Electrician

We are looking for a Electrician to join our Repairs & Maintenance team. As an Electrician 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 a number of areas in South Yorkshire, including Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham, Stocksbridge.

Together Housing Group: We are one of the largest housing associations in the North of England, managing over 38,000 homes across the North of England. 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. 

• →To 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.
• →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.

• Electrical qualification – NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Installations or equivalent
• Knowledge of BS7671:2018 requirements for Electrical Installations
• Inspection, Testing & Certification qualification – City & Guilds 2391 / 2394 / 2395 or equivalent
• 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.

• Starting salary: £37,977 per annum
• 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. The exact schedule will depend on business needs at the time. However, to give an idea, a typical working week may be Monday to Thursday from 08:00 to 16:00 and Friday from 08:00 to 15:30. Please note that this is subject to change based on business requirements. 
• This role includes working one Saturday per month, with time off in lieu offered in return.
• Additional earning due to call out rota.
• Attractive pension schemes -  Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• To explore the full range of our award-winning benefits, please click on the link and ensure that you review all that we have to offer - Employee Benefits Link