Electrician

Locations: Skipton

Salary: £28,563.21 (pay award pending)

We are a charitable housing association that owns and manages more than 18,000 homes – and developing thousands more – across Yorkshire. We also provide a range of services so that people can live independently. All our profits are reinvested so that we can do even more for our customers. Our ambition is that everyone has the opportunity to live in a quality home they can afford.

We are currently seeking a Electrician to be based at Skipton Depot on a Permanent contract for 37.5 hours per week.

The main purpose of this role is to undertake periodic inspection and testing and accurate completion of certification, reports and associated documentation. The successful candidate will be responsible for the provision of high quality electrical repairs and alterations including partial or full rewires. Therefore this will be particularly suited to candidates with extensive experience in electrical inspection, testing and certification and of working in occupied domestic environments.

As part of the Electrical Team you will carry out and complete all required work to the very highest standards of quality and compliance, ensuring you protect our customers belongings and home, leaving all work areas tidy and free from debris.

Salary: £28,563.41 per annum (this will increase in April 2019), 25 days holiday (rising incrementally to 30 days), van for work use, plant and test equipment, work phone, uniform and pension scheme for a 37.5 hour week (usually Monday to Friday, however flexibility may be required by prior arrangement). Possible inclusion on the out of hours call out rota.

The successful candidate will require a DBS check.

We are looking for people who are committed to our company values and can demonstrate this by:

Respect: having a friendly and cheerful disposition and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and customers

Reliability: being able to work on own initiative with minimum supervision

Enthusiasm: being organised, embracing new ideas and supporting implementation

The closing date for applications will be Sunday 31 March 2019

Interviews will take place in April. Date to be confirmed. 

Please note CV's will not be accepted. 

Please note if you are applying for this role internally you must inform your current line manager.

Yorkshire Housing is proactively working to implement its equality, diversity and inclusion policy.  We positively welcome and support diversity in our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Yorkshire Housing is half way through a major transformation programme, called Today's Yorkshire. The programme will radically improve the way we interact with our customers, eliminate inefficiencies, and empower our staff to focus on the things that matter most to our customers.

We want to make sure that our business is sustainable and that we're able to keep building homes for new customers, making repairs in the properties we own, and support customers to live in their home independently for longer.

Transformation is across the entire organisation.  It includes changing our processes, jobs, as well as introducing new IT capability.