Mechanical & Electrical Technician - Abbey Wood, Greater London
hace 1 día
London
Contract: PermanentSalary: Offering up to £45,000 per annum depending on your level of experience.plus Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase the earning potential by up to a further £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company trainingAbout the role: We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical & Electrical Technician to join our team at our Waste Operations team at our Crossness 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. What you’ll be doing as the Mechanical & Electrical Technician • Ensuring the health, safety and well-being of yourself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors is always my top priority by always displaying the correct behaviours 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, fixing these or escalating, 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., • 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 to 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. What’s in it for you?, • Offering a salary up to £45,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus a company van, tools, and PPE., • Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution., • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets., • Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays), • Generous Pension Scheme through AON., • Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid., • Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay.