What you’ll be responsible for

This role is a Maintenance Technician that is electrially bias.

Maintaining, repairing and installing equipment as part of the main MEI teams, working individually or as part of a team. Able to fault-find, rectify problems with electrical systems and all ancillary equipment. This will include:

• Installing, maintaining and repairing electrical systems generally
• Demonstrating an ability to read, understand and work from electrical drawings
• Maintaining, repairing and installing mechanical, electrical and instrumentation to ensure performance of all assets
• Actively taking part in Risk Assessment, COSHH assessment and all related Health and Safety issues
• Identifying problematic plant and the subsequent faults and taking part in finding efficient solutions to return equipment to working orde
• Identifying requirements of spares and materials using preferred suppliers
• Completing all job cards and timesheets to allow for monitoring of workload, performance etc
• Providing knowledge, information and onsite support for Welsh Water capital teams and operational teams
• Undertaking any other duties as required to meet the needs of the business

About you

• Experience of working with pumps and variable speed drives
• Enthusiastic about putting our customers first every day
• Knowledge of industrial processes and of fixed and variable speed motor control
• Ability to read schematic diagrams and find and repair faults on electrical circuits
• Solution focused approach to resolving problems
• Ability to take responsibility make decisions and uses initiative, working proactively
• The ability to develop positive working relationships and to be seen as a highly credible representative of the team is required for this role
• Compliance with current standards and legislation i.e. BS7671: 2018, 18th Edition IET regulations
• An excellent understanding of safe working practices and of planning and scheduling of work processes
• Communication and ability to influence others
• Working as part of a team
• Critical thinking to be able to analyse information and provide a solution to situation effectively

Good to know

• Standby will be expected once relevant training has been completed, 1 week in 4.
• Company vehicle provided
• Interviews week commencing 27th July
• If you would like further information on this role, please contact Glyndwr.Hughes@dwrcymru.com

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary will always stay the same, but depending on the performance of the company you could receive a yearly bonus)
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car-leasing scheme
• Health CashBack scheme
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.