Electricians

Full Time (40 hours per week)

Hours are on a rota basis between 08:00 – 17.00pn Monday – Friday

Occasional weekend and evening shifts

In this role, you will have use of a company van and power tools.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for candidates to join bpha’s In House Maintenance Service, who make a difference to our customer’s lives everyday by delivering a high-quality repairs service designed around them.

We operate across Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and surrounding areas, and we utilise the latest technology to ensure that we not only deliver a great experience for our customers, but for our colleagues as well.

Would you like to be a part of our new in-house repairs & maintenance service where you are valued as a key member of our workforce and can truly make a difference to our customer’s lives?

Are you an experienced qualified Electrician? If so, we want to hear from you….

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and especially the services we deliver. Repairs and maintenance services affect our customers personally, impacting their quality of life and satisfaction with their home. So, to provide the very best service possible, we are bringing our repairs and maintenance service in-house.

We are looking for skilled Electricians who are passionate about delivering not only high standards of work, but also an excellent service to our customers. These roles will be working in our customers homes’ as well as void properties.

You will be the face of bpha in our customers' homes therefore we are looking for friendly professional tradespeople of all backgrounds. Customer service is hugely important at bpha so we are looking for empathetic team members who are considerate, respectful and keen to provide a right first-time positive customer experience. Demonstrating our values and supporting our ambition to grow this service, embracing the opportunities that it will present, is hugely important to us.

You will join us with your experience and trade skills ready to cover a wide range of electrical related repairs within our customers’ homes. You will be supported by a comprehensive people management structure, with regular training updates, one to ones and appraisals to help you embrace challenges, growth and development.

Health, Safety and Environmental awareness is a top priority at bpha to keep you and our customers safe and to minimize our impact upon our wider environment.

We’d love to meet someone with:

• Excellent knowledge of domestic electrical installations, with proven experience is diagnosing, repairing, and resolving issues.

• Good and relevant health and safety knowledge.

• C&G Certificate 18th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations as a requirement

• C&G 2391 Inspection and Testing Certificate (preferable)

• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation and AM2.

• Certificate in Electrical Installation Parts 1 and 2 (or approved equivalent).

• Experience of working within tight time restraints.

• Full clean driving licence.

Amongst what we offer you is:

• A competitive salary of up to £40,000 dependant on qualifications and experience

• 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays (Rising with length of service to 33 days)

• A generous contributory pension scheme

• Private health care

• Free life assurance

• Enhanced Family Leave

• Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym

• Opportunities for learning and development

• Discounted gym membership

• Retail discount scheme

Please note the successful candidate will need to complete a basic DBS application and provide two referees.

Closing date: 5th April 2024

Interviews may be held throughout the process including before the closing date

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

INDHIGH

bpha is a Housing Association located in the Oxford to Cambridge arc, which is committed to providing its customers with high quality, value for money services whilst continuing to develop energy efficient, sustainable and affordable housing.

We are a leading provider and developer of affordable homes – for rent, sheltered, residential care and shared ownership.

We work together with communities – to improve opportunities, independence and quality of life for our residents, and to benefit the wider community. We bring people together, and run and support a wide range of community activities.

All the money we make is used to invest in existing homes, to enable us to build new homes, and to deliver new and improved services.

We own or manage over 19,000 homes and employ 400 staff.