Maintenance Electrician - 494678

Rossie Young People's Trust; Montrose; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Rossie Young People’s Trust in Montrose seeks a Maintenance Electrician to keep electrical services across Rossie and adjacent housing in top condition. Some out-of-hours work may be required to meet project deadlines and service continuity.

You will undertake electrical maintenance work, diagnose faults in commercial systems, liaise with contractors, and ensure safety compliance. The role includes equipment maintenance, PAT testing, and stock control, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance electrical work including repairs and installations.
• Ability to diagnose and repair electrical issues in commercial systems.
• Familiarity with health and safety regulations and legal obligations.

Responsibilities

• Undertake maintenance electrical work including new installations, repairs, lighting, outlets and distribution.
• Diagnose and repair electrical issues in commercial systems; fault-finding, rewiring and monitoring.
• Liaise with contractors to ensure understanding and maintenance of Rossie’s systems.
• Ensure safety compliance and quality workmanship per building codes of practice.
• Carry out portable appliance testing (PAT) of equipment and small installation works.
• Manage maintenance of tools and equipment; keep records and preventive maintenance plans.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Health & safety

Problem solving

Tools

Jira

Job description

To maintain, improve and, where necessary, renew the quality and standard of all electrical services throughout Rossie. This post will be based at Rossie and adjacent housing stock. Due to the requirements of the role, there may be some out of hours working.

Maintenance Electrical Work

• Undertake various aspects of maintenance electrical work including new installation work and repairing electrical services, lighting, power outlets and distribution, installations and equipment

• Diagnose and repair electrical issues in commercial electrical systems, including fault-finding, rewiring and monitoring

• Liaise with contractors as necessary to ensure understanding and maintenance of Rossie's electrical and mechanical systems

• Ensure good quality workmanship which upholds quality standards, complying with building codes of practice, and following safety requirements

• Work to deliver projects over a set time frame

• Portable appliance testing (PAT) of equipment

• Small installation works

• Follow advise from Installation Lead Electrician where required

Equipment Maintenance

• Undertake regular routine inspection and maintenance of tools and equipment, including power and rechargeable equipment, meters, test equipment, step ladders, tower scaffolding and other estate resources

• Ensure an annual plan of preventive maintenance and checks is in place for the whole estate

Electrical store keeping and stock control

• Maintain adequate levels of electrical spares and materials to allow full continuity of the electrical maintenance service

• Advise the Site Manager of appropriate stock levels and specify stock requirements to maintain adequate quantities of materials

Health and Safety

• Observe Health and Safety requirements including legal obligations

• Carry out duties with due regard to potential hazardous materials and substances

• Display adequate and appropriate signage in and around the working areas and provide necessary barriers and precautions to protect persons and buildings

• Maintain the necessary personal protective equipment to carry out duties in a safe and healthy manner

• Adhere to all policies and review risk assessments when appropriate

• When required, issue permits and monitor subcontractors to ensure procedures are being adhered to

• Ensuring Statutory Compliance Inspections and Maintenance Records are up to date when tasks are completed

• Maintain a clean and safe workspace

Administration

• Use appropriate ICT systems daily, such as the electronic work planning software (Jira) to access requests and update records as necessary, ensuring Jira is checked first thing every morning

• Maintain adequate records related to all electrical maintenance work, equipment and materials

Maintenance Mechanical Work

• Undertake various aspects of maintenance mechanical work with regard to the heating and ventilation systems, checking the BMS daily

• Understand the Air Handling System (AHU's) and be able to change filters and belts at regular intervals

• Understand the various heating systems and be able to carry out minor repairs such as (stripping down a burner, cleaning it, changing nozzles, setting up electrodes and re-assembling etc.)

• Be able to isolate sections of the heating systems in order to carry out local repairs such as (changing pumps, radiators etc.)

• Monitor the levels of the fuel storage tanks and advise the Site Manager when to order fuel

• Organise the servicing of the boilers across Rossie in line with manufacturer's servicing schedules ensuring are all maintained in good working order and maintenance recorded

On Call Rota

The Maintenance Team are included in a rota system to maintain the viability, safety and security of the business consistently throughout the 7-day week. If the Maintenance Team are unable to resolve a complex electrical issue, the call out will be passed to the Maintenance Electrician or the Installation Lead Electrician, depending who is on call. Any call out will be a minimum of 4 hours pay.

These key tasks are not intended to be exhaustive but highlight a number of major tasks of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake additional duties which might reasonably be expected and which form part of the function of the post.

There will be team working within the Business & Facilities team and there will be a requirement to help assist colleagues.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Physical:

• This post requires a significant amount of physical activity which may include working in confined spaces, at height and lifting, carrying and fitting a diverse range of materials

• The post will require travel using Rossie vehicles to transport equipment and materials

• Keyboard skills required for completion of paperwork, job reports and e-communication

Mental:

• Frequent and intense periods of concentration e.g. when working on electrical systems

• Prioritising work, which may involve changes to agreed work plans to respond to emergency requirements

Emotional

• Dealing with periods of high workload

• Maintaining measured and professional attitude and approach at all times

HEALTH & SAFETY STATEMENT

As an employee of Rossie, you will fulfil the health and safety responsibilities specific to your role as set out in the Health and Safety Policy to support our vision and aims. You will assist in the achievement of compliance with statutory provisions and Health and Safety Policy objectives. You are required to take all reasonable care for yourself and others, undertake any training relevant to your position, participate in Health and Safety initiatives and make full and proper use of any control measures provided to reduce or eliminate risks to Health and Safety.