Technical Coordinator

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility firm is seeking a Technical Coordinator to support field operations in Camberley. The role involves designing critical jobs, managing plant performance, and maintaining Health and Safety at pumping stations. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, a mechanical/electrical apprenticeship, and familiarity with SAP. This position offers a salary between £45,000 and £55,000, along with generous perks including 26 days annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual Leave: 26 days, increasing to 30

Car Allowance Provided

Generous Pension Scheme through AON

Access to health and well-being benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrate good business/stakeholder awareness, with an innovative approach to problem-solving.
• Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong IT literacy as all work is managed through SAP.

Responsibilities

• Design operationally critical jobs using technical expertise.
• Maintain plant and equipment availability, optimising performance.
• Manage Health and Safety aspects through safe work approval.

Skills

Good business awareness

Excellent communication skills

Strong IT literacy

Innovative problem-solving

Education

Mechanical/electrical apprenticeship or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP System

Job description

Job title Technical Coordinator Ref 43487 Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Hybrid - Camberley (STW) Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 36 Hours per week Salary Offering a salary of £45,000 to £55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience. Job grade B Closing date 06/01/2026

We are looking for a Technical Coordinator to join Thames Water

This is an exciting predominantly field-based role, working as part of a close and supportive Field Operations team overseeing 510 waste pumping stations.

You will be focused on maintaining and improving pumping stations infrastructure, to ensure our assets operate 24/7. The role will also require you to manage smaller projects and provide support to the team on larger-scale projects.

You will be responsible for designing complex jobs for work at our pumping stations and ensuring any prerequisites are in place to allow work to be completed by the Field Technicians.

What you’ll be doing as a Technical Coordinator:

• Using technical expertise and data captured from the field to design operationally critical jobs.
• Highlighting key operational risks across the area and presenting these to obtain funding.
• Maintaining the availability of plant and equipment and optimising pumping station performance.
• Developing strong collaborative relationships with other internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing expert advice on technical issues and generating solutions to operational risks.
• Carrying out data analysis on pumping stations to recognise trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Having a mechanical/electrical apprenticeship or experience is preferred.
• Obtaining quotes, ordering materials, and third-party services through our framework contractors.
• Ensuring all aspects of Health and Safety are managed correctly, through a safe system of work approval, reviewing RAMS, permitting, and site audits.
• Support the Technical Support Manager in delivering small project work.

Base location:

Hybrid – Camberly - Surrey - GU15 3YL

Working pattern or hours:

36 Hours per week (Monday to Friday), plus the inclusion onto an out-of-hours rota for which you will receive additional payment.

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• Demonstrate good business/stakeholder awareness, together with an innovative and creative approach to problem-solving.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to clearly interact with your field-based colleagues and key stakeholders.
• Possess strong IT literacy skills as all work is managed through an SAP system and user training for this and other standard software systems will be provided.
• Take care of yourself and others, we have a zero-compromise approach to Health & Safety and it is critical that all of our employees go home safe and well at the end of each day.

Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring:

• Have previous experience in technical job design and/or prerequisite management within a utility company.

What’s in it for you?

• Offering a salary of £45,000 to £55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience.
• Annual Leave: 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance Provided.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

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