Location
Coppermills - East London - E17 7HE

Hours
38 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm plus standby rota payments and overtime opportunities available upon completion of essential company training.

Salary
£40,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

About the Role
We have a great opportunity for a Metering Network Electrical Technician to join our clean water team. You will play a vital role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our district and zonal metering systems in the London area. Taking ownership of maintenance and repair of critical pressure points, you will use your technical expertise and diagnostic skills to keep our reporting systems operating at their best.
This role offers variety and the chance to make a difference every day. You will carry out planned and reactive maintenance on metering equipment and pressure points, use advanced planning and technical systems to diagnose faults and underground failures, and make impactful technical decisions considering both the network and our customers.
You will work alongside skilled field teams and control centres to tackle complex flow and pressure challenges and maintain vital equipment stocks to ensure seamless customer service.
A full UK driving licence is essential due to the nature of this role.

Experience
- Time served apprentice with significant experience of electrical systems working in a true multi-skilled capacity.
- Previous experience in an electrical apprenticeship, ONC/HNC in engineering, NVQ, BTEC or City & Guilds Level 3 in electrical/electronic engineering is crucial.
- Electrical instrumentation experience and craft apprenticeship completion are required.
- Previous experience within the electrical trade, particularly with instrument programming knowledge, is highly advantageous.
- Experience working with SCADA systems and programming equipment is required, along with the ability to learn bespoke packages.

About you
- Driven, self-motivated with excellent organisational skills.
- Strong awareness of compliance and health and safety.
- Reliable, trustworthy, hard working with a proactive approach.
- Confident communicator with internal colleagues and the general public.
- Ideally knowledgeable of the Road Traffic Management Act (NRSWA), although full training can be provided.
- Must hold a full and clean UK driving licence.

Qualifications
- Completion of a craft apprenticeship and relevant electrical qualifications such as City & Guilds or equivalent.
- Electrical instrumentation qualifications are essential.