Responsibilities

• Work unsupervised in remote geographic locations and be accountable for the completion of planned and reactive electrical tasks within agreed timescales, quality, and cost parameters.
• Manage and prioritize your own workload effectively and build and maintain relationships with operational customers, colleagues, suppliers, and contract partners.
• Adhere to Health and Safety policy and standards, actively identifying hazards, providing mitigation, and reporting onto the company hazard database.
• Supervise approved Contract Partners, providing risk assessments and method statements where permit to work is required for a given task.
• Use a Toughbook/iPad to capture all work activity and job status in line with workflow processes.
• Assist in the development and training of apprentices as well as less experienced members of the team, identifying ways to improve the value and service delivered by the Maintenance Function within Process & Pumping.
• Install and commission new plant and equipment to relevant standards.
• Diagnose and repair faults on systems and plant.
• Proactively identify and report follow-on work or areas for enhancement.
• Conduct your own risk assessments and create appropriate method statements when required to safely carry out maintenance activities.
• Specify parts and equipment required for procurement as part of day-to-day role.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Essential Requirements

• Hold a recognised Electrical Craft/Technician Apprenticeship and either a City & Guilds/ ONC/ BTEC/ NVQ/ HNC/ HND or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Eng Tech.
• Full valid driving licence (with no more than six points).

Desirable Qualifications

• IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (City and Guilds 2382-18).
• CompEx 1 – 4.
• HNC Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

Mandatory Experience and Knowledge

• Safe isolation to the current IET regulations.
• Time served industrial electrician.
• Fault finding on control circuits up to the PLC.
• IT literate e.g., MS Office.
• Ability to produce maintenance reports.
• Experience of fault finding with industrial motors and starters.
• Experience fault finding with industrial 3 phase systems.
• Experience working with rotating equipment.
• Experience of fault finding on LV control circuits.

Desirable Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of pneumatics.
• Work within ATEX standards.
• Experience of maintaining UPS systems.
• Fault finding experience of soft start or variable speed drives.
• Fault finding experience of actuated valves.

Ideal Experience

• Previous experience gained as an industrial electrician within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process, or manufacturing industry sectors.
• Proven track record of maintaining and repairing 3 phase rotating machinery and associated control systems.
• Systematic approach to fault finding using industry best practice, with the ability to share and mentor others.

Additional Requirements

• Work within confined spaces.
• Pass strict medical criteria including BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing, and Spirometry tests to ensure full safety when working in hazardous environments.

If you’re an experienced Electrician and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply online and attach your CV outlining how your skills match this role.

Selection Process

• Online test
• Competency interview
• Short practical and written assessment

Closing Date

• 29th July

Pre-employment Checks

• Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company.
• Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

Medical Requirements

• All roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

Accessibility

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserves the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

No agencies please.