Location
Western Pimlico, Westminster, London, SW1V 4BE

Hours
36 hours per week on a 12-hour rotating shift pattern

Salary
£29,000 - £43,460 per annum, depending on skills and experience

About the Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Process Technician (Advanced) to join our wastewater team at the prestigious Western (Pimlico) Strategic Pumping Station in Chelsea. As part of a shift team, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running and operation of the station. Your duties will include running the station, operating the plant, performing routine checks, front-line maintenance, and problem-solving to ensure continuous service within the network of operations. You will monitor local networks and pumping stations via SCADA and oversee all site activities, including those carried out by contractors. The role may require the use of specialist electrical, mechanical, or ICA skills. You will ensure statutory and regulatory compliance through plant operation, cleaning, basic maintenance, fault-finding, monitoring, data collation, and reporting. Additional responsibilities include process fault finding with suitable first-fix rectification, undertaking health and safety and security checks, completing planned and preventive maintenance to ensure compliant plant operation, and taking personal responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and colleagues.

What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary package
- Full training package provided
- 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Contributory Defined Contribution pension scheme with up to 12% employer contribution
- Annual personal medical assessments
- Performance-related pay linked to company targets
- Access to a wider benefits scheme including offers and wellbeing support

About Thames Water
We are the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, serving over 16 million customers. We are committed to building a better future for our customers, communities, people, and the planet. Thames Water offers a unique, rewarding, and diverse workplace with fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and excellent benefits. Join us to make a daily difference while helping to protect water resources for future generations. We are an inclusive employer and provide support throughout the recruitment process to remove barriers to success.

Experience
Experience in a relevant industrial processing or engineering environment is ideal. Experience with computer skills and data input/enquiry is essential.

About you
You should be a problem solver with excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills, able to implement timely and effective solutions to operational problems. You must be willing to learn, flexible, and able to work effectively as part of a team. Basic literacy and numeracy skills are required, and you must be prepared to be trained in safety procedures, including Confined Space Entry.

Qualifications
You should be working towards or possess an NVQ Level 2 or a similar qualification relevant to the role.