Multiskilled Craftsperson - Electrical

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

Most people dont think too much about how clean water reaches their taps.But Scottish Water does. In fact its all we think about.

Were looking for an E&M Multiskilled craftsperson with an Electrical bias to join our Engineering and Maintenance team in Glasgow and west to help keep our operational sites running smoothly.

This team installs maintains and repair the critical infrastructure that deliver 1 billion litres of drinking water and remove 940 million litres of waste water from Scottish homes businesses and industry. Everyday.

What Youll Do

Youll be working with our wider E&M team to deliver a proactive service to make sure that the plant and equipment we use at our Water and Waste Water sites is safe and working effectively.

Youll use your core Electrical skills as well as your mechanical knowledge to problem solve technical issues thinking outside of the box to fault find and diagnose. Youll be working in a timesensitive environment often in confined spaces.

Expect to be working on a range of different equipment that include 3phase and single phase equipment maintenance to motors motor starters generators actuators level monitoring equipment variable speed drives parameter setting and adjustment instrumentation calibration of process controllers and resetting of automation equipment.

On the electrical front you can expect to do some general maintenance of pumps valves gearboxes pipe fitting and assisting mechanical craftsperson for multiple person tasks.

Your safety is paramount. It is essential that you take all necessary steps to protect yourself and others including risk assessments choosing appropriate equipment keep up to date with essential training and following safe working practices.

Youll work closely with our office support team to plan and coordinate resources across the region with the shared goal of delivering an effective and costefficient response to incidents reactive or planned work whilst looking for innovative ways to continually drive improvements.

What Youll Need

Youll have served a full apprenticeship and have an HNC or NC in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (or the equivalent experience)

This is a fieldbased role and involves a fair amount of lone working. That means you need a full GBissued Driving License (DVLA) to reach our sites. Most of them arent accessible by public transport.

Youll need to be happy to work on a standby rota (youll be paid an additional standby retainer to compensate you for this)

In this role youll be communicating with internal and external customers about work being carried outon site giving progress reports and keeping people up to date. So its important that youre confident friendly and pride yourself on providing a great service.

Youll be comfortable using computer systems and online learning modules to get up to speed quickly.

And it goes without saying youll need an ironclad commitment to Health & Safety to protect yourself your colleagues and the public.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is important we know its not the only thing that matters. Thats why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good worklife balance.

This role has optional weekend working and out of hour working but youll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have familyfriendly policies around adoption maternity and parental leave. And for the everyday We embrace flexible working.

For your future theres our pension (the knowwhatyoullgetwhenyouretire kind) and life assurance.

As for some nice extras You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash handy rewards that can save you money on holidays bills and shopping.

The notsosmall print

This role will be a Grade 6. If youre new to Scottish Water youll join us on a starting salary of 33560. Performancedriven pay progression will then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of 44140. Youll also receive a monthly standby retainer payment.

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional and will be confirmed on completion of our preemployment screening e.g. referencing criminal record checks license checks etc. These checks are conducted on our behalf by a third party. Dont worry well ask your permission before starting these checks.

The closing date for applications will be midnight on the 17th April 2025.

A few final things worth knowing

Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youre interested in this job but dont tick all the boxes apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So dont rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!. Were also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events like menopause. Were very used to making adjustments so please dont be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland its important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you dont already live here youll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Finally (finally! candidates who havent submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wont need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.

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