Electrician Testing and Compliance

Brighton & Hove City Council; England; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fleet vehicle for work

Paid annual leave

Pension scheme

Full induction and development

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking experienced electricians to join the Housing Repairs and Maintenance Team, focusing on electrical upgrades and testing in residents' homes and communal areas. A full driving licence and City and Guilds Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Installations are required, with duties spanning fault diagnosis, rewiring, and smoke detection installs.

You will work mainly in occupied properties around Brighton & Hove, with a standard 37-hour week plus overtime,

Qualifications

• Full driving licence required.
• City and Guilds Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Installations.
• Experience in housing repairs or maintenance is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Upgrading electrical installations in communal and domestic settings to meet Wiring Regulations.
• Testing electrical installations and producing certifications (EICs, EICRs).
• Detecting, locating and diagnosing faults and rewiring as necessary.
• Installing full smoke detection and gateway systems and producing Smoke Detection certification.

Skills

Electrical installations

Electrical testing

Fault finding

Education

City and Guilds Level 3 in Electrical Installations

Tools

EIC/EICR

Job description

We are recruiting for experienced and enthusiastic electricians to join our Housing Repairs and Maintenance Team

Do you want to be part of our Electrical Testing and Compliance Team, ensuring Brighton and Hove City Council Housings electrical installations meet the requirements of the Wiring Regulations? Do you want to focus on your trade and not sourcing materials, writing quotes or chasing customers for payment? Do you have a full drivers licence? Do you have a City and Guilds level 3 or equivalent in Electrical Installations?

If so, we'd welcome your application to work within our busy Housing Repairs and Maintenance Service.

For an informal discussion, please contact John McNamara - Electrical Testing and Compliance Supervisor [e-mail]

About the role

You will carry out high-standard electrical upgrades and testing both in our residents' homes and in communal areas. Delivering high customer service and meeting all safety, quality and cost control standards.

You will mainly be working in occupied properties within the Brighton and Hove area either on your own or in a small team. The key tasks will be:

• Upgrading electrical installations in both communal and domestic settings to ensure they meet the requirements of the Wiring Regulations
• Testing electrical installations in both communal and domestic settings producing certification as necessary (including EIC's, EICRs etc.)
• Detecting, locating and diagnosing faults
• Rewiring circuits or full installations as necessary
• Working with asbestos (you will be fully trained and equipped to work on non notifiable non licenced asbestos)
• Installing full smoke detection and gateway system
• Producing Smoke Detection certification

Our residents come from a variety of backgrounds, you will need to be positive about interacting with and serving our diverse community.

Our team members say they enjoy working in Housing Repairs because "Every day is completely different, we really get a chance to help people from the local community and it feels great to have made a difference at the end of the day".

In return for your skills and hard work, we offer:

• A standard working week of 37 hours per week plus 5.5 hours of contracted overtime (Monday - Friday 08.00 - 17.00). Part-time hours are available.
• The opportunity to take on additional call out shifts if available
• A full induction with job shadowing in your first week and on-going development
• Your own allocated fleet vehicle for work use
• Paid annual leave
• Pension scheme

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Why work for us?

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is term-time only. For part time applicants, where your working week is less than the council's basic 37 hour week, contracted overtime rated pay will not form part of your working hours. This is because overtime rated pay is payable for hours worked more than the council's basic 37 hour week. Your starting salary will be pro rata based on the basic annual salary elements of pay between £35,570 to £40,444.

Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.