Electrician

Newport City Homes; Malpas; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Enhanced Annual Leave

SMART Working

Health and Wellbeing

Flexible Benefits

Development

Job summary

Hedyn is seeking a qualified Electrician to join our Maintenance Team in the UK. The role covers electrical maintenance, installations, and compliance works across residents' homes and community assets, with emphasis on safety, quality, and customer service.

You will work from drawings, carry out testing and certification, and participate in an out-of-hours callout rota. A full UK driving licence is essential, and you will mentor apprentices while supporting a multi-trade team.

Qualifications

• Qualified Electrician with strong electrical testing, fault-finding and installation experience.
• Driving licence (full UK) is essential.
• Ability to work from drawings and requisitions and complete installations efficiently.
• Experience with compliance to current regulations and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and construct electrical installations, including full and part rewires in various containment systems.
• Maintain and certify electrical work across commercial and domestic properties.
• Perform electrical testing and certification, including EICR where applicable.
• Install, maintain and repair heating systems, door entry systems, emergency lighting and fire alarm components.
• Mentor apprentices and develop other staff; ensure work is completed to required standards.
• Drive allocated vehicle, pre-inspect resources and record time and materials used.
• Ensure safe use and storage of plant; conduct daily vehicle safety checks.

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Proposed Interview date: Tuesday 13 October

About the vacancy:

Join our Maintenance Team and play a key role in delivering high-quality repairs, installations, and compliance works across residents' homes and community assets. We are seeking a qualified Electrician with strong electrical testing, fault-finding, and installation experience.

In this role you’ll undertake a wide range of electrical maintenance and improvement works, ensure compliance with current regulations, provide excellent customer service, and work collaboratively within a multi-trade team. Participation in an out-of-hours callout rota is required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and customer-focused electrician looking to make a real difference within local communities.

*A full UK driving licence is essential for this role

Specifically, in the role you will:

• Possess practical, productive and electrical engineering skills with adequate technical knowledge so as to be able to work on own proficiently and carry out electrical installation work without immediate supervision to the most efficient and economical manner. To work from drawings, specifications and requisition of the necessary installation materials and be able to accept the responsibility for accurate completion of job and, where required, support other operatives.
• Design and construction of electrical installations, full and part rewires housed in different containment systems. i.e conduit, trunking etc to adhere to the current IEE Wiring Regulations.
• Maintain and certify all areas of the business; commercial and domestic properties, inclusive of but not limited to; all properties and schemes operated by Hedyn and external lighting where Hedyn have control over the electrical supply and are able to isolate.
• Undertake works from minor repairs to installation of new circuits, completing relevant testing and certification.
• Complete all relevant electrical testing and safety certificates. Installation and condition reports of minor work, fire alarm, smoke alarm and emergency lighting certification
• Install, maintain, diagnose fault and repair a range of heating systems and controls.
• Install, maintain, diagnose fault and repair a range of door entry systems.
• Undertake cyclical testing of emergency lighting; both maintained and unmaintained and fire alarm systems, completing testing procedures monthly and annually. Evidence all maintenance, replacements etc in the relevant log books ensuring all installations adhere to current regulations to ensure compliance.
• To mentor, coach and develop apprentices and other members of staff.
• To ensure all repairs are completed within the specified time period to a required standard and conform to the requirements of the current regulations and driver handbook.
• Drive an allocated works vehicle in line with the driver handbook, to pre-inspect, identify and obtain the resources, materials and plant required to complete a repair to the required standard.
• Accurately record work time, materials and plant used to complete a repair ensuring maximisation of resources.
• Ensure the safe use and safe storage of any plant issued reporting any defects.
• Conduct daily safety checks of the allocated works vehicle and record the findings in the appropriate manner.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders across the business internally and externally.
• To work at all times in a safe and appropriate manner to meet the duties and responsibilities within the Health and Safety policies and procedures of the association.
• To participate in the Out of Hours Callout Rota.

(Please refer to the attached recruitment pack for more information.)

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time – all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

We believe Hedyn is a great place to work and it’s important to us that our people feel the same way.

As well as offering varied and fulfilling careers, we want every colleague to feel appreciated. That means having the best possible benefits package, the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance and the opportunity to achieve your full potential.

We are still at the beginning of our journey. Join us to help shape it.

Enhanced Pension Scheme

We offer an attractive pension scheme with generous employer contributions of up to 12%. You are able to determine the level of contributions that is right for you.

Enhanced Annual Leave

You’ll start on 25 days annual leave (+ Bank Holidays) which would increase gradually to 30 days following 3 years’ service.

SMART Working (dependent on role)

You’re trusted to manage your time to work in a way that meets the needs of our customers, colleagues and communities.

At Hedyn, we believe that ‘work is something you do rather than somewhere you go.’

Health and Wellbeing

We have many health and wellbeing policies and initiatives such as Cycle to Work and Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption.

Flexible Benefits

We have a flexible benefits package that allows colleagues to spend £625 towards the benefits that suit them. There is a wide range of benefits available to choose from including Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan, the option to have your professional memberships paid for, and Electric Vehicles.

Development

We offer many professional and personal development options such as sponsored study opportunities and career progression and development.

We want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.

If you are looking for your next career challenge, seeking responsibility, and are passionate about delivering the best possible service, we'd love to hear from you.