City: Wrexham
Job Requisition Number: 7310
Work Type: Permanent
Job Function: Operational
Salary Range: £36,549.40 - £41,024.40 full package - PWT 260 HRS.
+ Annual cost of living increase
+ Annual salary uplifts
+ Annual pay reward
+ Company vehicle
Base: Five Fords, Wrexham
Closing Date: 23:59 on 19/02/2025
What you’ll be responsible for
Maintaining all waste asset types including wastewater treatment works, sewage pumping stations, and mechanical equipment on combined sewer overflows, including quality proactive planned maintenance and reactive faults on mechanical equipment. This will include:
* Ensuring the correct H&S, procurement, and administration procedures are followed on every job, including up-to-date information required for Welsh Water waste key performance indicators.
* Maintaining, repairing, and installing mechanical equipment on various asset types and locations, often in challenging conditions.
* Producing high-quality work, working with electricians, instrumentation technicians, and operations staff.
* Able to work well and safely as part of a team or as an individual.
* Swiftly and comprehensively fault-find, rectifying problems on mechanical equipment including sludge screening, sludge imports, centrifuges, odour control, CambiTM process, water treatment, steam boilers, CHP plant, digestion process, return liquors, thermally hydrolysed sludge dewatering, and sludge exports.
* Installing, maintaining, and repairing mechanical systems generally.
* Being part of a standby rota and planned work time, with the post covering Five Fords, Wrexham sites, and may be called upon to work at other sites due to operational needs.
* 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 order.
* Identifying requirement 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 on-site support for Welsh Water capital teams, operational teams, and partners.
* Undertaking any other duties as required to meet the needs of the business.
Who you’ll work with
Internal:
* Catchment Operations, H&S
* Day-to-day liaison with operational staff.
* Welsh Water Contract Partners – Delivery operational staff where appropriate.
External:
* Contract Operators
* Environment Agency where appropriate.
About you
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
* Fully qualified mechanical fitter.
* Full UK Driving Licence.
* An excellent understanding of planning and scheduling of work processes.
* The ability to develop positive working relationships and to be seen as a highly credible representative of the team is required for this role.
* Demonstrating an ability to read, understand, and work from technical drawings.
Good to know
The successful candidate will participate on call (1 week out of every 4 weeks) and also participate in 260 hours planned working time.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: john.o'neil2@dwrcymru.com
As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
* Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive).
* Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year.
* Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions.
* Free Mortgage Brokering Services.
* Enhanced family-friendly policies.
* Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes.
* Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops.
* Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites.
* Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service.
* 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 every day, and about looking after our beautiful environment.
Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.
Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post-offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles, there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject to all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.
Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keeps 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and takes 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 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.
Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
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