EICR Electrician

Portsmouth /Havant/Waterlooville/Paulsgrove areas

Salary:  £48,067.50 per annum (Plus £1500 Welcome Bonus) - plus work van, fuel card, uniform, PDA

If you hold 18th Edition, or have equivalent work experience, and are qualified to Test & Inspect to 2391 C&G or equivalent, this is the role for you! 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our client's expanding and united team carrying out EICR reports and remedials work, where you will play a key role in ensuring the highest electrical safety and compliance standards in the properties and communal areas that they maintain on behalf of Portsmouth City Council.

Our client's work is local, the majority of the properties we maintain being based within the Havant, Waterlooville and Paulsgrove areas close to Portsmouth.

You will be required to carry out Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRS), installations, servicing, repairs, and rewires of mainly domestic properties.

Your duties will include:

• Inspecting and testing electrical systems, including wiring, circuits, switchgear, and control equipment in domestic and commercial properties
• Identifying and documenting defects, non-compliances, and potential safety hazards
• Providing clear and concise reports detailing the condition of electrical installations, including recommendations for remedial actions
• Ensuring all inspections are carried out in accordance with relevant standards and regulations, including BS 7671 IET Wiring Regulations
• Delivering a ‘right work at the right time’ repair service, ensuring minimal disruption to the tenant.
• This will include undertaking electrical repairs linked to Non-Licensed Asbestos associated work (full in-house training and equipment will be provided).

Qualifications and Skills

• 18th edition or equivalent experience
• C&G 2391 Testing & Installation (Desirable but not essential)
• Good communication and decision-making skills
• Full Clean Driving Licence
• Experience of carrying out electrical work within the housing sector would be an advantage but is not essential

Employee perks and benefits include:

• £1500 Welcome Bonus for this role
• Ability to earn additional income through overtime/out of hours work
• Pension Scheme
• Pension rewards portal offering discounts to hundreds of shops and restaurants
• 31 days holiday (including bank Holidays) plus the ability to buy and sell holiday
• Interest-free loans for tools
• Christmas Club savings scheme
• BUPA select healthcare scheme (upon successful completion of probation period)
• Lighthouse Construction Industry support for health and mental wellbeing for staff and their families
• Occupational Health support
• Company-funded annual Family Summer Fun Day and Christmas Party
• Corporate discount to local Gym Membership
• Company sick pay policy

Contracted to work 8:30-5:00pm Monday – Friday (30 mins break), with an additional 2.5 hours per week accrued to be worked either on a Saturday or weekdays around these hours.

There is also the potential for overtime & Out of Hours Rota – paid at overtime rates.