Assistant Street Lighting Electrician

Leicester City Council; Leicester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicester City Council in Leicester is seeking an electrically skilled operative to maintain and install street lighting and traffic sign assets across the city. The role operates on a full-time basis, 37 hours per week, with site work at multiple Leicester locations and on-call standby as needed.

You will diagnose faults, perform testing and certificates, and ensure electrical systems are safe and compliant.

Qualifications

• Experience of working on the Highway, including working at height.
• Experience with Health and Safety plans that include risk assessments and identifying hazards on site.
• Knowledge of Highways Lighting, Signing and associated works.
• Able to work collaboratively with the team to complete projects safely and in line with contract conditions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, commission and install street lighting equipment including lighting columns, traffic signs and highways furniture.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults on new and existing installations; perform fault finding and jointing of underground cables.
• Complete relevant test certificates and documentation in compliance with regulations; ensure vehicles and plant are maintained and operated safely.
• Be part of a standby call-out team and work 37 hours per week, with occasional additional hours as required.

Skills

Highways Lighting

Electrical Installation

Health & Safety

Problem Solving

Job description

Reference: REQ8374

Region: Central

Location: Various locations across Leicester City

Salary: *GBP*33,119 - *GBP*35,570 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*48,088

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time,

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent Play a key role in the effective running of the city's street lighting and traffic sign operations. Public lighting has become a high profile and relied upon service by the citizens of Leicester. We are a team of specialists responsible for the effective running of the city's street lighting and traffic sign operations and this is a fantastic opportunity to join our site operations team, to use your electrical knowledge and skills to provide the support needed to continue our goal of providing an effective and efficient delivery of the Public Lighting operation. You'll be a valued member of the operations team which includes both street lighting electricians and street lighting assistant electricians and you'll be provided some guidance to any non-electrically tasks by a qualified team member. You'll provided with the vehicles, tools and plant needed to ensure you can carry out your role efficiently and safely. You will be required to work towards HERS/HEA accreditation and attend any relevant courses as required. Based at St Margaret's Depot, you'll be part of a team that works at sites throughout in the city installing, commissioning, and maintaining all aspects of public lighting infrastructure, including a comprehensive annual festive decorations programme. This is a Full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. On occasions you will be required to work additional hours according to the needs of the service and form part of our standby call out team.

What You’ll Be Doing

Your primary role will be to maintain, commission and install street lighting equipment including lighting columns, traffic signs, highways furniture and festive decorations. You'll be assisting with diagnosing and repairing electrical faults on all aspects of our new and existing electrical installations, including fault finding and jointing of underground network cables. You'll be required to complete relevant test certificates and documentation in compliance with the current regulations. You'll ensure vehicles and plant are maintained in good working order and are clean and tidy. You'll be responsible for making sure that all vehicles and equipment are operated safely and in accordance with local policy and procedures and Health and Safety responsibilities.

What You’ll Need

You’ll have experience of working on the Highway, including working at height, with previous experience of working with Health and Safety plans that include risk assessments and identifying hazards on site.. You’ll have some experience and knowledge of Highways Lighting, Signing and associated works. As a proven problem solver, with the ability to use your initiative, you’ll be able to work collaboratively with the team to ensure Public Lighting and Traffic Sign projects are completed safely and in accordance with contract conditions.

What We Can Offer You

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.