Electrician

Livewest

The Role

Overview

Mobile electrician maintaining and repairing residential properties for LiveWest.

Key Responsibilities

  • fault diagnosis
  • repair
  • maintenance
  • testing
  • on-call
  • safety

Tasks

-On-Call Participation: Take part in an out-of-hours on-call rota and attend meetings and training as required. -Team Collaboration: Work effectively with other team members to achieve departmental goals, and deliver exceptional service. -Health and Safety: Adhere to health and safety procedures, ensuring a safe working environment for you and our customers. -Make a Difference: Contribute to the well-being of our customers by ensuring their homes are safe and well-maintained. -Quality Workmanship: Ensure all work is completed to the highest standard, complying with building regulations and safety requirements. -Fault diagnosis and Repair: Diagnose and repair domestic electrical systems, including fault-finding, rewiring and monitoring. -Maintenance and Testing: Perform periodic testing and installation work, ensuring compliance with current best practices and guidelines.

Requirements

  • 18th edition
  • am2
  • 2391
  • nvq3
  • fault diagnosis
  • full licence

What You Bring

-Health and Safety Awareness: Knowledge of health and safety procedures to ensure a safe working environment. -Customer Focus: Experience working in customers' homes, demonstrating a professional and positive approach. -Driving Licence: A full, manual, valid UK driving licence is essential. -Desirable: 18th Edition BS7671 Electrical Wiring Regulations - Required to complete within a reasonable timeframe after successfully passing probation period. -IT Skills: Proficient in the use and application of mobile technology. -Desirable: AM2 (Achievement Measurement Test) - Required to complete within a reasonable timeframe after successfully passing probation period. -Desirable: Test and Inspect (2391 or equivalent) - Required to complete within a reasonable timeframe after successfully passing probation period. -Post Qualification Experience: Proven experience in the electrical industry, with a strong understanding of responsive maintenance. -Desirable: EESS (Electrical Energy Storage Systems) -Desirable: EV (Electric Vehicles Charging Points) -Customer Service: Demonstrate a positive and professional approach to our customers, ensuring the highest standard of customer service and satisfaction. -Core Apprenticeship, 2360 parts 1 & 2 or equivalent (NVQ3, City and Guilds) -Technical Skills: Proficiency in diagnosing electrical faults, performing periodic testing, and carrying out installation work. -Desirable: PV (Photovoltaic)

Benefits

-Health Benefits and Perks: Access to a health care cash plan (worth up to £1,100 annually), virtual GP services, discounted gym memberships, and retail discounts including access to a Blue Light Card. -Generous Annual Leave: Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service - and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro rated for part time roles). -Smarter Travel: Save with our Cycle to Work and Car Benefit schemes. -Learning and Development: Invest in your future with ongoing personal and professional growth opportunities. -Family Support: Policies designed to help you balance work and family life, including a new child payment. -Company Van: Includes a fuel card for work-related travel. -Full Kit: Uniform and PPE supplied for your safety and convenience. -Pension Contributions: Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme. -Professional Development: Access ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career, -Giving Back: Up to four paid volunteering days a year to support our communities. -Wellbeing Matters: Priorities your health with mental health support, enhanced sick pay, wellness campaigns, and free flu jabs. -Collaborative Culture: Work with a dedicated and passionate team committed to delivering high-quality service.

The Company

About Livewest

-Born in March 2018 from the merger of Knightstone Housing and DCH, it carries over decades of housing heritage across Cornwall to Gloucestershire. -It blends affordable rent, shared ownership, and private sale to fuel future development. -Reinvests profits from private-sale homes into more affordable housing, sustaining thousands of construction and supply-chain jobs. -Projects span supported housing for vulnerable groups through to contemporary shared-ownership developments. -Specializes in residential development and management, maintaining an in-house property services team handling repairs, compliance, and upgrades. -A standout initiative is its InFocus customer-scrutiny group, empowering residents to shape repair and service standards from the ground up.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Affordable Housing

Community Support

Tenancy Sustainment

Customer Services

Property Management

Housing Development

Sustainability

Wellbeing Support

Security Clearance

-appointment subject to a satisfactory basic dbs check.