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 of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open – and this matters even more through a pandemic.
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we’ve adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles, we’re moving to a hybrid approach with various options across working from home, office and our sites. We’ll cover this during the assessment process.
About The Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Technician to join our Waste Treatment team at Abbey Mills. As the successful candidate, your role will be to support the specialist maintenance team to carry out planned preventative maintenance, fault diagnosis, emergency breakdown repairs, plant modifications, and minor installation work.
Working both indoors and outside, with no one day being the same provides a very interesting working environment. You will be presented with unique challenges whether it’s using your expertise to diagnose a fault or working with your teammate to install replacement plant and equipment.
Key Responsibilities
- Data collection and monitoring
- Operation of plant and equipment, including fault finding and minor installations complying with current standards and regulations
- To 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.
Skills, Qualifications, and Experience Required
- you should be a time served apprentice with a NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical engineering or a related mechanical/electrical qualification.
- Experience working on related in a industry stores department or similar store/parts department with skills transferrable from another sector, would be beneficial.EG motor industry, HGV or PSV maintenance or Civil engineering maintenance.
- Experience working on large industrial plant equipment including various pumps within the utilities industry would be beneficial. Would suit mechanical maintenance/service engineer or mechanic from any industry.
- Knowledge and awareness of health and safety issues are essential.
- The work will require physical fitness as you will work in within and manual handling and often physically demanding role.
- A valid driving licence is essential and all necessary equipment such as tools are provided.
We’re looking for you to:
- Be a self-motivated individual that can immerse themselves into the team around them, you need to be very disciplined and have the desire to learn from those around you, and have a can-do attitude. This role can be demanding at times but very rewarding too
- Take Ownership of responding quickly to faults, being curious to fully understand the problem, and identifying the best solution to resolve it the first time
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to interact with the team
- Deliver exceptional service through an enthusiastic and positive approach, taking accountability for your role while working accurately and flexibly within a busy team
- Teamwork – We are one team and our end goals are the same
- Proactive – take the lead on recommendations and improvements around the site and communicate effectively
What’s in it for you!
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding, and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. You’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements, and great benefits if you join our team. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident Leader.
Find out more about working at Thames Water
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of your role, you’ll be asked to help out our Instant Support Team to help our customers in their hour of need. This is incredibly rewarding, and you’ll be given full training – 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 a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can’t consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.