Project Technician

Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Role Title: Project Technician (Mechanical, Electrical or ICA Biased) in Programme Delivery

Salary and Benefits: We are offering a competitive salary of a circa of £35,092 dependent on experience, alongside an annual bonus, company car lease scheme, a pension scheme, and 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays. We believe in developing our employees and are committed to providing opportunities that align with the Project Technician progression plan. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes a flexible private health cash plan scheme, a retail saving scheme, an Online GP Service, and Life Insurance.

Working Hours: This role requires a commitment of 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Location: We have Project Technician opportunities which will be covering the Leeds, Bradford, York, or Sheffield areas.  Where you live will be dependent on your base location of our Blackburn Meadows or Knostrop WWTW sites. The role is a flexible hybrid working arrangement with an expectation that some time will be spent visiting sites across the Yorkshire region and working from the operational sites from where your team(s) operate.  Therefore, a full valid driving licence (no more than 6 points) is an essential requirement of this role.

Purpose of the role

We are looking for skilled and experienced Project Technicians who are either mechanical, electrical, or ICA biased to join our specialist project teams portfolio. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing small projects from conception to hand-over to the relevant Business Partner. Working as part of a team, your duties will include liaising with operators, performing feasibility studies, engineering design, project budget and cost control, project planning and reporting, site surveys and environmental impact assessments, design, procurement, contractor selection and tendering, site supervision, commissioning, and operator training.

Key accountabilities include developing and delivering cost-engineered solutions to business risks, coordinating the design, ensuring compliance with CDM regulations, managing the execution of the project ensuring alignment with all HSE and engineering standard requirements, checking the competency of contractors, ensuring financial management controls are applied throughout the project delivery process, and ensuring that asset information is added or updated on appropriate systems.

To excel in this role, you must have a relentless drive, energy, and determination to deliver sustainable outperformance for YW that rigorously achieves our vision to be clearly the best against demanding competitive industry benchmarks. You must also drive excellent standards and performance in health and safety, risk management, and control of work to ensure compliance with YW Safety Policy. The ideal candidate should maintain an understanding of current best practice as developed within Yorkshire Water and from external best practice studies.

We are a business that operates 24/7, therefore once fully trained and assessed for independent working, you will be expected to participate in a formal out of hours standby rota.

Knowledge and Skills Required

Essential for all disciplines:

Electrical, ICA or mechanical based apprenticeship or Engineering degree or equivalent.
ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical, ICA or mechanical Engineering
Experience of working as a project technician or similar role, with knowledge of project management, methodologies and techniques
Understands the principles of control of works – Permits, POWRA, RAMS etc.
Has a broad experience with electrical, ICA and mechanical equipment and can use this experience to produce engineered solutions to resolve business risks and other issues.
Has a good understanding of the design and project delivery process including hazard identification, risk assessment and site supervision.
Respond/answer to a range of specific technical and non-technical detailed queries.
Understands and has experience of working to ATEX standards.
Highlight technical issues and supports and contributes to resolution.
Has experience in CDM, understands risk issues on site as well as construction risks.
Carry out site investigation.
Can demonstrate report writing and communication skills.
Is competent in the use of Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc.
Has experience in interrogating corporate systems, analysing and interpreting data.
Must be able to work effectively within a team as well as autonomously
Will attend essential role and discipline training.
Manage and prioritise workload whilst maintaining effective operational relationships.
Work effectively with equipment manufacturers to identify shortfalls and propose enhancements.
Has experience of delivering excellent customer service against challenging targets.
Essential discipline specific skills

For electrical biased role:

Qualifications and experience to facilitate YW Electrical Authorisation (LV) including permit issue.
City & Guilds certified for the latest edition BS 7671
Can demonstrate a good understanding of the various items of LV equipment commonly found on YW sites
Can diagnose issues with LV equipment commonly found on YW sites.
Understands AMTECH cable sizing software and can produce simple cable sizing calculations.
Has awareness of PLC, HMI, SCADA and telemetry configuration
Has an awareness of various instruments commonly found on YW sites
Has an awareness of YW telemetry systems
For ICA biased role:

Qualifications and experience to facilitate YW Electrical Authorisation (LV).
Can make suggestions to the use of PLC, HMI, SCADA, Telemetry and the various instruments commonly found on YW sites
Can make recommendations or diagnose issues with YW telemetry systems
For mechanical biased role:

Qualifications and experience to facilitate YW Mechanical authorisation
Has an awareness of safe process isolation procedure
Can demonstrate a basic understanding of water and wastewater equipment sizing and selection e.g., pumps, screens, blowers
CompEx trained (core competence)
Has an attended a Pump System awareness course
Has attended a Surge Analysis awareness course
Has attended a PED awareness course
 

Desirable for all disciplines:

CITB SMSTS trained with valid card
Experience of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets.
Previous experience in a commercially orientated and / or regulated environment.
Has knowledge of the range of equipment within the Water Industry – including high pressure/temperature waste processing facilities, CHP and high voltage equipment
Desirable discipline specific skills.

For electrical biased role:

CompEx trained (modules Ex 01 to Ex 04)
For ICA biased role:

CompEx trained (modules Ex 01 to Ex 04)
For mechanical biased role:

CompEx trained (core competence)
Has an attended a Pump System awareness course
Has attended a Surge Analysis awareness course
Has attended a PED awareness course
What’s in it for you?

Career enhancement and development, colleague well-being and a genuinely positive work experience for all are key priorities. We are continuously evolving and improving our ways of working and you will support us in achieving our vision of ‘taking responsibility for the water environment for good’.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive team within a leading utility company. If you are looking for a challenging role that will keep you engaged and committed, we would love to hear from you. If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply on-line and complete the application process and submitting your CV with a covering letter, outlining your key reasons for applying for the role.

Recruitment Process:

To assess your skills effectively, our selection process includes a competency-based interview and technical assessments.

Advert closing date: 31st May 2023

Assessment dates: To be announced shortly

Company Information

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

Kelda Group values equality, diversity, and inclusion we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union membership.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.