Electrician G6 Rochdale BC

Electrician

Location: Rochdale, OL10

Salary: £18.85 - £20.66 per hour

Join our Managed Property Services team as an Electrician, delivering high-quality building maintenance services across Rochdale Borough Council properties. This role involves a mix of reactive and planned maintenance tasks, ensuring all electrical installations, repairs, and inspections are completed to the highest standards of workmanship, customer care, and compliance.

Day-to-Day of the Role

• Carry out electrical installations, repairs, and fault finding.
• Perform testing and inspection, including Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRs).
• Ensure compliance with current regulations, legislation, and contract requirements.
• Maintain high standards of customer service in occupied properties.
• Work across both domestic and commercial buildings, handling systems such as fire alarms, CCTV, intruder alarms, access control systems, and lighting.
• Accurately record work undertaken, including costs, materials, and time, using mobile technology and asset systems.
• Operate independently or collaborate with other trades on larger projects.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Recognised electrical qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation, City & Guilds Electrical Theory (Parts 1 & 2 or equivalent), City & Guilds 2391 Testing & Inspection, and 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• Proven experience across a wide range of electrical works.
• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation.
• Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

Additional Duties

• Assist with ordering materials and pre-measuring jobs.
• Support and mentor apprentices or trainees.
• Identify and report additional faults or defects.
• Maintain tools, equipment, and PPE in line with health and safety standards.
• Ensure all tasks are carried out in accordance with safe working practices and risk assessments.
• Communicate professionally with customers, colleagues, and stakeholders.

Working Conditions

• Work may be carried out in both internal and external environments in varying weather conditions.
• The role may involve working at height and in confined spaces.
• Physically demanding duties may be required.
• Work across a variety of property types, including higher-risk environments.

Additional Information

• Enhanced DBS check required.
• 37-hour working week with flexible scheduling.
• Opportunity to support training and development of apprentices.
• Rochdale Borough Council operates a smoke-free policy.