Electrician - South West Locality Office

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Edinburgh is seeking an experienced Electrician to join their Housing Services team. The role involves maintaining and repairing electrical installations in over 20,000 homes. Candidates must be qualified electricians with strong customer care and communication skills. This position requires a full clean UK driving licence and the ability to participate in an out-of-hours emergency rota. Salary ranges from £32,010 to £37,626.

Qualifications

• Time served tradesperson required.
• Qualified to current regulations.
• Working knowledge of relevant statutory regulations and standards.
• Full clean UK driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain circuit wiring, inspect and test electrical installations.
• Maintain electrical fittings and appliances.
• Work on domestic, commercial, and industrial premises.

Skills

Customer care skills

Communication skills

Health and safety awareness

Education

City and Guilds or equivalent qualification

Tools

Electrical tools

Job description

Electrician
South West Locality Office

Salary: £32,010 - £37,626
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

We are looking for experienced electricians to join our Housing Services team. You will be part of a team of cross trade operatives who are responsible for carrying out repairs in Council tenant's homes and repairing and maintaining our empty homes to a high standard for our new tenants.

The Housing Services manages over 20,000 homes across Edinburgh. We are looking for qualified electricians who have great customer care and communication skills and will thrive at the opportunity to help our tenants.

The postholder will be responsible for maintaining circuit wiring (installation, inspection, testing and assembly techniques) check for faults, diagnosis, mains gear, installing all electrical fittings and appliances, testing all equipment; earthing and bonding, installation and repair/replacement of electric and electronic fitments used in door entry systems.

Undertaking PA Testing, installation of conduit, trunking, metal and plastic construction

Working on domestic, commercial and industrial premises including schools and sheltered housing

Carrying out maintenance servicing work as appropriate.

To be considered for the post you must:

• Be a time served tradesperson;
• Be qualified to current regulations;
• Hold an appropriate city and guilds, scotvec or equivalent level qualification;
• A working knowledge of relevant statutory regulations, standards and codes of practice;
• A high level of health and safety awareness;
• A good communicator with good customer care skills;
• A full clean UK driving licence; and
• Available to participate in out of hours emergency rota.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.