Electrician

TN United Kingdom; Redditch; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Electrician to join their Living Space team. This role focuses on delivering high-quality electrical maintenance and installation services, ensuring compliance with safety standards and customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in electrical work, particularly in housing maintenance, and hold relevant qualifications. Join a company that values sustainability and community, and be part of a team that is dedicated to creating thriving environments for people. This opportunity offers a chance to work in a supportive and dynamic setting, contributing to meaningful projects that make a difference.

Qualifications

• Qualified Electrician with experience in housing maintenance.
• Ability to carry out Electrical Installation Condition Reports.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Electrical Installation Condition Reports and repairs.
• Ensure safety and compliance with technical standards.

Skills

Electrical Installation Condition Reports

18th Edition Qualification

Communication Skills

Health & Safety Compliance

Education

Electrical Qualification

Job description

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Here at Wates, we have an opportunity for an Electrician to join our Living Space team on our responsive maintenance contract in the Redditch area.

The primary focus of this role will be to carry out the Electrical Installation Condition Reports, as well as additional tasks to achieve first-time fix and deliver a high standard of workmanship in a timely and productive manner, always providing excellent customer service to the client.

Key Accountabilities will include:

1. Undertaking repair/renewal works within your Electrician remit and collaborating with associated trades.
2. Carrying out Electrical Installation Condition Reports.
3. Ensuring maintenance work is undertaken safely and in accordance with all technical standards.
4. Communicating effectively with residents, schedulers, and line managers.
5. Working safely and in compliance with Health & Safety and safeguarding requirements.
6. Remaining up-to-date with technical and legal requirements of your skill area.
7. Working in partnership with other operatives to complete repairs, if required.
8. Completing timesheets and work sheets detailing work undertaken and materials used after each job, via a PDA.

We are looking for a qualified and experienced Electrician (ideally 18th Edition qualified) who can utilize their skills to deliver small projects and repair works, and who has experience carrying out Electrical Installation Condition Reports.

You will hold a full UK diving license, be confident in managing your workload, and ideally have experience in the housing maintenance sector.

Additionally, you should be able to effectively communicate with people, ensuring work is always carried out safely.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive,’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places: Working with customers, partners, and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet: Protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people: Creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognized as a Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

• Best Project - Inside Housing Development Awards
• 2022 Construction News Awards Winner
• Gold Award - Investors in People 2022
• Gold Award - Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
• Top 50 Employers for Women 2022
• Winner - 2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards