Electrician

Build Recruitment Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Build Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Electrician to join the facilities management team at a prestigious Glasgow university. The role focuses on maintaining electrical infrastructure and critical systems to ensure a safe and reliable environment for staff, students, and visitors.

You will work Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm, with on-call rota as required. The ideal candidate has 18th Edition wiring qualifications, proven commercial/large-building electrical maintenance

Qualifications

• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.
• Proven experience in electrical maintenance within a commercial or large-building environment.
• Experience working with Building Management Systems (BMS), including fault finding and system operation.
• Good understanding of electrical maintenance, testing and fault diagnosis.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and maintenance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Respond to reactive electrical maintenance and breakdown requests, ensuring SLAs are met.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to a high standard.
• Test, diagnose and resolve electrical faults, including power quality issues.
• Undertake emergency lighting and fire alarm testing.
• Interpret technical drawings and maintenance documentation.
• Carry out electrical installations, upgrades and improvement works.
• Liaise with subcontractors to monitor repair works to standards.
• Monitor building systems and environmental conditions of critical equipment.
• Investigate faults, identify root causes and minimise downtime.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and logs.
• Support wider facilities management team with additional duties.

Skills

18th Edition Wiring Regulations

FM experience

BMS fault finding

Electrical maintenance

Reading technical drawings

Job description

Electrician - Facilities Management

Glasgow
£40,000 per annum
Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
On-call rota available

About the Role

We are currently recruiting an experienced Electrician to join myfacilities management team, working within a well-established local university in Glasgow.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a professional maintenance team responsible for maintaining the university's buildings, electrical infrastructure and critical systems, ensuring a safe, reliable and efficient working environment for staff, students and visitors.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to reactive electrical maintenance and breakdown requests, ensuring all works are completed within agreed service level agreements (SLAs).
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to a consistently high standard.
• Test, diagnose and resolve electrical faults, including power quality issues.
• Undertake emergency lighting and fire alarm testing.
• Interpret technical drawings, electrical instructions, operating manuals and maintenance documentation.
• Carry out electrical installations, upgrades and improvement works.
• Liaise with subcontractors, monitoring repair works to ensure they meet required standards and procedures.
• Monitor building systems and environmental conditions, including the performance and loading of critical equipment.
• Investigate faults, identify root causes and implement solutions to minimise repeat issues and equipment downtime.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, site logs and associated paperwork.
• Support the wider facilities management team with additional maintenance duties as required.

Working Hours

• Monday to Friday
• 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Participation in an on-call rota may be required.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.
• Proven experience in electrical maintenance within a commercial or large-building environment.
• Experience working with Building Management Systems (BMS), including fault finding and system operation.
• Good understanding of electrical maintenance, testing and fault diagnosis.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and maintenance documentation.

Desirable:

• Previous Facilities Management (FM) experience.
• Experience working within a university, educational or large commercial environment.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary of £40,000 per annum.
• Monday to Friday working pattern.
• Daytime hours with a consistent schedule.
• Opportunity to work within a prestigious local university environment.
• Long-term opportunity within an established facilities management operation.