Electrician

Looking for a rewarding trade career as an Electrician? Use your skills to help Fairhive repair, maintain and improve affordable housing in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Surrounding areas

Fairhive is a non-profit affordable housing provider with ambition. We already provide affordable housing to more than 20,000 people in our community but we want to do more. That’s why we are striving to provide 1,000 additional homes by 2025.

Our trades team play a vital role in the provision of our services from repairing and maintaining existing housing stock to managing environmental improvements to provide more families in our community with a home.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Electricians to join our team and to help us achieve our social mission.

You will primarily working on the stat services & reactive maintenance team covering the South of our region that includes Slough, Wycombe along with our traditional areas including Aylesbury and the surrounding areas.  We are looking for a team player that is focused on ensuring electrical compliance & safety within Fairhive properties.

On the Job you will:

• Complete day to day electrical repairs / maintenance
• Complete Eicr's along with any remedial works
• Complete all certification applicable to the task via hand held PDA
• Work with other teams within the business
• Carryout kitchen & bathroom upgrades as required

About You

We’re looking for someone who understands how important it is to have a safe place we can call home and who is motivated to support the local community.

For this role you will need:

• C&G Level 3 / NVQ in Electrical Installation or equivalent
• 18th Edition qualified 
• C&G 2391 Level 3 in Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations or equivalent
• Experience of completing electrical works within domestic properties.
• A great time keeper with attention to detail on works completed
• Motivated and committed to improve our Housing portfolio

You will ideally have skills and attributes that include:

• good communication skills,
• the ability to work as a part of a multi-disciplined team,
• Be able to prioritise work loads to meet deadlines
• practical problem solving skills

If you’re conscientious, compassionate and want to learn more about a career in our Trades team, we’d love to hear from you!

Benefits include

• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Discretionary performance related payment
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working
• Health Cash Plan
• Workplace Options Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee discount scheme

E&D Commitment

Our Vision and Values express our commitment to becoming a leader in our field, providing quality affordable homes and investing in Aylesbury and our surrounding areas’ diverse communities. As part of our continued commitment to our workforce accurately reflecting the community we represent, we welcome applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, and applicants who have status as an individual with a physical or mental disability, as part of our ongoing commitment to Equality and Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Closing date: 28th March 2024
Interview date: TBC

All applications for this role will be reviewed on a continuous basis. As such, should a suitable candidate apply before the closing date, interviews and offers may take place before this date.