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We now have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Electrician to join our Essex based NHS repairs and maintenance team in Ilford. You will join our highly regarded repairs team to provide reactive, planned and preventative maintenance. Rydon Maintenance is an expanding division of the Rydon Group and is successfully providing facilities management services to a variety of clients, predominantly within the healthcare and housing association sectors.

Job Purpose: Based at Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford this is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Electrician to join our highly regarded Maintenance team. As part of this varied role you will work as part of a small team to provide planned, preventative and responsive repairs to the buildings fabric, plant, equipment and alarm systems. This role is predominantly based in Ilford but when required you will be maintaining other healthcare sites in Hertford, Epping and Southend.

Key duties will include:

• Planned Maintenance: Emergency light testing, fire alarm checks, and scheduled PPM tasks.
• Reactive and remedial Electrical works: Fault‑finding and repairs for lighting, power issues, replacing lamps, lights, pumps, motors, and conducting 2nd‑fix tasks such as sockets and switches and general electrical problems.
• Assisting with other trades and completing other general building fabric repairs.
• Participate in the call‑out rota to provide out‑of‑hours support.
• Where requested, undertake workmanship checks and assist the Service Manager with health & safety audits.
• Managing stock of spares and consumables on site.

Our repairs team delivers a first‑class repairs service in partnership with a range of NHS Trusts. We provide reactive and planned maintenance to a number of NHS buildings and we work to strict timescales and safety requirements to ensure the comfort and safety of service users using these NHS facilities.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive starting salary along with van and fuel card.
• A full time permanent position. Normal working hours are 8am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
• You will also participate in an on call rota for emergency repairs where you will receive a standby allowance and overtime rates.
• 25 days holiday with the ability to increase up to 30 days.
• Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide‑range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
• Company pension, life assurance and income protection.
• Flexible benefits for you to choose from including Critical Illness, DenPlan and more.
• Health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, access to an Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme, BUPA Health & Wellbeing Plans, access to our Health and Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources.
• Opportunities to progress your career across the business.
• Full training, ongoing coaching and support.

By joining Rydon, you become part of a talented, dedicated team and this is an exciting and varied role with an excellent opportunity to develop and grow within our highly regarded team.

Experience Required: You will hold electrical qualifications and have 18th Edition certification. Testing and inspection qualification is desirable but not essential. You can demonstrate previous experience of working within a multi‑skilled trade role. Your maintenance experience might have been gained working directly for the NHS, or a maintenance contractor providing services within the NHS although not essential and candidates with experience of maintaining other commercial properties (schools, prisons, supermarkets for example) will be considered. A full UK driving licence is required.

The preferred candidate will have a good understanding of Microsoft packages such as Outlook, Word and Excel (basic), strong people skills, great attention to detail and be looking for an opportunity that combines supervisory duties whilst still maintaining an active role within a skilled trade. If you have this experience we would strongly encourage you to apply.

Additional Information: As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits. Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.