Electrician

Build Recruitment; Caulcott; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist recruitment agency is seeking an Electrician in England. You will be responsible for attending to electrical faults, conducting safety inspections, and performing minor installations in social housing environments. The ideal candidate should have experience in electrical maintenance, strong communication skills, and be able to work respectfully in occupied homes. This position offers a fuel card and tools, along with the possibility of permanent employment after a temporary period.

Benefits

Van fuel card provided

Power tools provided

Weekly pay every Friday

Opportunity to go permanent after temp period

Qualifications

• Experience as a maintenance operative or multi-trade operative.
• Familiarity with social housing compliance standards.
• Ability to work cleanly and respectfully in occupied homes.

Responsibilities

• Attend day-to-day electrical faults in occupied properties.
• Carry out scheduled maintenance and inspections.
• Work on electrical components of heating systems.
• Respond to urgent electrical issues and call-outs.

Skills

Experience in electrical installations

Responsive repairs

Communication with tenants

Minor installation works

Heating & controls

Job description

Electrician

Bedfordshire

Interviews in December - January Start

Build Recruitment provides specialist recruitment services, supplying quality candidates on a temporary or permanent basis to leading organisations throughout the built environment – from executive to operative level. With offices in London, Manchester and the Southwest, we specialise in Housing, Construction, Facilities Management, Property, Surveying, Health & Safety and Sales. We supply candidates from executive to operative level and are currently working with a Housing Association who are looking for Electricians.

Hours are on a rota basis between 08:00 – 17:00 Monday – Friday. Operatives are expected to do a week on evening shift 11:00 – 20:00 and a week where they work half a day Wednesday and half a day Saturday.

Day to day duties for an Electrician

• Responsive Repairs: Attending day‑to‑day electrical faults in occupied properties – no power, tripping circuits, broken sockets, faulty lights, immersion issues, extractor fans, etc.
• Planned Electrical Works: Carrying out scheduled maintenance such as emergency light testing, smoke/heat detector checks, and fixed‑wire inspections across BPHA properties.
• Minor Installation Works: Adding new sockets, replacing light fittings, upgrading extractor fans, installing new circuits, and small rewires where required.
• Heating & Controls: Working on electrical components of heating systems – timeclocks, stats, boiler wiring centres, element changes and basic diagnostics.
• Social Housing Safety Compliance: Ensuring all work is carried out to BS 7671 standards, keeping properties safe and meeting BPHA's compliance responsibilities.
• Occupied‑Home Working: Communicating clearly with tenants, working cleanly, respecting the home, and keeping disruption to a minimum.
• Emergency Call‑Outs (if required): Responding to urgent issues such as no lights/no power, alarms, or unsafe electrics needing immediate attention.

Benefits for multi trader

• Van fuel card provided
• Power tools provided
• Weekly pay every Friday
• Opportunity to go permanent after temp period

Please apply or contact Sam Fombo at Build Recruitment for further details. (Phone number removed)

Ideal candidate profile

The ideal candidate for this position would have experience as a maintenance operative or multi‑skilled operative or multi‑trade operative or multi‑trader or carpenter or joiner or UPVC specialist or plumber or plumber multi‑trader or plasterer or plasterer multi‑trader or multi‑trade operative or multi‑skilled operative or maintenance operative or handyman, Electrician, Electrical installations with experience in social housing or housing associations or domestic properties or council properties or MOD (Ministry of defence).