Closing Date
24/02/2025
Location: Burham, Rochester, Kent
Travel: Multiple sites in Kent with a company supplied van
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £35,704.36 to £42,844.53 per annum + bonus and call out allowance.
Hours: 38 hours
Are you ready to make a difference in the water & waste industry?
With our sites located across the beautiful South Coast, you can enjoy the security of full-time employment while tackling the interesting assignments that keep you engaged and growing.
Southern Water is recruiting a Mechanical Process Technician joining our Water Supply Team, to play a vital part in the frontline of our day-to-day maintenance of, and repairs to, Water Supply works, Reservoirs and Water Booster stations to ensure a constant supply of wholesome water to the customers, whilst meeting H&S legislation and achieving budgetary targets.
As a Mechanical Process Technician, you will use your mechanical knowledge and experience to ensure that equipment such as pumps, gearboxes, generators, valves and pipework remain operational across the Southern Water region in the water function to ensure that it is operating efficiently and effectively.
You will have the scope of opportunity to innovate and introduce solutions, to create continuous improvements into existing processes.
This role requires occasional paid out of hours working and during on-call scheduling.
Your responsibilities are to include:
1. Fault finding, repair, installation, commissioning and maintenance of mechanical plant.
2. Implement process improvements and solutions or escalating as required.ts.
3. Conduct planned maintenance to Southern Water standards to ensure reliability and accuracy.
4. Respond to faults within Southern Water parameters, as guided by the Regional Control Centre.
5. Providing technical expertise to Internal and External contractors
6. Complete documentation accurately and in a timely manner to maintain internal change control standards, ISO9001 accreditation and other systems.
7. To coach and train team members to develop their skills.
Skills and experience needed:
8. NVQ3 in mechanical engineering or relevant qualification or time-served apprenticeship.
9. Experience within a process orientated industry such as water utility, petrochemical, electricity, manufacturing or similar.
10. Excellent problem solving and fault-finding skills.
11. Strong documentation and regulatory compliance.
12. Collaborative with good communication skills.
13. Enthusiasm for learning and growth.
14. Full, current UK driving licence.
What Do We Offer?
We offer a comprehensive package, salary range from 36K to 52K depending on skills and experience plus overtime and on-call bonus.
More benefits!
15. A company van (for business use only) which you can take home, and a fuel card.
16. All necessary PPE, tools, uniform and training to excel in your career at Southern Water.
17. 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
18. BUPA cash plan cover (with options to upgrade for family coverage).
19. Free annual flu jab and eye test vouchers.
20. Pension contributions up to 11% (depending on your contribution).
21. An employee assistance program.
22. A network of sports and social clubs.
23. Company and performance-related bonus.
24. Life assurance equal to 4x salary.
25. Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service).
26. Health Cash Plan.
27. Two paid volunteering days a year.
28. Occupational health service.
29. Discounts with over 800 popular retailers.
30. Digital GP service.
31. Study support may be available for job-related qualifications.
32. Competitive maternity & paternity leave and flexible return to work options.
33. Cycle to work scheme.
A job where you make a difference to our customers, environment and very rewarding with your technical abilities! No one day is same but as a great team player you will be ready to take on the challenge with a proactive mindset to recommend and make the required improvements to keep the sites running without any interruptions!
Join our Water Supply .Team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers, and the environment.
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