Electrical Technician - Banbury, Oxfordshire in Suffolk

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician to join our team within the Cherwell area of the Thames Valley North Wastewater Operations Region. This is a fantastic role for someone looking to join a close‑knit, high‑performing team with a wide range of experience and ability, all working to the same high standards. This position offers excellent learning and development potential, including opportunities to cross‑skill across multiple engineering disciplines and broaden your operational knowledge.

As the successful candidate, you will be responsible for ensuring that all electrical equipment across our wastewater treatment sites operates safely, efficiently, and reliably. You will use both proactive and reactive maintenance techniques to keep critical assets running and to support the resilience of our sites.

What you'll be doing as an Electrical Maintenance Technician:

• Proactively and reactively maintain the electrical assets across the Cherwell sites.
• Investigating plant failures and carrying out repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible to avoid interruptions to the process.
• Carrying out service and replacement of assets.
• Examples of equipment that you will be working on include various pumps and associated control gear, 3-phase motors, starters and controls, electronic control systems such as VSDs, automatic valves and penstocks, flow, level and pressure measurement, programmable logic controllers, variable speed drives and controls, and chemical handling and dosing equipment.
• Supporting the local maintenance teams, carrying out planned and breakdown maintenance activity on electromechanical wastewater assets.
• Providing technical advice to the wider team, referring to up-to-date technical knowledge, and providing training or support for technical trainees if required.
• Undertake fault diagnostics and have the ability to resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Interpret and update Electrical drawings.
• Timely feedback on work carried out on a daily basis.
• Monitor treatment processes using SCADA system and act on alarms as required.

What you should bring to the role:

• Considerable experience in electrical and systems.
• A time-served apprenticeship in an engineering sector, NVQ level 3 or greater in electrical engineering.
• Qualifications in BS7671 or 18th Edition electrical wiring regulations.
• Experience in maintaining, testing, installing and fault diagnosis on electrical plant equipment safely and efficiently.
• Experience with 3-phased systems.
• Knowledge and awareness of health and safety policies and processes are essential.
• The work will require physical fitness as you will work in confined spaces with successful completion of the appropriate training.
• Participation in a 24/7 out-of-hours standby rota will be required after a suitable period of training and assessment, for which you will receive additional payment.
• A full UK driving licence is essential.

We are looking for you to:

• Be a self-motivated individual who can immerse themselves into the team around them, disciplined, with a desire to learn from those around you and a can-do attitude.
• Take ownership of responding quickly to faults, being curious to fully understand the problem, and identifying the best solution to resolve it the first time.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with the team.
• Work as part of one team, with shared end goals.
• Be proactive in taking the lead on recommendations and improvements around the site and communicate effectively.
• Be prepared to be trained in safety procedures.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £42,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• Standby rota payments.