Mechanical & Electrical Technician

Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical & Electrical Technician to join our team at our Waste Operations team at our Farnham STW.

As the successful candidate, you will be working in a multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for carrying out scheduled, unscheduled and emergency maintenance work on mechanical and electrical equipment in compliance with company procedures to minimise plant breakdown.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to Thames Water by performing a range of assigned front-line activities, including operation, testing, routine checks, maintenance, and problem-solving to ensure that services are delivered to time, cost, and quality standards. This will include planned and preventive maintenance of equipment to support the operation of the plant.

• Ensuring the health, safety and well-being of yourself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors is always my top priority by complying with the Health and Safety at Work regulations and Thames Water’s Health and Safety guidelines.
• Undertaking both reactive and planned maintenance, responding to alarms and fault finding to identify issues, fix these or escalate, planned maintenance of plant and equipment daily, installing new plant and equipment as required in line with current Standards and Regulations.
• Record work and asset information to improve business performance, along with identifying possible future risks and recommending changes in the course of your day-to-day work and to raise these for resolution as required.
• Provide specialist technical advice where appropriate with up-to-date technical knowledge, along with coaching, training and developing staff under their supervision, including the apprenticeship programme.
• Delivering excellent customer experience and positively contributing to overall customer satisfaction. Interacting with all of our customers (internal & external) in a timely, professional, efficient, respectful and polite manner.

Base

Location:

Farnham STW – Monkton Lane, GU9 9ND
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Working Pattern: 38 Hours Monday
- Friday 7:30-3:36 PM, Plus with Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase this earning potential by up to a further.

All PPE, Tools, Fuel Card and Provisional use of a company Van.

You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical & electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical & electrical engineering.

• You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical & electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical & electrical engineering.
• A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, or escalate if required.
• An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors.
• Resilient, adapting to the pressures of work and working in a constantly changing environment.
• 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.
• Team player who can work in many different teams, showing respect for others, providing helpful feedback and supporting the development of others.
• Full UK driving licence.

• Competitive salary up to £45,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase this earning potential by up to a further £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company training.
• 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 days with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12%
  -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme, including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your well-being.

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