Electrician

Electrician 

£37,000 - £40,000 depending on qualifications 

Milton Keynes 

Permanent, Full Time  

Are you a qualified Electrician? This is your opportunity to put your skills and experience to good use making properties electrically safe and bringing empty homes to life. 

What you’ll do 

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  Undertake electrical repairs within customer homes and larger buildings 

  
  


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  Conduct electrical inspection & certification to ensure safety and compliance 

  
  


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  Install, test, and verify new and existing equipment 

  
  


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  Take part in rewiring, kitchen and bathroom improvement programs 

  
  


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  Install and maintain new technologies 

  
  

You’ll also be part of our Electrical Out-Of-Hours team. 

The salary for a fully qualified Electrician is £40,000. Out of hours duties can increase this by another £3,000 (total £43,000.) 

What we’re looking for 

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  Level 3 in Electrical Installations 

  
  


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  18th Edition City and Guilds 2382 

  
  


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  Certificate in requirements for Electrical Installations (BS7671) 

  
  


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  Experience in domestic repair, installation, maintenance, and testing 

  
  


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  Ability to work in occupied and unoccupied domestic properties 

  
  


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  Experience installing new electrical systems and undertaking upgrades 

  
  


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  Knowledge of planning and organising work and materials 

  
  


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  A full driving licence (essential) 

  
  


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  City and Guilds 2391 (Inspection, Testing, and Certification) or NVQ equivalent 

  
  

We'll provide training for the right candidates to bridge potential skills gaps. 

Benefits 

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  Company van for work use. 

  
  


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  Necessary tools, technology, and PPE for safe and comfortable work. 

  
  


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  25 days of annual leave (increasing to 30 days after 5 years). 

  
  


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  Generous pension scheme – employer contribution up to 10%. 

  
  


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  Christmas week off (no need to use your annual leave allowance!) 

  
  


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  Extra day's leave for no sickness absence in the financial year. 

  
  


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  Opportunity to buy/sell annual leave. 

  
  


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  Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. 

  
  


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  Paid emergency and compassionate leave. 

  
  


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  Life assurance (2x salary). 

  
  


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  Generous sick pay. 

  
  


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  Free annual flu jabs. 

  
  


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  Paid qualification. 

  
  

Important information  

We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence. 

A full driving license and DBS check are essential for this role. 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities. 

If your application is successfully progressed to the next stage, we’ll call you to arrange an interview for one of the below dates - 

Tuesday 3rd December 

Thursday 5th December 

Tuesday 10th December 

Tuesday 17th December 

NO AGENCIES, please. 

Our company 

At Grand Union, we know that what we do matters. We build more homes, stronger communities and better lives. 

We’ve been in business for over 25 years and provide 12,500 homes for more than 27,000 people across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire. We’re an £86 million turnover social business with 400 staff. 

Our mission is more homes, stronger communities, better lives. We build affordable homes, provide personal support, and help people to learn, work and be healthy. 

We’re a financially stable and innovative not-for-profit organisation that believes in partnership and collaboration. We plan to build 1,959 more new homes in the coming years to play our part in ending the housing crisis.