Overview
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Location: North East / South Yorkshire (York, Malton, Hull, Scarborough, Thirsk, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster) with regular regional travel.
Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
Salary & Benefits: £32,088 - £40,110 depending on experience + company van + 25 days holiday + 1 wellbeing day + bank holidays.
Group/Team: Maintenance and Calibration Technician, working to join the North East or South Asset Delivery team at Yorkshire Water.
Purpose of the role and context: Complete repairs, maintenance, calibration and certification of Yorkshire Water instrumentation assets across water and wastewater treatment and pumping installations in line with current KPIs and quality management procedures. Mobile working as part of a Maintenance Team to deliver Planned & Reactive maintenance. Driving to deliver improved asset reliability through effective decision making.
What we do
We provide essential water and wastewater services to the Yorkshire region, helping over 5.4 million people rely on safe drinking water and efficient wastewater treatment. We aim to protect communities and the environment 24/7, 365 days a year.
New environmental legislation, investment, and changing customer expectations make this an exciting time to join the water industry. Our Maintenance and Calibration Technicians help meet these expectations for customers and regulators.
Key Accountabilities
* Drive excellent Health and Safety behaviours in relation to policy and standards.
* Identify improvements in Health and Safety and processes relevant to your role and others.
* Stay fully compliant with Management of Change processes and work in accordance with maintenance task lists, Safe Working Procedures and Safe Systems of Work.
* Own PPE, vehicle and tools, ensure they are in good condition and reported for defects; ensure equipment is tested before expiry dates.
* Work as part of a team to deliver performance, manage and prioritise your own workload, and work unsupervised in remote locations.
* Maintain, fault find and repair Yorkshire Waters Instrumentation equipment to Company standards within the role’s area, in line with KPI and quality procedures.
* Understand how actions impact the company’s water quality obligations.
* Assist in development and training of apprentices and less experienced technicians as needed.
* Engage in ongoing professional development toward the role’s progression plan to competent level 5 technician status.
Where you fit in
As a Maintenance and Calibration Technician you should demonstrate experience and knowledge in:
* Safe isolation according to current IET regulations
* Maintenance of instrumentation (pressure, level, temperature, analytical instrumentation & flow monitoring systems)
* IT literacy (e.g., MS Office)
* Ability to produce maintenance reports
You will also benefit from having
* Experience of maintaining, calibration and certification of regulatory instrumentation (including flow and level monitoring equipment)
What skills & qualifications you will need
Essential skills and qualifications
* Recognised Electrical Apprenticeship and/or City & Guilds / ONC / BTEC / NVQ / HNC / HND or equivalent in Instrumentation/Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Professional Eng Tech registration.
* Ability to work in confined spaces (training can be provided).
* Experience in fault finding and installation of pressure/level/flow/temperature instrumentation.
* Experience in an industrial asset maintenance environment.
* Good teamwork and communication skills; ability to build internal and external relationships.
* Experience supporting and embedding change, with ability to influence culture and behaviours.
* Ability to work alone or as part of a team.
* Experience delivering against challenging targets.
* Full clean UK driving licence.
* IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (City & Guilds 2382).
* CompEx 1–4.
* Experience maintaining, calibrating, and certifying analytical instrumentation.
* Experience maintaining, calibrating, and certifying flow monitoring equipment.
* Fault finding on 4 to 20 mA loops.
* Working within ATEX standards.
* Experience maintaining, calibrating and certifying Ultrasonic Level instruments, Pressure instruments and other instruments relevant to the water industry.
If you’re an experienced Maintenance and Calibration Technician and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.
We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.
If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that may include a Basic Disclosure Check through a Third Party, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also undergo security vetting for Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.
Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. Please submit your application as soon as possible.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
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