Electrical Technician - Stratford, Greater London
2 days ago
London
Contract: PermanentSalary: Offering a salary up to £42,000 per annum depending on skills and experience plus a company van, tools, and PPE.We are currently recruiting for an experienced Electrical Technician to join our Maintenance team in our Wastewater Division to be based out of our Abbey Mills - Stratford - E15 2RN. As a successful candidate, you will using your electrical knowledge as well as your experience to inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair as appropriate, mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment, in a safe efficient timely and effective manner with minimum supervision allowing us to ensure that all of our sites remain operational for the benefits of our customers. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to Thames Water's environmental impact, and you will be actively helping to reduce pollution from our sites. What you’ll be doing as the Electrical Technician • Ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of myself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors is always my top priority. I always display 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 electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in electrical engineering., • 18th Edition., • 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 meet 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., • Offering a salary up to £42,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus a company van, tools, and PPE., • Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution., • 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!