Location
Long Reach - Merton Well Water Treatment Works - SW19 2EB

Hours
38 hours per week, Monday-Friday. 7:30 am - 3:36 pm 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 training.

Salary
Up to £45,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

About the Role
We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical & Electrical Technician to join our team in our Wastewater Division at Merton Well Water Treatment Works. As a successful candidate, you will use your mechanical & electrical knowledge and experience to inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify, or repair mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment in a safe, efficient, timely, and effective manner with minimum supervision. This role offers an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to Thames Water's environmental impact, actively helping to reduce pollution from our sites.

Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of yourself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors by complying with Health and Safety regulations and Thames Water’s guidelines.
- Undertaking both reactive and planned maintenance, responding to alarms and fault finding to identify issues, fixing these or escalating as necessary.
- Recording work and asset information to improve business performance, identifying possible future risks, and recommending changes.
- Providing specialist technical advice and coaching, training, and developing staff under supervision, including the apprenticeship programme.
- Delivering an excellent customer experience and positively contributing to overall customer satisfaction.

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

About you
- 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 in a constantly changing environment.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision, under your own initiative, to design to standards.
- Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.
- A team player who can work in various teams, showing respect for others and supporting the development of others.
- Full UK driving licence.

Qualifications
No specific qualifications beyond the required experience and skills.