Electrician (4 on 4 off)

Electrician – Repairs & Maintenance

About the Role

As an Electrician, you will provide all types of electrical repairs to tenanted and vacant properties, covering the Calderdale area. You will deliver a customer service quality driven repair and maintenance service as part of our Repairs & Maintenance team.

Together Housing Group is one of the largest housing associations in the North of England, managing over 38,000 homes. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

Working Pattern

• 4 days on / 4 days off shift pattern
• Monday to Friday: 8:00am – 8:00pm (11-hour shift including a 1-hour break)
• Weekends (Saturday & Sunday): 9:00am – 5:00pm (7.5-hour shift including a 30-minute break)

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out all types of electrical repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with job tickets, opti-time appointment slots, specifications and contract drawings, to good practice, Building Regulations etc as appropriate and applicable
• 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
• 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
• Assist in addressing the peaks and troughs in workload by working overtime and at other times when requested by prior arrangement with your manager
• Participate in a stand-by or call-out rota
• 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
• 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

Requirements

• Electrical qualification – NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Installations or equivalent
• Knowledge of BS7671:2018 requirements for Electrical Installations
• 2391/2394 Testing & Inspection
• 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

What We Offer

• Starting salary: £43,109
• Fully equipped van shared with another employee within the same trade, with responsibility for handing the vehicle over at the end of your four-day shift
• Annual leave equivalent to 27 days (rising to 32 over 5 years' service) + bank holiday supplement
• Attractive pension schemes – Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Award-winning benefits package

Diversity & Inclusion

As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Additional Information

• 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
• Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form
• THG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient numbers of applicants are received

Reference: INDTHG1