Maintenance Electrician

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Electrician / Supervisor to join our NHS Healthcare team at Hallam Street Hospital, West Bromwich. In this role you will have the opportunity to take on some supervisory duties, whilst still maintaining an active role within your trade.

Rydon has established a strong reputation for the quality within our maintenance division with a particular focus on NHS Hard Facilities Management - consisting of responsive repairs as well as planned/preventative maintenance. For over 40 years, we've recruited talented and innovative people to maintain homes, schools, hospitals, student accommodation and more. We combine a personal touch with outstanding technical expertise to deliver award-winning, quality facilities for local communities with a commitment from people who are passionate about what they do.

Please do take a look at our careers video and one of our operational videos to learn more about one of our key maintenance contracts:

As Maintenance Electrician / Supervisor you will be hands-on performing daily site maintenance duties as part of our responsive repairs and PPM (planned and preventative maintenance) programme. Based at Hallam Street Hospital in West Bromwich this role is primarily in place to ensure that we deliver a quality maintenance service to our client and will be based on a single site. 

In addition to day to day maintenance duties, you will act as focal point for external contractors organising and arranging planned maintenance visits where necessary. You will also manage site files ensuring that statutory and technical compliance along with health and safety procedures are met on site. 

What we can offer you;

• Competitive starting salary
• A full time permanent position. Normal working hours are 8am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday. You will also participate in an on call rota for emergency repairs where you will receive a standby allowance and overtime rates.
• 25 days holiday with the ability to increase up to 30 days.
• Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
• Company pension, life assurance and income protection.
• Flexible benefits for you to choose from including Critical Illness, DenPlan and more.
• Health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, access to an Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme, BUPA Health & Wellbeing Plans, access to our Health and Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!
• Full training, ongoing coaching and support.

This is an excellent opportunity for a varied role combining site supervisory and maintenance duties and would suit an experienced Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance Electrician looking for progression to make a real difference.

Previous relevant experience in the maintenance of buildings is essential, ideally within the NHS (or for a maintenance contractor providing services to the NHS). Candidates with good commercial experience (schools, hotels, supermarkets etc) that can be translated to the NHS will also be considered.

You will have a good technical knowledge of building services maintenance and of Health & Safety procedures in daily site operation. Electrical qualifications (18th edition and Electrical Installations) would be required. Inspection and test would be desirable.

Please note this position is subject to a DBS check and a full UK driving license being held.

Above all, you will have a keen customer service approach, strong interpersonal skills and good IT skills (Microsoft Office Packages such as Word, Outlook and Excel).

If you have the above skills and experience, we'd strongly encourage you to apply. 

As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits.

Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.  

To apply online, please use the 'apply for this job link' at the top of this page.

Our application process is very straight forward allowing you to apply with a CV (from your Computer or Dropbox), LinkedIn, Facebook or Google+ and should take no more than a few short minutes. 

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