Electrical Lead Operative (Qualified Supervisor) 7213

We build homes for sale or rent across the country; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking an Electrical Lead Operative to join their Maintenance Team in Manchester. This role combines technical electrical work with supervisory responsibilities, ensuring compliance and quality in service delivery. Candidates should have NVQ Level 3 qualifications and experience in electrical maintenance. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £40,000 per annum and a range of benefits including a robust pension plan and annual leave.

Benefits

Excellent pension plan

28 days Annual Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must have at least 2 years experience in a supervisory role.
• Ability to undertake inspections and ensure compliance.
• Must possess good knowledge of Health and Safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the electrical maintenance team with a focus on quality.
• Oversee compliance of electrical installation work.
• Ensure customer satisfaction in service delivery.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Customer service

Compliance inspection

Leadership

Education

NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Apprenticeship or equivalent

Level 3 Award in the Requirements for Electrical Installations BS 7671:2018

Level 3 Inspection & Testing - Initial verification

Level 3 Inspection & Testing - Periodic Inspection

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Maximo

Programmable Logic Controllers

Job description

Electrical Lead Operative (Qualified Supervisor)

Contract Type: Permanent Full time 35 hours
Salary: up to £40,000 per annum dependant on experience
Grade: 6
Reporting Office: Manchester Trafford
Persona: Mobile / Field Based Worker - contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident home estates etc with ad hoc office attendance as required
Closing Date: 4th November at 9am
Interview Dates: 12th November at our office in Stretford
Benefits include : Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution) 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service Bank Holidays Westfield Health Cash Plan non-contributory life assurance up to 21 hours volunteering paid days lifestyle benefits Employee Assistance Programme and many more

Job Description

Join our Maintenance Team at L&Q: We are looking for an experienced Electrician to take on this exciting new hybrid role within our in‑house maintenance team working out of various locations covering the Northwest and the surrounding areas. This is a rewarding and exciting opportunity to make a difference to our residents life and lead the way in delivering a customer‑centred service. Our Electricians are responsible for ensuring that all they do is with our residents satisfaction and best interests in mind.

You will work alongside the current Electricians with a day to day run list of jobs dealing with all aspects of electrical maintenance within our properties. Including CCU upgrades, fault finding, accessory, electrical testing as required and ensuring our homes are safe, compliant and habitable. The focus will be on high quality work, outstanding customer service and a right‑first‑time attitude.

As lead electrician you will have additional duties serving as a Qualified Supervisor registered with a CPS scheme (NICEIC). You will be given the required time to enable you to carry out these additional tasks alongside your daily jobs. You will have fundamental responsibility to ensure the quality & compliance of the day‑to‑day work of the business to negate so far as is reasonably practicable the risk of damage to L&Q property. You will be responsible for ensuring electrical installation work carried out by the local in‑house electrical team is compliant. The lead will ensure that results of inspection and testing are properly recorded on the appropriate prescribed forms of certification, reporting and reviews and confirms the results for acceptability as well as reported notifiable works to Building Control.

We are focused on meeting targets both financial and customer related, working to time frames and making sure that jobs per day are completed on time and within cost. The team must have a firm knowledge and be able to actively contribute to ensuring that the Direct Maintenance teams KPIs are met.

Your Impact in the Role

We are looking for experienced individuals ideally with QS experience (but guidance will be given if not) with a good working knowledge within the building and/or housing environment particularly within social housing or local authority with experience of working within domestic and light commercial electrical roles.

You will have gained good electrical knowledge, understanding and experience of inspection & testing of electrical installations including good ability to fault find and identify dangers. Be able to undertake repairs and achieve first‑time fixes to ensure services are maintained.

Have a good working knowledge of BS7671 : 2018 (and previous editions) as well as other electrical standards.

You will have the ability to self‑manage and work in a pressured environment under strict time constraints and a have excellent customer service with proven track record in delivering service to internal and external customers.

As well as a customer service focus candidate will have a good understanding of the Health and Safety requirements and will act with resident safety in mind.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Apprenticeship or equivalent older craft qualification inc End Point Assessment (AM2) (Table A4.8)
• Level 3 Award in the Requirements for Electrical Installations BS 7671 : 2018 (Table A4.9)
• Level3 Inspection & Testing - Initial verification (Table A4.10)
• Level 3 Inspection & Testing - Periodic Inspection (Table A4.11)
• At least 2 years evidence of responsibility for the technical standard of Electrotechnical work and evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development. (Following formal qualification).
• Must have own hand tools (larger tools and specialist equipment will be arranged if needed)

About L&Q

We are one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for peoples health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties home and we are proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

At L&Q people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times and all levels when representing L&Q.

L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more.

At L&Q sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

Key Skills

Controlling Experience, E & I, Distributed Control Systems, Electrical Experience, NEC, Microsoft Outlook, Maximo, CMMS, Schematics, Maintenance, Programmable Logic Controllers, Supervising Experience

How to Apply

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