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Mechanical & Electrical Technician

Affinity Water
Egham
1 month ago
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We have an excellent new opportunity for an Electrical and Mechanical Technician to join our established and highly competent team. Affinity Water are the UK's largest clean water only company and our site in Egham has an incredibly diverse talented team.The work you'll do is essential for Affinity Water to deliver safe, clean drinking water to millions of customers every day.

The role

  • You will be responsible for completing electrical, mechanical and instrumentation maintenance and repairs to plant and equipment
  • Each day, you'll complete a maintenance routine schedule to ensure our sites, storage facilities and pumping stations are operating reliably and efficiently.
  • Your day will be varied with managing planned and reactive work for which you will be provided with the training,tools and vehicle to be successful in your role.
  • In addition to this you will play a key role in all local infrastructure projects and improvements on the site working closely with other stakeholders in the business and have the freedom to express your opinions.

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The work we do matters to people's lives, with over 3.89 million customers using our water every day. Making that happen means a lot of peop...

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