Electrician

Posted 03 October 2025
Salary £40k per year
LocationSouth East London
Discipline Property
Reference147827
Contact NameAilis Reilly

Job description

We are proud to be partnering with Social Housing provider in the South East who are looking to appoint an Electrician on a permanent contract.

This will be a full time position, all site based with a company van and a salary of £40,000 per annum.

You must hold both 18th edition and 2391 and hold a full UK driving license.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

  • Undertaking a range of programmed planned work kitchen and bathroom upgrades withing tenanted and void properties
  • Completing a range of maintenance works, repairing or replacing items to maintain properties to a high standard, in line with the role skills framework
  • Retrofitting LD1 - LD2 - LD3 alarm smoke/CO/heat systems in domestic properties
  • Completing EICR's inspections and record the information on the required documentation
  • Carrying out works in conjunction with all health and safety procedures, policies and legislation
  • Working efficiently and deliver high standards of quality.
  • Working unsupervised and in occupied or unoccupied (void) properties and complying with the Code of Conduct
  • To be competent in the completion of reports, ordering and maintaining sufficient materials and completing orders
  • Working in a professional and courteous manner
  • Participating in an out of hours emergency rota and attend call-outs as required

Qualifications required:

  • Minimum of level 3 NVQ in electrical installation
  • Qualified to City & Guilds standard (18th Edition)
  • Working knowledge of current 18th edition BS7671 - Edition two
  • Qualified to City and Guilds 2391 or equivalent in Testing and Inspection
  • CSCS Card
  • Asbestos awareness training

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

  • Ability to undertake a range of planned and responsive maintenance works, repairing, replacing and maintaining properties to a high standard
  • Undertake full EICR inspections and retrofit LD1 - LD3 alarm systems in domestic properties
  • Technical skills to carry out work on electrical systems, with experience of domestic refurbishment and maintenance repairs
  • Able to ensure the safe and proper use of all mechanical and non-mechanical plant and equipment under their direct control
  • Ability to set out work from drawings and specifications and requisition the necessary materials
  • Ability to undertake a range of planned and responsive maintenance works, repairing, replacing and maintaining properties to a high standard
  • Undertake full EICR inspections and retrofit LD1 - LD3 alarm systems in domestic properties
  • Technical skills to carry out work on electrical systems, with experience of domestic refurbishment and maintenance repairs
  • Able to ensure the safe and proper use of all mechanical and non-mechanical plant and equipment under their direct control
  • Ability to set out work from drawings and specifications and requisition the necessary materials

Working hours:

  • 37 hours per week
  • Monday - Friday

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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