Job title: Electrician
Company: Grand Union Housing Group
Job description: Do you have experience in electrical installation and repairs? Are you looking for a new challenge? If so, we have the perfect role for you!
As an Electrician, you will be responsible for installing and repairing electrical equipment and systems. You will need to have a good knowledge of electrical wiring and circuitry, as well as of health and safety regulations. Other duties include:
- Carrying out a range of electrical tests in accordance with safety requirements
- Installing, testing and verifying new and existing equipment and installations, carrying out repairs where necessary
- Carrying out rewiring and kitchen and bathroom improvement programmes
- Storing and transporting all equipment and plant safely and maintaining it in good working order
- Taking part in the Electrical Out-Of-Hours (Salary is £37,000 plus OOH payments, which combined averages between £39,000 – £40,000)
Please read the attached job description before applying.
Essential qualifications and experience
- 18th Edition City and Guilds 2382
- Certificate in requirements for Electrical Installations (BS7671)
- Level 3 in Electrical Installations
- Experience with domestic repair, installation, maintenance and testing.
Desirable qualification
- City and Guilds 2391 (Inspection, Testing and Certification) or NVQ equivalent, with post qualification experience.
We will put successful candidates through this training where suitable and necessary.
What we’re looking for…
- Experience of working in occupied and unoccupied domestic properties.
- Skilled in installing new electrical installations and undertaking upgrade projects.
- Experience of undertaking electrical works to domestic properties
- Ability to legibly and accurately fill out daily administrative paperwork, electronic based inspection certificates and use tablet computers as part of remote working processes.
- Ability to work inside and outside, from ladders, on roofs and in confined spaces where necessary.
- Ability to plan and organise work and materials.
A full driving licence is essential for this role.
Benefits
- A work van and tools/equipment will be provided – these are not for personal use
- 20 days annual leave, rising to 25 days after 5 years of service
- Generous pension scheme – employer contribution up to 10%
- An extra day’s leave for no sickness absence during the financial year
- Opportunity to purchase/sell annual leave
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Paid emergency leave
- Paid compassionate leave
- Life assurance (2x salary)
- Generous sick pay
- Free annual flu jabs
- Paid qualification
- Trade specific development opportunities
- Plus more…check out the full list of benefits attached!
Before you hit that apply button…
Please note that we are not able to provide visa sponsorship for any of our roles. You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply. You are required to reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and must be able to provide evidence of your Right to Work.
Should we feel it is necessary, we maintain the right to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.
NO AGENCIES
At Grand Union, we know that what we do matters. We build more homes, stronger communities and better lives.
We’ve been in business for over 25 years and provide 12,500 homes for more than 27,000 people across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire. We’re an £86 million turnover social business with 400 staff.
Our mission is more homes, stronger communities, better lives. We build affordable homes, provide personal support, and help people to learn, work and be healthy.
We’re a financially stable and innovative not-for-profit organisation that believes in partnership and collaboration. We plan to build 1,959 more new homes in the coming years to play our part in ending the housing crisis.
PLACEHOLDER
Expected salary: £32000 – 37000 per year
Location: Bedfordshire
Job date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 06:58:04 GMT
