Electrician

Are you looking for well-paid regular work?

Fed up of too much travelling, and long days? Do you want to feel valued by your employer, and gain job satisfaction form making a real difference to our customers? Looking for that work/life balance? Well you’ve come to the right place.

Working for WHG would mean the following:

• A competitive salary
• The opportunity to earn more with on call and overtime
• Guaranteed regular work with a 37 hour working week
• Excellent working conditions
• 27 days annual leave, plus Christmas shut down
• A favourable local government pension scheme
• A range of shopping and leisure discounts
• Learning and development opportunities
• Local work
• Flexible working opportunities

Job responsibilities:

To undertake electrical testing and inspection, electrical repair and electrical installation of occupied and empty properties, ensuring excellent customer service and high standards of electrical safety.

To undertake fault finding, and rectification of electrical installations.

To undertake repairs and maintenance of central heating controls and electrical heating systems in line with whg and manufacturers’ guidelines.

To drive and maintain a whg vehicle in accordance with whg’s vehicle policies and the Highway Code, ensuring the safety and security of loads, stock and tools at all times.

To ensure that all relevant documentation is completed and returned within the required timescales.

To ensure accurate and efficient reporting and recording of information using electronic devices and paper documentation.

To review working practices on a regular basis ensuring continuous improvement and a high level of service to our customers.

What we're looking for:

• An NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation
• Qualified to the current edition of wiring regulations (18th edition), or has equivalent experience and is willing to work towards
• Experience of electrical testing, inspection, installation, maintenance and repairs within domestic properties.
• Experience of working with customers and within occupied/ domestic properties
• Ability to work with contractors, partners and other agencies
• An in-depth understanding of health and safety legislation
• Good IT skills, with the ability to operate a hand held tablet effectively

What’s in it for you?

In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave (plus Christmas shut down), a defined benefit pension scheme, health cash plan, a range of shopping and leisure discounts.  

We are output focused and flexible and believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to work to their full potential. Despite the high expectation for performance and delivery, we are committed to ensuring colleagues have a healthy work-life balance and able to work in agile ways which support them. 

About us

Our People Strategy presents a clear picture of how we will achieve our Corporate Plan aim, ‘Be an exceptional place to work that attracts, develops and retains talent’. The Strategy focuses on three key themes that help us support our colleagues to make a difference to our customers, the communities we serve and to themselves.

It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to us means colleagues living our values, dedicated to doing the right thing and exercising good judgement. This will encourage a culture where all can thrive, acknowledging that everyone is different; what matters to us is that everyone can come to work and feel comfortable to be themselves.

We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer and ensure that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations while working with us. We want to make it clear that we welcome disabled applicants for all our roles. If in doubt look out for the Disability Confident logo.

We will ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we will interview applicants with a disability if they meet the essential criteria for a role. We will also support existing colleagues with a disability or long-term health condition enabling them to stay in work, making reasonable adjustments if necessary.