High Voltage Technician - London, United Kingdom - Thames Water

Thames Water
Thames Water
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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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What is the purpose of this role?

To inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair as appropriate, mechanical plant and associated electrical equipment, in a safe efficient timely and effective manner with minimum supervision.


What makes this role unique?

What will this role involve?:


  • Delivering frontline maintenance to highvoltage equipment and associated assets on water production and wastewater treatment sites across the entire catchment area. Highvoltage assets include distribution transformers, motors, alternators, circuit breakersand battery systems.
  • Working inside and out in various weather conditions and noisy environments.
  • Supervising working parties of staff or contractors during maintenance activities.
  • Observing requirements of electrical safety rules and company health and safety policy.
  • Inspecting and testing HV equipment and accurately completing condition reports. Reporting unsafe conditions and taking immediate action as appropriate.
  • Housekeeping and grounds maintenance of indoor and outdoor substations, maintaining ancillary
- equipment including batteries, battery chargers, lighting, building services and various other duties as and when required.

  • Undertaking appropriate training and authorisation under our safety rules as a senior authorised person (SAP).
  • Organising work activities and resources in the delivery of maintenance activities.
  • Understanding the significance of HV/LV electrical assets and prioritising maintenance requirements accordingly.
  • Extensive travelling between Thames Water sites.
  • Maintaining company assets, records, tools, and equipment in good, safe and satisfactory condition at all times.
  • To be customer focused and appreciate the needs of the various parts of the business.

What skills are we looking for?:

  • Qualification and relevant industrial/utility, electrical engineering experience work on High Voltage equipment.
  • Knowledge of electrical maintenance and fault finding.
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision, under own initiative to design and standards.
  • Knowledge and awareness of Electrical health and safety Rules relevant to the industry.
  • Basic IT skills.
  • Clean driving licence.

Why Thames Water?
Thames Water is the UK's biggest water and sewerage company.

We provide the essential service at the heart of daily life, health, and enjoyment to 14 million customers across London and the Thames Valley.

On a typical day, we supply 2.6 billion litres of top-quality drinking water, and our 350 sewage treatment works treat more than 4.2bn litres of wastewater.

Our 85,000 miles of water mains and sewers would wrap around the world three-and-a-half times.
We have an amazing history but are equally excited by the future.

We already self-generate enough electricity to power a city the size of Oxford, but by 2020 we expect 20 per cent of our power will come from sewage.

We also built the UK's first sewage recyclingplant on the Olympic Park and understand the importance of speaking to our youngest customers by visiting them at school.

We will not compromise on standards which is why we carry out more than 400,000 tests per year on our drinking water.

We continue to invest, and this year will be spending more than £1 billion to improve our network and infrastructure - our pipes, sewage treatmentand clean water treatment plants, which are some of the biggest and most advanced in Europe.

**As a condition of your offer, it has been agreed that you will have a review over the next 18 Months. Subject to satisfactory progress your salary will then be increased in steps to get you to the current target salary of the role.
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