Mechanical Technician

Bedford, Bedfordshire
Anglian Water Services Ltd
Circa £30,000 dependent on skills and experience + overtime + standby allowance

Permanent

Full time, 37 hours per week + standby + access to company vehicle

Location – you will work across our Bedford and Milton Keynes areas

Love Every Drop!

Are you someone who is passionate about mechanical maintenance and takes pride in a safety first and efficient approach to your work and environment?

We are looking for a Mechanical Technician to join the team and cover assets in the surrounding area.

Not only will you take pride in keeping all kinds of equipment at out Water Treatment Works operating correctly and reliably, you’ll be enthusiastic about carrying out planned maintenance and responding promptly to issues and incidents.

Your mechanical knowledge will enable you to be responsible for the day-to-day operation of water supply assets – including water treatment works, reservoirs, towers and pumping stations.

As an Anglian Water Technician, can you help us in our mission in making our drinking water among the best on the planet?

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

Personal private health care

23 days annual leave – rising with length of service

Flexible working

Access to a company vehicle, tools and all uniform and PPE

Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

Full training with on-going training and upskilling programme.

What does it take to be an Electrical Technician?

You’ll need to embrace the extensive training programme, where you’ll learn how to operate a complex water treatment plant and once trained you’ll investigate and diagnose complex faults, carry out repairs in order to maintain and optimise our assets for peak performance, including the installation of new equipment

You will have completed an apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 and ideally a related City and Guilds or equivalent qualification

Flexible approach to working hours – once you have undertaken training you will be required to participate in a standby rota in order to provide 24-hour operational service throughout your local area- you will receive additional payment for this on top of your basic salary.

If successful in your application, you will benefit from access to a company vehicle, so a full driving licence is essential. If you are offered the role, the status of your driving licence will be checked.

Why Anglian Water?

At Anglian Water, we cover the largest geographical area in England and Wales. We employ over 5,000 people and supply water and water recycling services to more than six million customers in the east of England and Hartlepool.

Our huge region stretches from the Humber estuary, north of Grimsby, to the Thames estuary, and from Buckinghamshire to Lowestoft on the east coast. Our coastline is around 1,257 kilometres and 112,833 kilometres of water and sewer pipes supply and transport water across some 27,500 square kilometres. If we laid them end to end, they would take us a quarter of the way to the moon.

Closing date: 16/10/2022