High Voltage Technician

Crossness - Abbey Wood, South East London - SE2 9AQ

Job title: High Voltage Technician
Ref: 39500
Division: Asset Operations & Capital Delivery
Location: Crossness - Abbey Wood, South East London - SE2 9AQ
Contract type: Permanent
Full/Part-time: Full-time
Hours: 45 hours per week
Salary: Offering up to £50,000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications
Job grade: A
Closing date: 04/04/2025

Join our dedicated high-voltage maintenance team, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of critical infrastructure. Working alongside the Senior Authorised Person (SAP), you’ll tackle hands-on fault finding, maintenance, and repairs of HV and LV equipment. Covering about 70 dynamic sites across Luton, London, Dartford, and Essex, this role offers variety, technical challenges, and the chance to make a tangible impact every day.

What you’ll be doing as a High Voltage Technician:

• Maintaining and repairing high-voltage equipment across various Thames Water sites.
• Inspecting and maintaining HV and primary LV equipment to ensure operational safety and efficiency.
• Diagnosing and resolving technical faults promptly, keeping accurate compliance records.
• Supervising contractors and team members during maintenance, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Undertaking SAP (Senior Authorised Person) training and upholding strict electrical safety rules.
• Keeping tools, equipment, and systems in top operational condition.
• Traveling extensively to multiple sites, providing technical support and overseeing SCADA system operations.

Base location: Flexible within London and Eastern regions.

Working pattern: 45 hours per week, Monday to Friday (07:30 to 17:00). Opportunities for overtime may be available.

Requirements: Electrical qualifications, fault-finding expertise, and a valid UK driving licence.

What you should bring to the role:

• Formal electrical trade qualifications or equivalent industrial/utility experience in HV systems.
• Mechanical background, skilled electrical would be beneficial.
• Proficiency in electrical maintenance, fault finding, and understanding of electrical safety rules.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations certification (or 17th Edition with a willingness to upgrade).
• AP15 High Voltage qualification (ideal) or willingness to train.
• Great team player with excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills, and ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Basic IT proficiency for operational tasks and record-keeping.
• Full, valid UK driving licence to travel across Thames Water sites.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £50,000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications.
• Company Van and PPE are provided.
• This role can offer a technically interesting career, development, progression, and the responsibility of mentoring colleagues and trainees.
• Work as part of a diligent and dynamic team.
• A great opportunity to be trained as a senior authorised person.
• Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Access to benefits for health and well-being and financial support.

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and excellent benefits.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support throughout the recruitment process.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.