Electrician

Date:  15 Apr 2025
Company:  DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water Plc
City:  Chester
Address: 

Chester, Wales, GB, ch1

Job Requisition Number                              7543                                                                              
Work Type Permanent
Job Function Operational
Salary Range

£30,305.00 -£34,442.00 

(up to £42,239 full package inclusive of 260 hours planned working time + standby + overtime)

+Annual cost of living increase

+Annual salary uplifts

+Annual pay reward

+Company vehicle

Base Bretton
Closing Date 23:59 on 29/04/2025

 

What you’ll be responsible for

 

  1. Ensuring the correct Health & Safety, procurement and administration procedures are followed on every job, including up to date information required for Welsh Water waste key performance indicators. 
  2. Maintaining, repairing and installing electrical equipment on various assets types and locations, often in challenging conditions. 
  3. Producing high quality work, working with mechanical, instrumentation technicians and operations staff. 
  4. Able to work well and safely as part of a team or as an individual.
  5. Swiftly and comprehensively fault-find, rectifying problems on electrical equipment including sludge screening, sludge imports, centrifuges, odour control, CambiTM process, water treatment, steam boilers, CHP plant, digestion process, return liquors, thermally hydrolysed sludge dewatering and sludge exports.
  6. Installing, maintaining and repairing electrical systems generally. 
  7. Being part of a standby rota and planned work time with the post covering Five Fords, Wrexham sites, and may be called upon to work at other sites due to operational needs.
  8. Maintaining, repairing and installing electrical and instrumentation to ensure performance of all assets.  
  9. Actively taking part in Risk Assessment, COSHH assessment and all related Health and Safety issues. 
  10. Identifying problematic plant and the subsequent faults and to take part in finding efficient solutions to return equipment to working order. 
  11. Identifying requirement of spares and materials using preferred suppliers. 
  12. Completing of all job cards and timesheets to allow for monitoring of workload, performance etc. 
  13. Providing knowledge, information and provide on-site support for Welsh Water capital teams, operational teams and partners.
  14. Undertaking any other duties as required to meet the needs of the business.

Who you’ll work with

Internal 

  • Strong working relationships within the Wastewater operational teams
  • Advice and support from Operations, Process Science, ICA/ATC and and fellow Craft personnel
  • Liaison with local Wastewater Networks Team

External

  • Liaison and co-ordination of suppliers and contractors 
  • Liaison with NRW/EA Regulators and other stakeholders 
     

About you

Knowledge, Skills & Experience 
 

  • Fully qualified electrician
  • Compliance with 17th Edition IEE regulations
  • Full, UK Driving Licence 
  • An excellent understanding of planning and scheduling of work processes
  • The ability to develop positive working relationships and to be seen as a highly credible representative of the team is required for this role
  • Ability to take responsibility  make decisions and uses initiative, working proactively 
  • Solution focused approach to resolving problems
  • Critical thinking to be able to analyse information and provide a solution to situation effectively
  • Working as part of a team and good communication and ability to influence others

Good to know

  • The successful candidate will participate on call (1 week out of every 4 weeks), and also participate in 260 hours planned working time.

 

For more information on the role please contact Martin.McHale@dwrcymru.com

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

 
Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
Free Mortgage Brokering Services 
Enhanced family friendly policies
Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
Cycle to work scheme
Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
Many more can be found on our website. 

 
Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.
 
 
Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business.

For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject to all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

 

 

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.


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