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Electrician

Job details
Posting date: 02 April 2024
Salary: £37,620 per year
Additional salary information: £37,620 per annum plus van, generous on call allowance of up to £525 per week, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 02 May 2024
Location: Durham (Mercury House), DH1 1TW
Company: Home Group Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 24379

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Summary

Electrician Multiskilled

Working in our properties across the North East

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw Monday to Friday, with on call on a rota basis)

£37,620 per annum plus van, generous on call allowance of up to £525 per week, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Are you an experienced Electrician looking for a new role with a great employer? Come join us at Home Group and be part of our fantastic repairs and maintenance team. You’ll carry out high-quality, right first-time maintenance across our responsive and void properties. If you fancy working alongside a brilliant team, then read on…

Typical day as an Electrician

  • As multi skilled Electrician, all allocated jobs are completed right first time, with a whole job repair approach, providing a brilliant service for our customers.
  • Testing and inspection, electrical installation and repairs
  • Delivering high-quality and compliant work.
  • Multi skilling to improve first time fixes and prevent multiple visits to customers’ homes.
  • Working in our properties across the North East. All jobs are scheduled so you know exactly where you need to be.

And we really are great, a top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK employer in fact!

You have

  • City and Guilds NVQ Level 3 in electrical installation or equivalent.
  • Qualified to 18th edition IET wiring regulations, electrical inspection and testing 2391 and AM2 or equivalent.
  • Experience in electrical repairs, installation, testing and inspection within housing.
  • Fault finding experience and an excellent knowledge to ensure electrical faults are diagnosed and repaired effectively.
  • Experience in other building trade areas (multi skilled).
  • A flexible approach, able to use your own initiative and judgement.

Our team

Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home.

Job details

  • Working Monday to Friday, you’ll also take part in our out of hours service on a rota basis, receiving an additional generous on call payment of up to £525 per full week.
  • Our office base is in Belmont Durham and the wider team cover the North East.
  • You must be able to use technology for logging jobs, complete online learning and collaborating with other colleagues.
  • You’ll need a Basic DBS check done and we pay for that.
  • You have a full current driving licence, as you will be provided with a company van for business use and commuting.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

  • 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a me day to take off for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39 days. You can also buy 5 more and take time off for volunteering too!
  • Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
  • Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
  • Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary.
  • We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
  • Explore our benefits in detail on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Electrician Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk

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