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SalaryAre you an experienced in industrial maintenance activities?
Do you inspire and motivate others to give their best?
We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.
You’ll take up this exciting opportunity to lead a team of skilled electrical technicians to ensure the successful execution of planned and reactive maintenance programs.
Additionally, you will offer managerial support to Water Production teams throughout our Kent region. Your responsibilities will include overseeing the maintenance of plant and equipment across our water treatment facilities, pumping stations, and reservoirs to ensure the seamless operation of our supply network.
With a background in industrial maintenance, strong electrical expertise, and a flair for inspiring others, you will play a key role in shaping our maintenance strategy.
You will be responsible for managing operational incidents, coordinating with suppliers and contractors, and prioritizing tasks effectively. There is a requirement to work as part of a managerial standby rota to oversee the response to incidents. Your systematic and organised approach will drive performance and deliver successful outcomes.
You’ll grow a career with a meaningful purpose. Be you, belong and be valued.
- Come to work to be safe, valued, and trusted.
- We’ll encourage you to create and pursue new opportunities for personal growth.
- A place to be the real you, build deeper connections and enjoy a sense of belonging.
- Be invested in helping us to create a sustainable water supply for now, and in the future.
What will you mainly be responsible for delivering?
- Embed a strong health and safety culture within the team, ensuring safe people and safe working at all times in line with our Thrive365 stratgey.
- Be responsible for the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance activities across our sites.
- Help to review and develop our maintenance strategy, processes and procedures.
- Contribute to the scheduling and prioritisation of maintenance activity.
- Performance manage, develop and fully engage the team in order to maximise efficiency, effictiveness and reliability of the service provided to customers.
- Work with other Production managers to analyse site performance, reliability and water quality to ensure regulatory requirements are being met and the optimisation of performance.
- Be able to participate in an out of hours rota; taking the lead on production activities during operational incidents and escalating issues when necessary.
- Source specialist equipment and contractors to assist the delivery of our maintenance programme.
What do you bring to the role?
- Electrically qualified / technical qualification
- Previous maintenance management within an industrial environment experience
- A clean driver’s licence
- Previous experience managing field-based teams would be advantageous
- Water Industry experience is beneficial
What can you expect from us?
- Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
- Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
- Paid volunteering days.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Health cash plan.
- Life assurance.
- Wellbeing related benefits.
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
Everyone needs water, South East Water welcomes everyone
We understand that the communities we serve are made up of different types of people. We believe that creativity comes from having diverse perspectives, rather than everyone being the same. That's why we are excited about promoting inclusivity in terms of age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and identity. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and fair treatment to everyone throughout the recruitment process, employment, and advancement at South East Water.
What can you expect from your recruitment?
- To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our careers website.
- Unfortunately, we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.
- It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
- Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.
- If you require assistance / adjustments to engage with our recruitment process and to ensure you're able to compete on equal terms, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment.jobs@southeastwater.co.uk
If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!
South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.
