E&M Mechanical Craftsperson

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland. Working as part of the Electrical / Mechanical maintenance team the successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of an effective proactive and customer driven service to Water and Waste stakeholders. The role holder will start from home and provide a field based multi-skilled Mechanical service ensuring the safe and effective operation of all plant and equipment. This role will be primarily based in Fort William but will support other areas within the wider West Coast E&M team. The key Accountabilities of the Role will be

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  To repair, maintain, install and carry out effective repairs and maintenance for the Water, Waste Water and Networks Assets using core Mechanical craft skills and general electrical craft skills for predominately internal and occasional external customers. Resolving technical problems associated with activities and ensuring solutions are implemented.
• To liaise with the workflow team to plan and co-ordinate resources. Ensuring an effective and cost-efficient response to any incidents, reactive or planned work.
• To ensure the personal safety of self and others, including undertaking Risk Assessments and the subsequent selection of appropriate equipment and safe working practices.
• To undertake a range of mechanical craft skills, which may include some maintenance or removal of pumps, pump component replacements, engines, valves, gearboxes, specialist electrical interface hydraulics and pneumatics, fitting, pipe disconnections, and mechanical devices (such as bearing’s couplings, brakes and safety guards)
• To undertake a range of electrical craft skills, which may include maintenance or removal of motors and electrical isolation work, while observing 17th(18th) edition working practices

Essential for this Role

• For this role you must be prepared to work a standby rota.
• A full driving licence is required.
• All applicants to have served a full apprenticeship
• HNC or NC in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

Desirable Knowledge & Behaviours

• The successful candidate should be confident, personable and have excellent communication, organisational and customer service skills. In addition, the role holder should be capable of managing complex situations, work effectively as part of a team and have proficient IT skills.

• In this role you will communicate with internal and external customers in regard to work being carried out on site. Giving progress reports where necessary and always ensuring our customers get excellent service.

• This role is primarily field based and contains an element of lone working. Full training and PPE will be provided to enable you to carry out the role.

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  Have experience or an understanding of working within a strong Health & Safety culture to ensure that all Health and Safety policies and procedures are adhered to.

• Be a quick learner, with the ability to use computer systems and on-line learning modules which are essential to the role.

• The ability to plan and prioritise your work, whilst maintaining flexibility to accommodate changing priorities. Experience or an understanding of working within a strong Health & Safety culture to ensure that all Health and Safety policies and procedures are adhered to.

• Be a strong team player, who can work well with others to achieve common goals and have a willingness to learn from others.

You can also expect:

• 38 days of holiday per year (including public holidays) with the option to buy 5 more
• Eligibility to join the defined benefit, contributory pension scheme
• Annual company bonus
• Life assurance scheme
• Paid time off for community volunteering
• Opportunities to be involved in sports, social and fundraising activities
• Access to "SW Splash", saving you money on holidays, bills and shopping
• Excellent family friendly policies around Adoption, Maternity, Parental Leave, and Flexible Working

The closing date for applications is 17th of May 2023 Do you have any support needs? Please let us know if there are any changes we can make to our application and selection process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Email us here with the vacancy reference number in the subject line so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. Working at Scottish Water Scottish Water is one of the UK's leading water companies, the quality of drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has never been higher - but we want to be even better – and you could help play an important part!
We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and collaborative work environment where we respect people’s differences. We are committed to creating an engaging environment and a positive experience for our employees.
We were recently recognised as a Top 10 Flexible Employer in Scotland at the Flexibility Works Awards 2021 and by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2019.
In 2019 we also won the Age Inclusive Award at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards and were winners of the Best Public Sector Employer at the Family Friendly Working Scotland Awards 2020.
We have Carers Positive Exemplary Status and were Silver Award 2019 & Gold Award winners 2020 of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).
We aim for work to be an energising and fulfilling experience and everyone plays their part to ensure that Scottish Water is trusted to serve our customers and communities. We are passionate about creating opportunities for young people and are proud to have achieved the Gold standard in the Investors in Young People accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to creating rewarding opportunities for young people.
You will have access to a host of benefits which include 38 days holiday a year, a defined benefit pension scheme, a discounted medical cash plan and cycle to work, plus a variety of agile working arrangements and family-friendly policies designed to support your wellbeing. Next Steps Any offer of employment with Scottish Water will be subject to the successful completion of a mandatory pre-employment screening process, including Disclosure Scotland and eligibility to work in the UK. Details can be found on our website. For more information about this role or if you require any additional support throughout the application process please contact the recruitment team: SWRecruitment@scottishwater.co.uk As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it is important that Scottish Water employees are resident in Scotland and contribute to the Scottish economy by paying Scottish income tax on their earnings. As a result we ask all potential employees to confirm that they are resident in Scotland, or to confirm their intentions to move to Scotland within 3 months of their start date. Please note that candidates who have not submitted an application in the last 12 months will be automatically removed from our system records.