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On-Site Electrician

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On-Site Electrician

Requisition ID: 12233

Location: HMP Wakefield (WF2 9AG)

Salary: £30,866 - £36,135 + 15% weekend allowance

Hours: 39 hours per week

  • Monday to Thursday: 07:30 - 16:30
  • Friday: 07:30 - 16:00
  • Saturday to Sunday: 07:45 - 15:45
  • 1 in 4 weekends on a rota basis with an additional 15% salary allowance

About the role

Looking for a stable, long-term maintenance role with excellent benefits and career development?

Amey is recruiting an Electrician to join the FM team at HMP Wakefield, carrying out electrical maintenance, fault finding, repairs and testing across the site.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Planned and reactive electrical maintenance
  • Fault finding and repairs
  • Minor installation works and testing
  • Electrical inspections to BS7671 standards
  • Ensuring systems remain safe and compliant

What We're Looking For

  • Typical level 2 electrical qualification
  • 18th Edition (17th Edition considered)
  • Maintenance and fault-finding experience
  • Good Health & Safety knowledge
  • Basic IT skills

What's In It For You

  • 24 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Ongoing training & qualifications
  • Progression opportunities within Amey
  • Long-term job security on a major government contract
  • Free parking, gym and catering facilities on site

About Amey

Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.

We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

To find out more visit amey.co.uk/careers

We may close this vacancy early due to high application levels.

About Amey

Amey is a British engineering company specialising in infrastructure support services. It provides full life-cycle engineering, operation and decarbonisation solutions for infrastructure in the UK and internationally, designing, delivering, protecting, and maintaining critical assets and systems across civic, transport, and defence sectors.

Industry
Engineering
Head office
London, England
Company size
10,001-10,999
Founded
1921
Infrastructure consultancyTransport infrastructureHighways managementRail operations and maintenanceDefence estates managementFacilities managementEngineering design and consultingDecarbonisation solutionsAsset management
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On-Site Electrician