Location
Hybrid - Orpington, London, Kent - BR6 0SQ

Hours
36 hours per week (Monday to Friday) including an out-of-hours rota with additional payment

Salary
Up to £50,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

About the Role
Join us in leading essential maintenance operations across our estate. As a Technical Coordinator, you will manage the pre-requisites within SAP (materials, permits, resources, and services) for all complex planned and reactive maintenance and operations jobs. You will use your technical expertise and data from the field to design operationally critical jobs, highlight key operational risks, and present these to secure funding. Maintaining plant and equipment availability and optimising treatment process performance will be key responsibilities. You will develop strong collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, provide expert technical advice, obtain quotes, order materials and third-party services through framework contractors, and ensure all Health and Safety aspects are managed correctly through safe system of work approvals, reviewing RAMS, permitting, and site audits.

Benefits
26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with length of service (plus bank holidays), car allowance, performance-related pay linked to company targets, generous pension scheme through AON, and access to a wide range of health, wellbeing, and financial benefits including annual health MOTs, physiotherapy, counselling, Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers, and life assurance.

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 meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and excellent benefits. Join us to make a daily difference while helping protect water resources for future generations.

Experience
- Relevant experience in Water or Wastewater treatment or a comparable industry is desirable.
- Preferably experience as a Mechanical and Electrical technician or ICA technician.
- Experience managing multiple jobs in parallel and working collaboratively with planners, field managers, suppliers, and third parties.
- Competent with IT systems, especially SAP.

About you
- Highly logical with the ability to build dependencies between tasks.
- Meticulous in documenting detailed requirements.
- Collaborative and able to develop strong working relationships.
- Able to manage a large workload effectively.
- Good communication skills.
- A clean driving licence is essential due to travel requirements.

Qualifications
- Timed served apprenticeship and relevant technical qualification preferred.
- Technical knowledge of asset maintenance and good local site knowledge.
- Awareness of health and safety issues relevant to the industry.