Overview
We’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Lubrication Technician to join our United Utilities maintenance team, playing a vital role in keeping our assets performing at their very best. This is a permanent, field-based position that offers a high level of autonomy, perfect for someone who thrives on responsibility, takes real pride in delivering exceptional standards, and enjoys the freedom to manage their own day.
In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our maintenance strategy, delivering a high-quality lubrication, monitoring and reporting service that directly supports asset reliability and maximises performance across our network. Every day brings variety – you’ll start from home and travel to multiple wastewater sites across the North West, making a visible and meaningful impact on the smooth running of essential infrastructure. You’ll be provided with a company van, giving you the flexibility to travel directly from home to site and between locations, enabling greater efficiency and ownership of your working day.
The Role
As a Lubrication Technician, you will deliver lubrication best practice across our wastewater asset base. Working largely independently, you will plan and manage your own daily activities, ensuring assets are cared for safely, effectively and consistently across multiple sites. Most tasks will be carried out alone, with occasional two person activities, and you will collaborate when required with process controllers, field service engineers and the wider maintenance team.
Responsibilities
- Deliver an effective lubrication service across assets identified within the maintenance strategy.
- Carry out lubrication activities on wastewater operational sites, ensuring work is completed to the required standard and confirmed at the correct frequencies.
- Complete minor remedial work on lubrication systems, including adjustments and improvements, in line with your competence and training.
- Carry out detailed human senses inspections during site visits and raise follow on work where required.
- Define and update alternative components within the corporate asset register to ensure appropriate lubrication tasks are deployed.
- Manage lubricant and material stock levels within local oil stores.
- Store and dispose of oil contaminated waste safely and correctly.
- Ensure all lubricants are stored and handled in line with United Utilities best practice.
- Use predictive technologies to analyse, trend and condition grease critical assets where identified by the central maintenance strategy.
- Take and submit lubricant samples for analysis when required.
- Review and understand sample results, determine the appropriate course of action and complete or raise further work as needed.
Skills & Experience
Five GCSEs including Maths and English at grade C or 4 to 9 or equivalent, plus practical lubrication experience and a background in maintenance or mechanical engineering.
- A self-motivated and self-directed approach, with the confidence to work independently and take ownership of your work.
- Strong organisation and self-management skills, enabling you to plan, prioritise and deliver your workload effectively across multiple sites.
- Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with process controllers, field service engineers and other stakeholders.
- An awareness of the Water Industry and how it operates.
- A proactive and logical approach to problem solving, with the ability to identify issues early and take appropriate action.
Why This Role
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to build autonomy, develop specialist technical skills and gain wide exposure across wastewater operations. You will be trusted to manage your own work, supported by a strong team and equipped with the tools and resources, including a company car, to do the job well. It is an ideal role for someone looking to grow their expertise, increase their visibility and make a tangible impact on asset performance.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and excellent benefits package
- 26 days’ holiday (rising to 30 with service) plus bank holidays
- Up to 14% employer pension contribution (21% combined)
- Up to 10.5% annual bonus
- Private medical care
- Gym discounts, EV car scheme, ShareBuy and flexible benefits package
- Hybrid working to support work‑life balance
- Professional development, training and career progression
If you are organised, motivated and ready to take ownership of a critical role within United Utilities, we encourage you to apply and take the next step in your development.
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