Maintenance Technician Somerset
Job description
Are you a Maintenance Technician looking to take the next step in your career within the water industry? If so, we have a great opportunity for a Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join the team!
Whether you are a Field Service Engineer or a Maintenance Technician who has previous experience working in a 24/7 operational plant and machinery environment, then we want to hear from you!
The Role
As a Maintenance Technician, you will enable and carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance at a range of site across the southwest predominantly the Yeovil/Taunton area.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will be to ensure the effective operation of pumps, plant machinery and equipment, as well as carrying out fault finding, fault diagnosis and fault resolution.
A big part of this role will be to continuously identify and look for ways to make improvements around sites to increase the reliability of our plant, assets, and site compliance. Being a 24/7 service you will be required to complete an out of hours standby rota normally 1 week on 7 weeks off.
Additional responsibilities include:
- planning and organising workloads
- managing material sourcing, ordering and delivery
- understanding our assets and our design standards to provide the best possible service to customers
- communicate well with our local operational teams
- visually inspecting and condition monitoring assets
- reviewing Scada trends to review system performance and investigating issues
- managing critical spares and spares lists
- delivering a first-class safety approach to work
- working in and around DSEAR Zones
What do I need?
To be considered, we are seeking a Maintenance Technician who has comprehensive experience in mechanical, who has a background working within a 24/7 operational plant and machinery environment.
It is essential that candidates applying for the role hold a City and Guilds/BTEC, NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or a time served Engineering apprenticeship.
Equally important is your health and safety knowledge. You will be familiar with working in a health and safety focussed environment, where you have personally contributed to safer working practises.
Additional requirements:
- formal electrical training (dual skilled) is preferred but not essential
- fully competent using a range of IT equipment, software and corporate reports
- a valid UK driving licence.
In this role you will also have on-going training opportunities to develop your skillset and knowledge such as CompEx training.
Benefits for you
- Pension - up to 20% combined contribution
- 25 days’ holiday rising to 28 with length of service
- Opportunity to buy and sell up to five days’ holiday
- Health benefits package
- Life assurance (up to four times your salary)
- Electric vehicle salary exchange
- Flexible working
- Cashback and discounts from over 1,200 retailers
- Paid volunteering day
- Enhanced family leave
- Interactive health and wellbeing platform
- Support from mental health first aiders
- £1000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us
What will you get from us?
Our people tell us Wessex Water is a great place to work, and they stay with us! We are proud of how we support development and career progression. We have a wealth of both financial and non-financial benefits to offer our people and are committed to ensuring we provide an environment that supports health and wellbeing and flexible working.
We continue to promote diversity and inclusion. With that in mind, we welcome all applicants.
We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer. Applicants who declare they have a disability or have previously served with the Armed Forces, and meet the minimum requirements for the job, will automatically be invited for an interview.
Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to assist you in starting your journey with Wessex Water.
The appointment of successful applicant/s will also be subject to receiving suitable references and basic (or where job applicable) other criminal disclosure checks. You must also be able to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
If you have what it takes to join this award-winning business and want to be part of our exciting journey and share in that success, then please get in contact with us to find out more.
Sound interesting?
