Electrical Technician in Coventry
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Electrical Technician\n * Salary £34,610 + £2000 Salary Uplift Allowance + £2400 call out\n * + On-Call Pay (Out of Hours) – 1 Week in 4\n * + Over Time Payments (Including during call outs)\n * Holiday - 26 Days + 4 Day Christmas + 8 Bank Holiday\n * Hours 36.5 Days (Mon-Fri)\n * Generous pension\n * 6 Months Sickness Pay\n * Professional and Personnel Development\n * Skills and Safety Training\n * Excellent Staff Discounts – Cinema, Theatre, GYM\n * On-Site Parking\nEstates - Maintenance Operations - Electrical Services\nWe are seeking an Electrical Technician to provide an efficient, business-critical response service for a large University Campus facility in the Coventry area. The position will execute routine, planned and reactive maintenance duties; carry out fault diagnostics and repairs to a wide range of electrical and mechanical systems; and carry out minor installation works for all electrical building services throughout the University.\nThe role ensures all statutory, planned and breakdown works are completed safely, cost-effectively and to the agreed Service Level Agreement.\nThis position will part of small sub-electrical team, within a large 150+ maintenance group. Looking after one of the Uk’s leading research universities.\nDuties and responsibilities\nThe role will primarily respond to individual job requests via the job notification system, ensuring each job is resolved safely, efficiently and to the required standard within target SLAs.
Deal with emergency situations ensuring each job is resolved on systems which include:\n * Power supplies\n * Emergency Lighting Systems\n * Lighting and Lighting control systems\n * Alarm systems\n * Motors\n * BMS Controls\n * Portable appliances\nThe role will also provide a planned maintenance and reactive remedial work service, directing other trades where necessary to keep essential facilities open and usable, ensuring compliance with statutory testing and inspections including:\n * Periodic Inspection and Testing\n * Emergency Lighting Testing\n * Fire Alarm Testing\n * Portable Appliance Testing\n * Defective repair works\nAnalyse, fault find and make decisions about the feasibility and logistics of the jobs to be undertaken, considering how long it will take, the equipment needed and the potential cost liaising with the Electrical Supervisor if necessary.\nInvestigate unidentified problems, including diagnosing problems and suggesting courses of action and/or identifying whether the problem can be dealt with or if specialist assistance is required.\nProvide advice or suggestions in relation to the installation of new products and equipment and participate in the preparation, fabrication and installation of refurbishment, new projects and new work where required.\nTake a leading role within the Electrical Services team with the installation of minor power systems.\nIdentify and assess potential risk to individual tasks and formulate and/or comply with risk assessments and method statements in conjunction with manager. Complete jobs in a variety of different settings and environments.\nThe role will actively participate in department hazard identification and risk assessment exercises.\nThe role will also prioritise own workload and tasks, considering where the problem is, the nature of the problem, the number of people affected and the usage of the building.\nRecord resolutions and feedback to problems on work instructions, complete electronic timesheets, service records and other work-related paperwork in priority order.\nCalculate and order the correct amount of materials needed for each job using the ordering system.\nArrange small works projects in line with the Estates department guidelines using approved contractors and the Estates’ quote and tender limits policy. Ensure work is completed to program, within budget, conforms to legislative requirements and to the University’s accepted standards.\nElectrical Technician Requirements:\nA recognised apprentice background or equivalent training or significant years’ practical working experience within the electrical building services sector, including commercial, industrial, and domestic environments\nNVQ Level 3 – Electrical installations or maintenance.\nCity and Guilds 236 part 1, 2 or 2330 Levels 2 and 3 (AM2) Electrical Installations or equivalent qualification.\nCity and Guilds 2382, BS7671 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.\nCity and Guilds 2395, Periodic Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations.\nIOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent), with proven excellent understanding of Health & Safety and the associated processes.\nProven ability to carry out installation, maintenance and electrical testing and requirements in accordance with BS7671 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations and Electricity at Work Act.\nHave an excellent understanding of statutory compliance within the electrical field.\nExperience of planned preventative maintenance systems.\nFull, UK or EU equivalent driving licence.\nAbility to form part of an out of hours emergency call out rota (1 – 4 Weeks)\nDesirable\nKnowledge of fire alarm systems in accordance with BS 5839.\nExperience of working as LV/HV AP\nSafe Entry into Confined spaces using emergency escape breathing apparatus.\nSafe use of Hydraulic/Manual lifting platforms, and safe use and erection of mobile tower scaffolding and awareness of asbestos materials and non-licensed removal works
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- Location:
- Coventry
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Technician, Electrical, Electrical Technician