Reliability Engineer (Electrical)

  
Salary & Benefits(4b): £46,172 - £57,716 + company car scheme up to 10% pension with 5% contribution + annual bonus + retail savings schemes + online GP access + life assurance cover + free on-site parking + 25 days holiday + 1 wellbeing day + bank holidays 

Location: Buttershaw / hybrid working with regular regional travel to Yorkshire Water sites 

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.  

 
We have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Reliability Engineer to join the Strategic Maintenance Planning Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you? 

 
What we do: 

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this. 

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.  

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Strategic Maintenance Planning Team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.   
 
As an Electrical Reliability Engineer, within the Strategic Maintenance Planning Team, you will help ensure that all operational assets have appropriate maintenance plans to ensure reliability, resilience and sustainability and ensure they fulfil customer and stakeholder expectations. This is achieved by applying the right maintenance at the right time to secure cost efficient asset reliability. 

   
Where you fit in: 

As an Electrical Reliability Engineer, within the Strategic Maintenance Planning Team, you will help ensure that all operational assets have appropriate maintenance plans to ensure reliability, resilience and sustainability and ensure they fulfil customer and stakeholder expectations. This is achieved by applying the right maintenance at the right time to secure cost efficient asset reliability. 

You will: 

•    Be responsible for developing, implementing and optimising asset specific electrical equipment maintenance strategies and overall asset technical practices and standards in line with requirements from the Principal Electrical Engineer
•    Monitor and report on the effectiveness of the asset preventative maintenance program for electrical assets
•    Compile and maintain asset criticality and equipment risk registers
•    Be the Instrumental lead in reviewing electrical assets maintenance performance and reliability data to identify critical assets/risks to the business and instigate RCA’s for short, medium, and long-term issue resolution.
•     Develop, implement and maintain key reliability improvement processes across the YW electrical Assets – including RCM, Criticality Analysis, RCFA investigation & resolution of worst performing/costly equipment
•    Provide documented evidence of improvements and savings and highlighting risk to the Business

What skills & qualifications you will need: 

•    Degree in Electrical Engineering
•    Relevant Electrical maintenance experience
•    Significant knowledge and application of reliability improvement techniques and practices
•    Broad experience with electrical equipment maintenance
•    Extensive experience of, and proficiency in the use of, Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS, e.g. SAP S4) to develop reliability reports and the analysis of this data
•    Experience of supporting and embedding change   

You will also benefit from having: 
 
•    Ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels and departments within the organisation
•    Proficiency in excel
•    Current valid driving licence and flexibility to travel across the Yorkshire region
•    Water Industry experience

 
We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours.   

 
If you’re an experienced Electrical Reliability Engineer professional and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you. 

We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.

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 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.