Location
Cirencester (GL7 6DA) / Witney (OX28 5JH)

Hours
36 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary
Up to £47,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

About the Role
We are seeking a motivated and proactive Technical Coordinator, Mechanical & Electrical, to join our Thames Valley North Wastewater Operations team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role across the Cotswolds, Cherwell and Oxford areas, working predominantly in the field alongside a supportive and experienced operations team. You will work closely with local Performance Managers and a diverse team of technicians, including mechanical, electrical and ICA specialists. Your responsibilities will include delivering planned and reactive maintenance by coordinating internal field teams and external contractors. Your focus will be on ensuring wastewater treatment sites maintain strong plant availability, meet operational KPIs, and deliver excellent service to customers, all while managing activities within budget.

Key duties include managing SAP pre-requisites (materials, permits, resources, and services) for complex planned and reactive jobs, designing operationally critical jobs using technical expertise and field data, highlighting operational risks and securing funding, maintaining plant and equipment availability, and optimising treatment process performance. You will develop strong collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, provide expert technical advice, obtain quotes and order materials and services through framework contractors, and ensure all Health and Safety requirements are met through safe system of work approvals, RAMS reviews, permitting, and site audits. You will also ensure legal statutory maintenance requirements are fulfilled, including those for lifting equipment, pressure vessels, and generators.

Experience
- Completed a time-served apprenticeship or hold a recognised technical qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Proven relevant experience as a Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) Technician or ICA Technician with a strong understanding of plant, equipment, and operational processes.
- Preferably experience within Water or Wastewater Treatment or a comparable industrial environment.
- Competent with IT systems, including extensive use of SAP.
- Knowledge and awareness of health and safety issues relevant to the industry.

About you
- Highly logical with the ability to decide on and build dependencies between tasks.
- Collaborative, able to work closely with Planners, Field Performance Managers, suppliers, and third parties.
- Technically experienced with a good understanding of asset maintenance.
- Good local knowledge of asset importance and interrelations.
- Meticulous in documenting detailed job requirements.
- Able to manage a large workload of multiple jobs in parallel.
- Effective communication skills.
- A full UK driving licence is essential due to travel requirements between sites.
- Ideally IOSH or equivalent health and safety qualification.

Qualifications
- Recognised technical qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent apprenticeship completion.
- IOSH or equivalent health and safety qualification is desirable.