About the Service
Due to a service area restructure, an excellent opportunity has arisen within the new Design, Construction and Maintenance (DCM) Team for an Electrician to install, maintain and test electrical systems across the Council’s non-domestic buildings estate including schools.
The newly established DCM Team is responsible for designing and delivering a wide range of building related projects across the Council’s school and corporate building estates. The Team adopts a multi discipline approach to ensure that the Council’s broad range of policy objectives are fully considered. In this regard, the Council’s sustainability, energy, health and safety, waste, carbon reduction goals along with its social inclusion, community benefits, wellbeing and accessibility objectives are all considered and applied to deliver projects on time, within cost and to the required quality.
About the Job
The primary purpose of the role is to ensure the effective: installation and commissioning of new electrical systems; maintenance of existing electrical systems, and completion of cyclical testing of existing electrical systems, to a consistently high standard in accordance with the customer’s requirements.
What We Are Looking For From You
We are looking for an Electrician with good practical experience on the installation and maintenance of electrical systems in non-domestic buildings.
The successful candidate will also have:
- The electrical qualifications as set out in the Person Specification for this role;
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant legislation and/or Codes of Practice i.e. Construction, Building Regulations and Health & Safety;
- Experience in meeting quality assurance and performance management standards;
- Ability to communicate effectively with other team members and liaise with people at all levels, and
- Good organisational skills and ability to work as part of a team and also on own initiative
Additional Information
The Council offers a generous benefits package including:
- 28 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years service;
- generous contributory pension;
- salary sacrifice shared AVC scheme (through partnership with AVC Wise);
- discounted access to some Council Leisure Centres;
- discounted annual bus tickets;
- support for continual professional development, and
- a range of staff support networks
For an informal discussion and further information on this role, please contact:
- David Lowe, Operational Manager on Tel: 07879 483422 or by email: d.lowe@cardiff.gov.uk
We welcome applications both in English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Check.
This vacancy is suitable for post share.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.
Please note the Council does not accept CV’s. When completing your application, please ensure you refer to the below located on our website:
Important information you need to read in order to complete your application:-
- Application Guidance
- Applying for jobs with us
- Behavioural Competency Framework
Additional information:-
- Employee Charter
- Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
- Privacy Notice
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