Electrician South London

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £42,000 to £45,500 per annum

Working Location: South London, Bexley, Lewisham and Kent

Reporting Office: Sidcup, London

Persona: Contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident home, estates etc, with ad hoc office attendance as required. Van provided for business use.

Closing Date: 22nd June at 11pm

Interviews will be held week commencing 29th June. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Benefits:

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Non-contributory life assurance
• Up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• Lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme

Previous Applicants May Not Apply - (if prior applications were regretted within 12 weeks). L&Q reserve the right not to progress applications from candidates with 3 or more unsuccessful applications/interview processes with L&Q in the previous 24 months.

We are looking for two experienced Electricians to join our Electrical team at L&Q on a permanent basis. You will work alongside our in-house Maintenance team. This position will work within the following areas: South London, Bexley, Lewisham and Kent. This is a rewarding and exciting opportunity to make a difference to our residents’ life and lead the way in delivering a customer-centred service.

Our Electricians are responsible for ensuring that all they do is with our residents’ satisfaction and best interests in mind. This role is on the front-line delivering service and has direct impact on L&Q’s reputation; the focus will be high quality work and on first time fix approach. As an L&Q employee you will ensure that you demonstrate our values consistently.

We are focused on meeting targets, both financial and customer related working to time frames and making sure that jobs per day are completed on time and within cost. The team must have a firm knowledge and be able to actively contribute to ensuring that the Direct Maintenance team’s KPIs are met.

We are looking for experienced individuals with a good working knowledge in building and/or housing environment, particularly within social housing or local authority experience of working within domestic and or commercial Electrician role. You will have a good knowledge, understanding and experience of Inspection & testing of electrical installations, including good ability to fault find. As well as a customer service focus, candidates will have a good understanding of the Health and Safety requirements and will act with resident safety in mind.

Qualifications:

To be considered for this role it is essential you hold qualifications within one of the following qualification routes:

• Route 1: NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Apprenticeship or equivalent (must include AM2 where required by the EAS Qualifications Guide)
• Route 2: Older Technical or Craft Qualifications* (must include AM2 where required)
• Route 3: Experienced Worker Qualification (Maintenance/Installation Electrician)*— or —ECS Gold Card (Maintenance/Installation Electrician) or equivalent

AM2 is required where specified within the EAS Qualifications Guide. Wiring Regulations (Table 4D) Level 3 Award in the Requirements for Electrical Installations (BS7671:2018).

Please note, it would be desirable (not essential) if you hold the following qualification: Level 3 Award in the Periodic Inspection, Testing and Certification of in-service Electrical Installations (QCF) or equivalent.

To be considered for this role, candidates will be able to demonstrate and or have:

• Maintenance experience preferably gained within Social Housing or a similar environment.
• Excellent customer service with proven track record in delivering service to internal and external customers.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety.
• Ability to work in a pressured environment under strict time constraints.
• Experience with completing electrical certification, including periodic inspections & testing.
• Full driving licence.
• Your own hand tools (larger tools and specialist equipment will be arranged if needed).

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk.

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of. 250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.