Electrician in Newport

Join our Maintenance Team and play a key role in delivering high-quality repairs, installations, and compliance works across residents' homes and community assets. We are seeking a qualified Electrician with strong electrical testing, fault-finding, and installation experience. In this role you'll undertake a wide range of electrical maintenance and improvement works, ensure compliance with current regulations, provide excellent customer service, and work collaboratively within a multi-trade team. Participation in an out-of-hours callout rota is required. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and customer-focused electrician looking to make a real difference within local communities.

A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

Specifically, in the role you will:

• Possess practical, productive and electrical engineering skills with adequate technical knowledge to work proficiently and carry out electrical installation work without immediate supervision.
• Work from drawings, specifications and requisition the necessary installation materials, accepting responsibility for accurate completion of jobs and supporting other operatives where required.
• Design and construct electrical installations, including full and part rewires housed in different containment systems to adhere to the current IEE Wiring Regulations.
• Maintain and certify all areas of the business; commercial and domestic properties, inclusive of all properties and schemes operated by Hedyn and external lighting.
• Undertake works from minor repairs to installation of new circuits, completing relevant testing and certification.
• Complete all relevant electrical testing and safety certificates.
• Install, maintain, diagnose faults and repair a range of heating systems and controls.
• Install, maintain, diagnose faults and repair a range of door entry systems.
• Undertake cyclical testing of emergency lighting and fire alarm systems, completing testing procedures monthly and annually.
• Evidence all maintenance and replacements in the relevant log books ensuring compliance with current regulations.
• Mentor, coach and develop apprentices and other members of staff.
• Ensure all repairs are completed within the specified time period to a required standard and conform to current regulations.
• Drive an allocated works vehicle in line with the driver handbook, pre-inspecting, identifying and obtaining the resources, materials and plant required to complete repairs.
• Accurately record work time, materials and plant used to complete repairs ensuring maximisation of resources.
• Ensure the safe use and storage of any plant issued, reporting any defects.
• Conduct daily safety checks of the allocated works vehicle and record findings appropriately.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders across the business.
• Work at all times in a safe manner to meet the duties and responsibilities within the Health and Safety policies and procedures of the association.
• Participate in the Out of Hours Callout Rota.

For further information about the role, please contact us.

Application Process: We require an application form to be completed for every role. We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CVs will be treated as a direct application.

Your Hedyn, our comprehensive benefits package: We believe Hedyn is a great place to work and it's important to us that our people feel the same way. As well as offering varied and fulfilling careers, we want every colleague to feel appreciated. That means having the best possible benefits package, the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance and the opportunity to achieve your full potential.

Enhanced Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive pension scheme with generous employer contributions of up to 12%. You can determine the level of contributions that is right for you.

Enhanced Annual Leave: You'll start on 25 days annual leave (+ Bank Holidays) which would increase gradually to 30 days following 3 years' service.

SMART Working (dependent on role): You're trusted to manage your time to work in a way that meets the needs of our customers, colleagues and communities.

Health and Wellbeing: We have many health and wellbeing policies and initiatives such as Cycle to Work and Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption.

Flexible Benefits: We have a flexible benefits package that allows colleagues to spend £625 towards the benefits that suit them.

Development: We offer many professional and personal development options such as sponsored study opportunities and career progression and development.

If you are looking for your next career challenge, seeking responsibility, and are passionate about delivering the best possible service, we'd love to hear from you.