Technical Coordinator (Mechanical/Electrical) - Oxford, Oxfordshire in London

We are looking for a Technical Coordinator to join our Wastewater Operations Team working across the Thames Valley North area, based at Oxford Sewage Treatment Works, working as part of a close and supportive Field Operations team.

What you’ll be doing as a Technical Coordinator (Mechanical/Electrical):

• Coordinating complex maintenance activities, working closely with both in-house teams and external contractors.
• Ensuring we meet all legal statutory maintenance obligations, including items such as lifting equipment, pressure vessels, and generators.
• Maintaining the KPI for plant availability across the estate, driving improvement and striving for best practice.
• Acting as the technical mentor for the maintenance team, including apprentices.
• Managing the pre-requisites within SAP (materials, permits, resources, and services) for all complex jobs for planned and reactive work across maintenance and operations.
• Using technical expertise and data captured from the field to design operationally critical jobs.
• Highlighting key operational risks across the area and presenting these to obtain funding.
• Maintaining the availability of plant and equipment and optimising treatment process performance.
• Developing strong collaborative relationships with other internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing expert advice on technical issues and generating solutions to operational risks.
• Obtaining quotes, ordering materials, and 3rd party services through our framework contractors.
• Ensuring all aspects of Health and Safety are managed correctly, through a safe system of work approval, reviewing RAMS, permitting, and site audits.

Base Location: Oxford STW - OX4 4YU, but you will be required to travel to various sites around the Thames Valley North area.

Working Pattern: 36 hours, Monday-Friday, 7:30 - 15:36.

Requirements for the role:

• Valid UK driving license.

What you should bring to the role:

• Relevant experience working within Water or Wastewater treatment or comparable industry, preferably as a Mechanical and Electrical technician or ICA technician.
• Time served as an apprentice and a relevant technical qualification.
• Highly logical - able to decide on and build the dependencies between tasks.
• Collaborative – able to work closely with Planners, Field Performance Managers, suppliers, and 3rd parties.
• Technically experienced with a good understanding of how to maintain assets.
• Good local knowledge of how important an asset is to a site and how it relates to other assets.
• Meticulous in documenting the finer details of what needs to take place.
• Able to manage a large workload of numerous jobs in parallel.
• Competent with IT systems (will use SAP extensively) as well as effective communication skills.
• Knowledge and awareness of health and safety issues relevant to the industry.
• A clean driving licence is essential as the role involves travelling.

What’s in it for you?

• Offering a salary from £47,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Annual Leave: 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of your and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers, and life assurance.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else, just let us know. We’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.