About the role:
Here at Thames Water, we are currently seeking an experience Dual Skilled Maintenance Technician in the Banbury area. Your role will be to inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment, in a safe efficient timely and effective manner with minimum supervision.
Key Accountabilities:
- To carry out electrical or mechanical installation work at a variety of industrial / construction locations involving a number of different processes
- To carry out inspection and testing work of installations to check compliance with current Standards and Regulations
- To carry out maintenance and fault finding complying with current Standards and Regulations
- Provide specialist technical advice where appropriate with up to date technical knowledge and provide training support for technical trainees
- To comply with the Health and Safety at work regulations and Thames Water’s Health and Safety guidelines
To be successful you will have the following skills and experience:
- A BTEC HNC qualification in a combined Mechanical and Electrical subject.
- C&G Mechanical Engineering following an Indentured Apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering,
- C&G Electrical Engineering (Either Installation or Testing and Certification), or NVQ level 3 in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering
- 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
- A full UK driving licence
What’s in it for you:
Working both indoors and outside you will be presented with unique challenges on a daily basis, whether it is using your expertise to diagnose a fault; removing large objects to prevent plant damage or working with your teammate to install replacement plant. You will gain experience on a wide range of equipment some of which are innovative investments providing exciting new experiences.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced mechanical and electrical maintenance technician to join the UK’s largest water company and join the operations team, working across the East London area.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the 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 £750 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company.
We’re also proud to be here for our local community around the local area, 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 wastewater. Our 85,000 miles of water mains and sewers would wrap around the world three-and-a-half times.
We are focusing like never 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.