Electrician in Sedgefield

Annual salary: up to £42,719.30

Location: Sedgefield

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 42.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm

About Us

Mears Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of repairs, maintenance, and regeneration services, delivering high-quality housing and facilities solutions to both public and private sector clients. We are committed to excellent customer service, keeping our promises, creating a great place to work, and tackling the issues that matter most to people and communities.

Due to ongoing business growth, increased project demand, and the strategic transition of work, we are seeking an electrician who is able to collaborate effectively as part of a team while also working independently with confidence.

About The Role

A positive contribution towards the communities that we serve is something that we always adhere to. It is with the help of our dedicated employees that we’re able to make this happen. Our main focus is to build and improve homes within local communities to better the lives of others, all while maintaining our approach towards the development of outstanding partnerships with employees, clients, tenants, customers and families within the wider community. Voluntary overtime is available on Saturdays and weekends, subject to workload and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive and planned electrical repairs within domestic properties, including fault finding and repairs to lighting circuits, sockets, consumer units/fuseboards, and associated electrical systems.
• Complete full rewires and minor installation works as required as part of maintenance or refurbishment programmes.
• Repair or replace faulty components including switches, sockets, light fittings, circuit breakers, and extractor fans.
• Inspect, test, and certify electrical installations to ensure safety and compliance with current regulations.
• Work independently or as part of a team to achieve daily repair and productivity targets.
• Ensure work areas are left clean, safe, and tidy on completion.
• Accurately complete job records using relevant IT systems to manage and prioritise workload.
• Adhere to all health and safety policies, procedures, and safe systems of work.
• Deliver consistently high levels of customer service and adopt a professional manner when communicating with service users and/or client/external contacts, including appearance, company ID, and communication.
• Utilise existing stock or collect materials as required, in accordance with standard operating procedures for purchasing and van stock control compliance.
• Attend informal and formal meetings and training sessions to ensure up to date business and job knowledge, communication, skills and progression.
• Highlight any safeguarding concerns to the relevant customer and community officer in accordance with the safeguarding policy.
• Use and maintain company vehicle/van in accordance with company vehicle and insurance policies, including accurate and timely reporting of damage.
• Participate in call out cover as required to ensure contract compliance and service user satisfaction for emergency repairs.

Essential Criteria

• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installations - to include AM2.
• City & Guilds 18th Edition (If you have 17th edition you can work through your 18th edition).
• Inspection and Testing 2391 or equivalent (2394/2395).
• Proven experience in working on domestic properties and associated electrical installations.
• Good understanding of current legislation, building control requirements, and governing body (NICEIC) requirements.
• The ability to communicate on a one-to-one basis and produce information in a written form, including completion of all necessary work documentation.
• The ability to analyse given test results, ensuring accuracy.
• Able to use a PDA following training.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more.
• Family friendly policies.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21, have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points. Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Equal Opportunities

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all. We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.