Maintenance Specialist

The Role

As a Maintenance Specialist, you'll lead maintenance activity across a defined geographical area, ensuring corrective and preventative maintenance is delivered safely, consistently and to industry best practice standards.

You'll play a key role in improving asset performance, reducing operational risk and supporting the wider Wholesale business to achieve its strategic goals through collaboration, data-led decision making and continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the delivery of corrective and preventative maintenance to improve asset reliability and business performance
• Manage maintenance backlogs effectively, reducing asset downtime and operational risk through visible leadership and hands-on technical support
• Drive productivity by working closely with Network Asset Engineers, work management and planning teams to improve scheduling, reduce rework and resolve complex job issues
• Collaborate with planners to develop and deliver effective annual maintenance plans
• Use data and insights to communicate asset performance, risks and lessons learned, supporting continuous improvement and informed decision-making
• Support root cause failure analysis and maintenance optimisation to improve long-term asset health and reduce repeat failures
• Promote standardised maintenance practices, safety assurance and consistent ways of working across non-infrastructure assets
• Build strong, inclusive working relationships with operational teams, planners, contractors and technical specialists

What we're looking for:

• A recognised engineering qualification (City & Guilds, ONC, Level 3 Diploma or equivalent) with hands-on operational experience
• Strong technical knowledge of water and/or wastewater assets and maintenance operations
• Proven experience planning, managing and delivering maintenance activities in a complex operational environment
• The ability to lead and support complex job delivery with a focus on safety, quality, efficiency and customer outcomes
• Strong analytical, planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Confidence communicating and influencing effectively at all levels of the organisation
• A collaborative, resilient and continuous-improvement mindset, committed to inclusive and safe ways of working

Benefits

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• Up to 10.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
• MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
• Best Doctors
• Salary Finance
• Wealth at Work courses
• Deals and discounts
• EVolve Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Mental health first aiders
• ShareBuy
• MORE Choices flexible benefits
• Enhanced parental leave schemes