£37,815 – £48,395Full TimeEN
Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.
Most people don’t think too much about how clean water reaches their taps. But Scottish Water does. In fact, it’s all we think about.
We’re looking for an E&M Multiskilled craftsperson with an Electrical bias to join our Engineering and Maintenance team in Uist/Barra to help keep our operational sites running smoothly.
This team installs, maintains and repair the critical infrastructure that deliver 1 billion litres of drinking water and remove 940 million litres of waste water from Scottish homes, businesses and industry. Everyday.
What You’ll Do
You’ll be working with our wider E&M team to deliver a proactive service to make sure that the plant and equipment we use at our Water and Waste Water sites is safe and working effectively.
You’ll use your core Electrical skills, as well as your mechanical knowledge to problem solve technical issues, thinking outside of the box to fault find and diagnose. You’ll be working in a time-sensitive environment, often in confined spaces.
Expect to be working on a range of different equipment that include, 3-phase and single phase equipment, maintenance to motors, motor starters, generators, actuators, level monitoring equipment, variable speed drives, parameter setting and adjustment, instrumentation, calibration of process controllers, and resetting of automation equipment.
On the mechanical front, you can expect to do some general maintenance of pumps, valves, gearboxes, pipe fitting and assisting mechanical craftsperson for multiple person tasks.
Your safety is paramount. It is essential that you take all necessary steps to protect yourself and others, including risk assessments, choosing appropriate equipment, keep up to date with essential training and following safe working practices.
You’ll work closely with our office support team to plan and co-ordinate resources across the region, with the shared goal of delivering an effective and cost-efficient response to incidents, reactive or planned work, whilst looking for innovative ways to continually drive improvements.
What You’ll Need
You’ll have served a full apprenticeship and have an HNC or NC in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (or the equivalent experience)
This is a field-based role – and involves a fair amount of lone working. That means you need a full GB-issued Driving License (DVLA) to reach our sites. Most of them aren’t accessible by public transport.
You’ll need to be happy to work on a standby rota (you’ll be paid an additional standby retainer to compensate you for this)
In this role you’ll be communicating with internal and external customers about work being carried out on site, giving progress reports and keeping people up to date. So it’s important that you’re confident, friendly, and pride yourself on providing a great service.
You’ll be comfortable using computer systems and on-line learning modules to get up to speed quickly.
And it goes without saying, you’ll need an ironclad commitment to Health & Safety, to protect yourself, your colleagues and the public.
Looking out for you
While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.
This role has optional weekend working and out of hour working, but you’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take time off to volunteer in your community.
When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.
For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), and life assurance.
As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.
The not-so-small print
This role will be a Grade 6. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £37,815. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £48,395.
If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be - we’ll be accepting applications until midnight on 19th May 2026.
Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party, and must be completed before your start date. Don’t worry - we’ll only start these checks once you’ve accepted an offer.
A few final things worth knowing…
Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don’t rule yourself out!
Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We’re very used to making adjustments, so please don’t be afraid to ask.
As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.
Please note, Scottish Water takes the safety, health and wellbeing of our employees, colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.
Finally (finally!), candidates who haven’t submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You won’t need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.
We’re here to help. Ask us anything at SWRecruitment@ScottishWater.co.uk
