Electrician

Together Housing; Haslingden; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

27 days annual leave

LGPS pension

Job summary

Together Housing is seeking an Electrician to join our Repairs & Maintenance team. You will provide electrical repairs to tenanted and vacant properties in Blackburn, Clitheroe, Rossendale and Pendle area, delivering a customer service driven repair service.

We value qualifications including NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Installations, BS7671 knowledge, and City & Guilds testing qualifications, plus a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Electrical qualification – NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Installations or equivalent.
• Knowledge of BS7671:2018 requirements for Electrical Installations.
• Inspection, Testing & Certification qualification – City & Guilds 2391 / 2394 / 2395 or equivalent.
• Full UK Manual driving licence.
• Experience of working competently in all disciplines normally expected of a qualified Electrician/Electrical Technician.

Responsibilities

• Carry out all types of Electrical repairs to tenanted and vacant properties in line with tickets, appointments, specifications and contract drawings.
• Aim for Right First Time, completing a repair in one visit where practicable.
• Organise work to minimise downtime and proactively reallocate extra work as needed.
• Work overtime / standby rota as required by the manager.
• Diagnose and undertake repairs even when the job differs from the requirement, seeking approvals for more expensive work.
• Maintain high workmanship standards aligned with service specs and safety procedures.

Skills

Electrical qualifications

BS7671 knowledge

Customer service experience

Efficiency and first-time fix focus

Education

NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Installations

City & Guilds 2391/2394/2395

Job description

We are looking for a Electrician to join our Repairs & Maintenance team. As an Electrician you will provide all types of Electrical repairs, to tenanted and vacant properties, with a customer service quality driven repair and maintenance service. In this role you will be covering a number of areas, including Blackburn, Clitheroe, Rossendale and Pendle area.

Together Housing Group: We are one of the largest housing associations in the North of England, managing over 38,000 homes across the North of England. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

Diversity & Inclusion: As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Further information can be found at this link - Equality and diversity - Together Housing Group

Requirements

Outline of Key responsibilities of the Electrician…

• To carry out all types of Electrical repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with job tickets, opti-time appointment slots, specifications and contract drawings, to good practice, Building Regulations etc as appropriate and applicable.
• To carry out work with an ethos of “Right First Time” always completing a repair where practicable in one visit, with good quality workmanship and good standard of performance.
• To organise your work to minimise lost or non-productive time, highlighting pro-actively if you have too much / too little work so that work can be re-allocated, extra work allocated etc as appropriate.
• To assist in addressing the peaks and troughs in workload by working overtime and at other times when requested by prior arrangement with your manager. To participate in a stand-by or call-out rota.
• To use your initiative to diagnose and undertake a repair which may be different from the job required or where the job required was of a locate fault type nature. Obtaining approval beforehand as appropriate where the job is more expensive than anticipated, will take much longer than anticipated etc.
• To work to a consistently high standard of workmanship in line with service specification, service standards, safe working procedures and as part of a team to ensure the most efficient use of time, materials and resources etc.

We are looking for someone who has…

• Electrical qualification – NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Installations or equivalent
• Knowledge of BS7671:2018 requirements for Electrical Installations
• Inspection, Testing & Certification qualification – City & Guilds 2391 / 2394 / 2395 or equivalent
• Full UK Manual drivers licence
• Experience of working competently in all disciplines normally expected of a qualified Electrician/ Electrical Technician along with other associated building disciplines as required and as appropriate
• Relevant post qualification experience
• Experience of working in a customer service environment
• Experience of maximising number of jobs completed and repairs completed in one visit.

Benefits

In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Electrician role...

• Starting salary: £37,977 per annum
• Company van available for personal use
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 over 5 years’ service) + bank holidays
• You will work a total of 37 hours per week, scheduled between 08:00 and 19:30 across any five days from Monday to Saturday. The exact schedule will depend on business needs at the time. However, to give an idea, a typical working week may be Monday to Thursday from 08:00 to 16:00 and Friday from 08:00 to 15:30. Please note that this is subject to change based on business requirements.
• This role includes working one Saturday per month, with time off in lieu offered in return.
• Additional earning due to call out rota.
• Attractive pension schemes - Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Basic Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.