Technician I

**Who are we?**
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.?
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
**About The Role**
The role of the process technician is to perform a range of activities to ensure that all equipment associated with our water treatment works is running safely and efficiently and to assist the technicians with their technical duties. Responsibilities includecleaning mechanical equipment, water quality sample testing, routine site and equipment checks, maintenance and problem-solving.
**Key Accountabilities**:

- Monitoring and inspecting equipment, following a checklist to carry out planned preventative maintenance, ensuring equipment/generators/telemetry are operating correctly.
- Reporting any defective equipment, to ensure a swift resolution following any breakdowns.
- Highlighting, and resolving where possible, any health and safety risks on site. Taking ownership of your own, and colleagues, health and safety through escalating any concerns to your manager and resolving them yourself where possible.
- Making sure the work area is safe before commencing any work by undertaking a point of work risk assessment using your PDA device.
- Having an awareness of budget position and how unplanned events can impact on the budget (e.g. tanker/plant/pump hire, etc.)
- Working at other sites covering holiday/sickness / extra workload as and when required. Liaising with the planning and scheduling team to ensure your workload is managed correctly.
- Using a PDA device to record work orders being completed.
- Attending all team meetings, engaging with safety briefings and company communications, identifying issues and raising constructive feedback with the management team, with suggestions for improvements

**To be successful you will have the following skills and experience:**:

- Similar experience working in an outside, manual role
- We are looking for someone who wants to get stuck in and hands-on.
- You will have good literacy and numeracy skills and must be prepared to be trained in safety procedures.
- Computer data input /enquiry experience is desirable as is knowledge of water treatment processes.
- You must be very self-motivated and be able to work well alone and as a team.
- Experience diagnosing basic mechanical and instrumentational issues is also desirable.
- Due to the nature of the role, a full, valid UK driving licence is required

**What’s in it for you**
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you moneyand support your wellbeing.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally round to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customerson the frontline as an Ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and a earn bit of extra money along the way.