Electrical Qualifying Supervisor

City Facilities Management Ltd.; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

City Facilities Management Ltd is seeking an Electrical Qualifying Supervisor in North Yorkshire. The role is a permanent, full-time position (40 hours/week) focused on electrical safety, compliance, and supervision.

You will oversee safety procedures, certify minor electrical works, conduct audits, and ensure calibration and documentation are up to date in line with NICEIC and statutory requirements.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds qualification is required with 18th edition
• Inspection and testing of electrical installations qualification (2391 or equivalent)
• Experience in overseeing electrical safety and compliance

Responsibilities

• Oversee electrical safety and enforce City FM electrical safety procedures
• Audit minor works (minimum 10%) and ensure certification and reporting
• Ensure calibration of electrical test equipment and maintain records
• Maintain compliance with Electricity at Work Regulations and IEE guidelines
• Complete handover assessments for new build projects and refurbishments

Skills

Electrical supervision

Management experience

3 phase electrics

Inspection and testing knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds qualification

Job description

Role: Electrical Qualifying Supervisor

Location: North Yorkshire

Contract: Permanent 40 hours per week

Salary: 46,852.77 per annum

Job Purpose:

To comply with NICEIC Registration (this is subject to the rules of the NICEIC Registration which is separate from this job description). Oversee electrical safety including but not exclusively the preparation and enforcement of City FM electrical safety procedures (including the process for live and dead working) and practice, promote and oversee the process for electrical installation and minor works certification, undertake a minimum 10% audit of minor works, emergency lighting certification and 100% Installation Certification, assist to co-ordinate provide a specialist support on electrical issues.

Ensure all electrical test equipment is annually calibrated and maintain up to date records as appropriate. To assist in the delivery of an effective electrical safety process and ensure City Facilities Management (UK) Ltd meets its statutory responsibilities and promote a safe working environment and safe systems of work for employees, clients and those affected by our undertaking related to any electrical work.

Key Accountabilities:

Safety

• Have an understanding of, and day to day responsibility for, the health and safety and other statutory requirements relating to electrical work undertaken.
• Brief out an electrical safety policy and practice guidelines for field engineers to follow.
• Ensure there are safe systems of work in place whereby all electrical work
• undertaken is carried out by competent persons who are adequately supervised.
• Take day to day responsibility for the safety, technical standard and quality of the electrical work carried out under that persons supervision.

People

• To attend training courses as and where necessary and to ensure personal job skills keep pace with technical developments.

Excellence

• Undertake scheduled audits and inspections of electrical work undertaken; this is likely to be a minimum of 10% of minor works carried out.
• Undertake audits and inspections, desktop and site visit, of electrical works
• completed by sub contractors.

Service

• Ensure as far as is reasonably practicable that not only legislative requirements are met but equally industry standards are observed.
• The appropriate prescribed forms of certification and reporting are issued and completed for all minor electrical work and installations.
• Ensure electrical test equipment is calibrated annually, maintaining a register of test equipment, ensuring all minor electrical installation work is checked by qualified engineers and the readings recorded and all such paperwork maintained with a copy at each store and a central copy available for inspection.
• Ensure electrical work undertaken by City FM engineers is fully compliant with current statutory obligations including the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, Institute of Electrical Engineers Codes of practice and current electrical industry standards.
• Maintain documentation and records appropriate to the range and scale of electrical work undertaken which shall include BS 7671 requirements for Electrical Installations (IEE Wiring Regulations), associated guidance material as prescribed by the NICEIC and City FM, appropriate British Standard and other Industry Codes of Practice, prescribed forms of certification and reporting for the range of electrical work undertaken.
• Conversant with the Electricity at Work Regulations, BS 7671, associated guidance material as prescribed by the Council, appropriate British Standard and other appropriate Industry Codes of Practice.
• Well versed in the inspection, testing, verification, certification and reporting procedures for the range of electrical work undertaken by the company.
• Complete a handover assessment on all new build projects and refurbishments to ensure they are finished to an approved standard and relevant documentation updated or provided.

Other

• To comply with any other reasonable request or instruction from Management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Electrical Competency Qualification (NVQ Level 3 minimum/City & Guilds or equivalent) 18th edition. City and guilds 2391 Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations or equivalent
• GCSE standard
• Apprentice served electrician with appropriate City & Guilds qualification
• At least two consecutive years managerial or supervisory responsibility for the technical standard of electrical installation work.
• 3 phase electrics and its applications.
• Ability to maintain/repair a range of electrical and mechanical equipment, e.g. fans, pumps and compressors, to recognized standards
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrate good knowledge of inspection, testing, verification, certification and reporting procedures for the range of electrical work undertaken by the company.
• Conversant with the Electricity at Work Regulations, British Standards and IEE guidance and Industry Codes of Practice.
• Role requires you to be registered as a QS under the NICEIC so must meet their requirements.