Lead Electrical Engineer & Technical Mentor

Platform Housing Group; Derbyshire Dales, Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

Mobile phone

Tablet

Medicash health benefits

Pension 12%

Learning & development

Job summary

Platform Housing Group’s Platform Property Care is seeking a Lead Engineer - Electrical to join our Derbyshire team. The role combines hands-on electrical repairs with a leadership mandate to develop our trade workforce.

You will split time between delivering high-quality electrical work and coaching apprentices while upholding health and safety standards across homes and communal areas.

Qualifications

• Electrical qualifications and domestic installation experience required.
• Experience with inspections and testing to current standards.
• Proven coaching and mentoring ability.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a wide range of electrical repairs in homes and communal areas.
• Manage jobs from inspection to completion with excellent customer service.
• Coach, mentor and develop colleagues.
• Sign off colleagues against multi-skill framework and EPA.
• Promote trade standards across Platform Property Care.
• Support trade training and upskilling initiatives with Learning & Development.
• Conduct trade audits and quality assessments for compliance.
• Act as technical escalation point for trade queries.
• Monitor industry developments to improve service delivery.

Skills

Team player

Customer service

Coaching

Health and safety

Communication

IT skills

Driving licence

Education

Electrical apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 and City & Guilds Level 3 in Electrical Installation, Commissioning and Certification

18th Edition regulation

AM2

Unvented Hot Water qualification (advantage)

Tools

JIB Approved Electrician card

Mobile devices usage

Job description

Platform Housing Group’s Platform Property Care is seeking a Lead Engineer - Electrical to join our Derbyshire team. The role combines hands-on electrical repairs with a leadership mandate to develop our trade workforce.

You will split time between delivering high-quality electrical work and coaching apprentices while upholding health and safety standards across homes and communal areas.