Electrician

Company Description

Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We are offering a competitive starting salary of £40,110.
• A Company van (mobile worker).
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
• Continuous training and support in line with the Electrician progression plan.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
• A great benefits package choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme.
• Online GP service, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

We are currently looking to recruit two Industrial Electricians to work across the Tadcaster/Castleford and Hull regions in our maintenance department within our Wastewater business area here at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. This is a mobile worker role.

Permanent. You’ll be working 37 hours per week. Out of hours, weekend working, and bank holidays will be worked as part of a structured stand‑by rota. Once fully trained you will be assessed for working on your own and you will be required to participate in an out of hours standby rota which will include evenings, weekends, and overnight callouts. (Which will be no more than 1 week in every
4).

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The department are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

As an Industrial Electrician, you will undertake maintenance of Yorkshire Waters Electrical and Mechanical assets across wastewater treatment and pumping installations. Mobile working as part of a Maintenance Team to deliver Planned & Reactive maintenance, responding to emergency calls both in and out of hours (on call‑out rota). Driving to deliver improved asset reliability through effective decision making.

Where you fit in:
You will be required to work unsupervised in remote geographic locations and be accountable for the completion of planned and reactive electrical tasks within agreed timescales, quality, and cost parameters.

Candidates will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload effectively and to build and maintain relationships with operational customers, colleagues, suppliers, and contract partners. Adhering to the Health and Safety policy and standards actively identifying hazards, providing mitigation, and reporting onto the company hazard database to ensure the cause of the hazard is removed.

You will be required to supervise approved Contract Partners, providing risk assessments and method statements where permit to work is required for a given task. You will also be required to use a Toughbook/iPad to capture all work activity and job status in line with workflow processes. Assist in the development and training of apprentices as well as less experienced members of the team, identifying ways to improve the value and service delivered by the Maintenance Function within Process & Pumping.

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