Job number: UU00234
Country: United Kingdom
Region: Lancashire
Location name: Wigan Wastewater Treatment Works, Deans Lane, Hoscar, Nr Ormskirk, L40 4BL
Posting End Date: 21/02/2025
Band: 5b
Role Type: Permanent
Work hours: 37 Hours per Week
Salary: £42,411
To provide great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West
Salary: £42,411
Work Type: Onsite
Job Location: Wigan Wastewater Treatment Works, Deans Lane, Hoscar, Nr Ormskirk, L40 4BL
Role Type: Permanent
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Hours: 37.0 Hours per Week
United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.
Benefits
* A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
* A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
* Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
* A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
* MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
* Best Doctors
* Salary Finance
* Wealth at Work courses
* Deals and discounts
* EVolve Car Scheme
* Employee Assistance Plan
* Mental health first aiders
* ShareBuy
* MORE Choices flexible benefits
* Enhanced parental leave schemes
Job Purpose
* You will be responsible for Mechanical / Electrical maintenance and technical support to the Wastewater Water Production team to repair and maintain Waste Water assets.
* You will be working in a fast-paced modern maintenance environment, providing proactive, planned and reactive support in all aspects of your field of expertise, to ensure compliance with company, statutory and regulatory requirements while minimizing environmental impact.
Job Accountabilities
As the role can require lone working you will need to be comfortable working alone or as part of a team. The role will also include working in confined spaces as well as the opportunity to provide input into capital and operational projects to ensure assets fully meet operational and maintenance requirements. Participation in an out of hours standby rota is also a requirement. Your duties will include the following:
* Implementing an efficient Mechanical maintenance and installation service.
* Analysing faults, rectifying and ensuring correct operation of Mechanical, Electrical, and systems-based equipment.
* Performing planned and proactive maintenance activities.
* Ensuring compliance with all Health & Safety regulations and internal company policies.
* Maintaining required financial control of pre-defined budgets.
* Providing reliable, accurate and complete asset performance and repair information.
* Analysing and recommending solutions to recurring maintenance problems.
* Ensuring that throughout your career the required skills, competence and recency in all relevant subject matter are maintained.
Knowledge and Skills
To be successful in this role you must be a time-served apprentice or equivalent, supported with academic qualifications ideally to HNC or minimum ONC equivalent in an electrical and instrumentation technical area. To be considered for this role you must have:
* A valid driving licence.
* The ability to work in a team but also alone, be resilient, self-motivated, with strong problem-solving skills and possess the required technical competence.
* Able and willing to diversify into specialised areas of maintenance, as required, such as but not limited to chlorine gas systems and high voltage installations.
* Diagnostic, organisational, planning, communication, and computer skills.
* Industry Experience.
* Experience of PLC, HMI and SCADA systems and associated networks to perform fault diagnostics, assist with disaster recovery and small system modifications.
We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.
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