NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)
Design & Delivery Senior Technician (Electrical)
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About The Role
Design and Delivery Senior Technician (Electrical)
- Working hours: Full time 37 hours per week
- Permanent
- Salary: from £42,075 to £49,500 per year (depending on experience)
- Location: Broken Scar, Darlington
As part of the Integrated Design and Delivery team, the Design & Delivery Senior Technician liaises with capital project stakeholders, Project managers and engineering department to define the best technical and Totex solution to resolve an issue.
After approval by stakeholders, the senior technician/ operative designs, procures and delivers the solution, installing equipment/structures, supervising sub-contractors, commissioning new assets and updating all relevant asset records as per the document requirement list, including budget costs for stakeholder’s review and complying with NWL Engineering Standards.
A key part of the role will be ensuring that safety, quality, and customer service standards are consistently delivered, complying with CDM regulations and NWL SHE procedures (PCI, designer RA, CPP, RAMS, PTW, LOTO).
This role is integral to the team by supporting the coaching, learning and development of colleagues and providing direction on a day-to-day basis. You will arrange training of asset operators and maintenance team where required and arrange commissioning with external suppliers for monitoring installations. You will coordinate and supervise NWL appointed contractors to achieve project outcomes.
You will collect and produce the relevant documents to comply with the agreed Document Requirement List (DRL) including asset information, electrical cable calculations, mechanical designs, OM manuals, electrical test certificates, commission information and handover forms.
About You
If you have engineering experience in different kinds of industrial design and delivery installation projects, we would love to hear from you!
You can maintain and extend a theoretical approach in enabling the introduction and selection of new and advancing technology. You can design and implement new installations with cost and efficiency life cycle taken into consideration. You can identify performance improvement opportunities and present and discuss project proposals.
You will have a recognised Apprenticeship under your belt, as well as extensive knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering drawings and a thorough working knowledge of the current Regulations for Electrical installations, CDM Reg 2015, safe working on chemical systems, safe working at height, safe isolation and lock off and C&G 2391 Initial verification.
You will be Confined Space Competent (fitness level, confined space permit entries, use of escape sets), can manage and apply safe systems of work and can produce and implement risk assessment and method statement procedures.
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It would be highly desirable that you have experience installing and commissioning water quality monitors as well as integrating with site PLC's or Scada as part of the commissioning process.
You have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and can work within a close team as well as carrying out tasks thoroughly using your own initiative, allocating and managing time and resources effectively. You have the ability to lead and direct others including contractors and can support with training and achieving on-site competency.
A full manual UK Driving license is required for this role.
Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.
NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.
About Us
Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
NWG At a Glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come. We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
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We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business. Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our Benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
- Free access to local attractions.
- A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
- Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
- Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
- Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.
Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.
About Us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
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