Maintenance Electrician

careers-rydon; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

25 days holiday

Pension scheme 4%

On-call allowance

Eye care vouchers

Wellbeing support

Employee discount scheme

Job summary

Rydon Maintenance is recruiting an experienced Maintenance Electrician for Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup. You will join a skilled team delivering first‑class repairs and planned maintenance to keep hospital services running smoothly.

The role covers preventative and reactive electrical work, from lighting and breakers to controls and emergency lighting tests. Normal hours are 8–5, with on‑call duties to boost earnings.

Qualifications

• NVQ/City & Guilds Level 3 electrical installations required or equivalent.
• 18th edition wiring regulations standard for electrical installations.
• 2391/2394/2395 testing & inspection qualifications desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out maintenance, repairs and installation of electrical systems in a hospital environment.
• Undertake planned, preventive and reactive maintenance and respond to urgent calls.
• Work as part of a mobile, multi-disciplinary maintenance team with on-call duties.

Skills

People skills

Customer service

Education

NVQ/City & Guilds Level 3 electrical installations

18th edition

2391/2394/2395 testing & inspection

Job description

Overview

We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join our NHS Maintenance team at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

Rydon Maintenance is an expanding division of the Rydon Group and is successfully providing hard FM (facilities management services) to a variety of clients, predominantly within the healthcare sector. We provide hard FM services across England for a growing number of NHS Trusts. We look after more than 250 buildings on behalf of 20 NHS Trusts on a planned, responsive repairs and small works projects basis. We provide maintenance services to hospitals, primary care, ambulance and mental health trusts. Using the latest technology we ensure properties are well maintained, efficient and fit for purpose.

Job Purpose

We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join our NHS Maintenance team at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. This team which delivers a first-class repairs service in partnership with this large Acute NHS Trust.

This is a mobile position where you will be working as part of a highly skilled maintenance team (consisting of mechanical, electrical and multi skilled maintenance operatives). This team are responsible for ensuring that jobs completed meet the desired quality and customer service standards. You will be responsible for planned, preventative and responsive maintenance to ensure that this busy hospital environment is operational at all times.

The types of work involve commercial electrical repairs, maintenance and installation. This could involve work with circuit breakers, controls, fuses, lights, motors and more. You will also be involved with completing PPM's (planned preventative maintenance) such as emergency lighting testing.

Normal working hours are 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday. You will also participate in an on-call rota system (which offers the opportunity to increase your earnings and be involved in additional urgent repairs).

What we can offer you;

• A competitive starting salary
• Company van + Fuel card
• Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per annum
• Holiday Purchase Scheme: Buy up to an additional 5 days holiday
• Pension Scheme: 4% contributory.
• On call allowance and overtime rates paid per call out.
• Health Cash Plan: helping you spread the cost of essential healthcare
• 24/7 EAP Service: free advice, counselling and support for you and your family whenever you need it.
• Wellbeing and mental health champions readily available at work.
• Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
• Flexible benefits for you to choose from including Critical Illness, DenPlan and Cycle to work schemes.
• Employee Referral Scheme: recommend a personal connection to us and claim a cash reward for their successful hire.
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Opportunities for you to progress your career across the business

Experience Required

The successful candidate will have previous experience gained as a maintenance electrician. This experience will ideally have been gained in an NHS hospital environment, though candidates with strong commercial electrical experience will also be considered (ie experience gained in commercial offices, hotels, education etc). The ideal candidate will hold an NVQ or City and Guilds qualification Level 3 for electrical installations, 18th edition and 2391 or 2394 & 2395 for inspection & testing would be desirable.

If you are a qualified electrician, have great people skills and are passionate about delivering excellent quality electrical planned, preventative and responsive maintenance then we would strongly encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits.

Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.