Maintenance Electrician

We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Electrician skilled in fault finding in a commercial environment, to join our NHS Maintenance team in Homerton, London.

Rydon Maintenance is an expanding division of the Rydon Group and is successfully providing facilities management services to a variety of clients, predominantly within the healthcare and housing association sectors. We currently provide maintenance services to over 300 buildings for 20 Trusts across the UK.

Job Purpose

We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join our NHS Maintenance team in Homerton, London. This team deliver a first-class repairs service in partnership with an NHS Trust across three local sites.

You will work as part of a highly skilled maintenance team who are responsible for ensuring that jobs completed meet the desired quality and customer service standards. You will be responsible for planned, preventative and responsive maintenance to ensure that these busy healthcare environments are operational at all times. The types of work involve commercial electrical repairs, maintenance and installation. This could involve work with circuit breakers, controls, fuses, lights, motors and more. You will also be involved with completing PPM's (planned preventative maintenance) such as emergency lighting testing. The emphasis will be on electrical works but the role will also involve other general maintenance works like basic plumbing, replacing door handles and locks and other general wear and tear maintenance.

Normal working hours are 8am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday. There is also the opportunity to participate in an on-call rota system (which offers the opportunity to increase your earnings and be involved in additional urgent repairs). Please note a full UK driving license is required for this role.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced maintenance electrician to make a real difference and offers excellent opportunity for personal growth and development.

What we can offer you;

• A competitive starting salary
• 25 days holiday including the ability to increase your annual leave
• On call allowance and overtime
• 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, Dental Insurance, private medical 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
• Opportunities to progress your career around the business.

By joining Rydon, you become part of a talented, dedicated team of maintenance engineers who are passionate about supporting the NHS and its people in their vital work and you will play an important role in ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for staff and service users.

Experience Required

The preferred candidate will have previous experience as a maintenance electrician, ideally this experience will have been gained in an NHS hospital environment, although candidates with strong commercial electrical experience will also be considered (ie experience gained in commercial offices, hotels, education etc). You will need a level 3 qualification, 18th edition and test and inspection would be beneficial. A full UK driving license is required.

If you have the above experience, great people skills and are passionate about delivering excellent quality planned, preventative and responsive maintenance then we would strongly encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

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.

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