical and instrumentational issues is also desirable.
- Due to the nature of the role a full, valid UK driving licence is required.
What’s in it for you:
- Each day brings a different challenge with a wide variety of work across a large site which makes for an interesting work environment.
- The role is based at Swindon Sewage Treatment Works and you will be part of a small team who will help develop your skills and knowledge.
- You will receive full training for health and safety, technical and processes related to the plant.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, a generous holiday allowance (which increases to 30 days with length of service), and a wider benefits scheme. This includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets, loyalty awards for continuous service plus much more, including our refer-a-friend bonus, where you can receive up to £1,000 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company.
We’re also proud to be here for our local community, offering all of our teams two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities.
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About us:
Thames Water is the largest water and waste-water services company in the UK. We provide the essential service at the heart of daily life, health and enjoyment to 15 million customers across London and the Thames Valley and we are going through a period of exciting change. On a typical day we supply 2.6 billion litres of top quality drinking water and our 350 sewage treatment works treat more than 4.2bn litres of waste-water. Our 85,000 miles of water mains and sewers would wrap around the world three-and-a-half times. We are focusing like never before on delivering brilliant services and providing our customers with a great experience. We are in the process of transforming our business in order to achieve this. To help us succeed, we need a range of new skills and capabilities and will be recruiting for these in the coming months. We are on the lookout for talented people across our entire region who are interested in helping us to become the best water and waste-water company in the UK.
Thames Water is an equal opportunity, Disability Confident, and Stonewall diversity champion employer, welcoming applications from all walks of life to join our diverse team. We’re also leading the way with our award-winning mental health and wellbeing strategy.