Electrical Supervisor

Ocs Uk & Ireland; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

OCS UK & Ireland is seeking a Qualified Supervisor to oversee electrical installation work, ensure compliance with NICEIC standards and complete accurate certification and reporting. The role requires a full UK driving licence, extensive knowledge of 18th Edition BS 7671, and experience supervising teams in busy environments.

You will coordinate inspection records, support on-call duties, and work from 08:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday, in a full-time Manchester-based position with opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be able to qualify for NICEIC registration.
• Experience in in-service testing and inspection of electrical installations.
• Knowledge of Electrical Safety regulations and reporting procedures.
• Proven supervisory or managerial responsibility in electrical installation work.
• Comfortable with documentation, certificates and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate competence/experience as an electrician.
• Lead electrical installation work across diverse types and materials.
• Supervise operatives and review testing and certification paperwork (NICEIC).
• Participate in on-call rota and manage workload.
• Coordinate with other building services and stakeholders.

Skills

Electrical supervision

Full UK Driving Licence

18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

NICEIC qualification eligibility

Tools

Maximo system

NICEIC Click Software

Job description

Working Pattern

08.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday, one hour unpaid lunch

About The Role

A Qualified Supervisor is the electrically competent person with specific responsibility for the safety, technical standard and quality of electrical installation work completed under their supervision. A Qualified Supervisor is responsible for: Ensuring that the results of inspection and testing are recorded correctly on the appropriate certificates or reports.Ensuring that the business' premises, equipment, documentation, and records are available for inspection when required by NICEIC.Supervisory duties for all electrical operativesSafeguarding all unused NICEIC forms of certification and reporting any loss, theft or misuse. A proposed Qualified Supervisor should: Be available to the business on a full-time basis.Have at least two consecutive years supervisory or managerial responsibility for the standard of electrical installation work.Satisfy the technical training and/or experience requirements.Understand the Electricity at Work Regulations, current edition of BS 7671, and the Codes of Practice and guidance documents relevant to the range of electrical work undertaken.Understand the inspection, testing, verification, certification and reporting procedures for the range of electrical work undertaken.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrate competence / experience as an electrician.
• Work across a wide range of electrical installation types and materials.
• Demonstrate competence of electrical testing and completion of electrical installation certificates (NICEIC). Including appropriate collation of reports, software, correct application of testing equipment etc.
• Participate in the supervisory on call rota and maintain the Engineers on call rota.
• Demonstrate a reasonable working knowledge of other building service systems.
• Willing to work overtime to support the needs of the Business.
• Verification of subcontractors reports and other in-house reports within the contract.
• These duties and responsibilities may be changed in accordance with the needs of the company, in particular the post holder may be required to provide support to holders of other posts according to changes in workload and patterns of working.

Essential

• Full UK Drivers Licence
• 18 th Edition IET Wiring Regulations
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Must be able to qualify for role within NICEC.
• Experience in in service test and inspection of electrical installations.

Desirable But Not Essential

• Experience in Maximo system
• Experience of working in a busy large office environment
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Experience using NIEC Click Software.

Key Person Criteria

• Excellent communication skills both written & verbal.
• Strong customer facing skills.
• Proactive and flexible team player.
• Ability to react under pressure.
• Has no problem receiving or delivering instructions.
• Flexible approach to working hours.
• Good organisational skills.
• Good time keeping.

About The Company

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering. Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Why Work for OCS?

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