Inspector Road Maintenance (Electrical) (2 Posts)

ZipRecruiter; Bellshill; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Scotland is seeking an experienced electrician to join their roads maintenance team. You will engage with customers and contractors ensuring high-quality service delivery for street lighting and other essential infrastructure. The role requires a strong customer focus, organizational skills, and experience with electrical infrastructure. A generous benefits package and flexible working arrangement are offered.

Benefits

Defined benefit pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Educated to approved electrician status or equivalent.
• Experience dealing with street lighting and electrical infrastructure.
• Strong customer focus and ability to collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Maintain roads, street lighting, and council assets.
• Engage with customers to ensure timely work completion.
• Manage works orders and asset information.

Skills

Customer focus

Organizational skills

IT skills

Verbal communication

Education

Approved electrician status (NVQ3/SVQ3)

Experience with street lighting networks

Tools

Microsoft Office

Works ordering systems

Asset management systems

Job description

Overview

North Lanarkshire Council is Scotland’s fourth largest local authority, and we have a plan. A positive plan for North Lanarkshire, its businesses, and its people. We want to transform North Lanarkshire by positioning local services in our towns and communities and a key aspect of this is our roads and street lighting infrastructure.

As part of our team, you will share our ambition for our communities and join us in delivering a service which supports these ambitions and the priorities of the Council. You will be working with a variety of partners, customers and clients ensuring the delivery of a high-quality professional service that maximises the resources available, delivers positive outcomes and meets the needs of customers and service users.

You will be joining a dynamic and flexible team who currently operate a hybrid working model of home and office-based working at our Bellshill office.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role within a multi-skilled roads maintenance team responsible for maintaining roads, street lighting, electric vehicle charging and other council assets.
• Engage with customers and direct contractors to ensure work is completed on time and to the required standards.
• Utilise strong organisational and IT skills to manage works orders, asset information and communications.
• Promote the Council’s vision, values and reputation while delivering quality services to communities.

Qualifications

• Educated to approved electrician status (NVQ3/SVQ3) or HNC or equivalent level.
• Experience dealing with street lighting networks and other electrical infrastructure.
• Strong customer focus and ability to work with partners, customers and contractors.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, works ordering and asset management systems; clear written and verbal communication.
• Full driving licence and ability to travel throughout North Lanarkshire and beyond as required.

Working pattern

Monday to Thursday 08:45–16:45 (55 minute unpaid break)

Friday 08:15–16:15 (50 minute unpaid break)

Benefits and environment

We offer a generous package of terms and conditions including a defined benefit pension scheme with generous employer contributions, family-friendly policies, flexible working opportunities, training and development opportunities, staff discount schemes including a generous staff membership scheme for Active NL venues. A generous annual leave entitlement and recognition of service when joining from partner organisations. We also provide extensive learning and development through the LearnNL platform.

We are happy to discuss flexible working; Smarter Working Policy is in place.

Please note for casual/sessional roles: 12.1% of your hourly rate is paid for annual leave including public holidays. Rates are shown separately on payslips. You will be paid only for hours worked.

Additional statements

• We are a Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet essential criteria.
• Armed Forces Community Covenant: guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans who meet essential criteria.
• Care-Experienced People: commitment to keeping the promise; guaranteed interview for care-experienced applicants who meet essential criteria.
• The Plan for North Lanarkshire aims to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit; Fair Work principles are highlighted, with more information available through the council.

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