Electrician in Sowerby Bridge

We are looking for an Electrician to join our Repairs & Maintenance team. You will provide all types of Electrical repairs to tenanted and vacant properties with a customer service quality driven repair and maintenance service. In this role you will be covering the Calderdale area.

Responsibilities

• To carry out all types of Electrical repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with job tickets, optimum appointment slots, specifications and contract drawings, to good practice, Building Regulations etc as appropriate and applicable.
• To carry out work with an ethos of “Right First Time” always completing a repair where practicable in one visit, with good quality workmanship and good standard of performance.
• To organise your work to minimise lost or non‑productive time, highlighting pro‑actively if you have too much / too little work so that work can be re‑allocated, extra work allocated etc as appropriate.
• To assist in addressing the peaks and troughs in workload by working overtime and at other times when requested by prior arrangement with your manager.
• To participate in a stand‑by or call‑out rota.
• To use your initiative to diagnose and undertake a repair which may be different from the job required or where the job required was of a locate fault type nature.
• Obtaining approval beforehand as appropriate where the job is more expensive than anticipated, will take much longer than anticipated etc.
• To work to a consistently high standard of workmanship in line with service specification, service standards, safe working procedures and as part of a team to ensure the most efficient use of time, materials and resources etc.

Qualifications

• Electrical qualification – NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Installations or equivalent.
• Knowledge of BS7671:2018 requirements for Electrical Installations.
• Full UK Manual drivers licence.
• Experience of working competently in all disciplines normally expected of a qualified Electrician/Electrical Technician along with other associated building disciplines as required and as appropriate.
• Relevant post qualification experience.
• Experience of working in a customer service environment.
• Experience of maximising number of jobs completed and repairs completed in one visit.

Benefits

• Starting salary: £35,229 per annum, with yearly reviews and potential increases up to £39,298, based on experience and qualifications.
• Company van available for personal use.
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 over 5 years’ service) + bank holidays.
• You will work a total of 37 hours per week, scheduled between 08:00 and 19:30 across any five days from Monday to Saturday.
• Additional earning due to call out rota.
• Attractive pension schemes – Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

THG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient numbers of applicants are received. Therefore, please apply without delay! Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Basic Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.