Electrical Quality Control Engineer - Voids

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Full Time, Permanent

A great opportunity has arisen for an Electrical Quality Control Engineer within the Repairs & Maintenance Voids team. You will be able to use and develop your existing skills and knowledge in the electrical sector to become an industry expert in quality control and monitoring of in house and contractor workmanship and certification.

Responsibilities will include; AQualified Supervisor (QS) is the person within an NICEIC‑registered business who is legally accountable for ensuring thatall electrical work carried out by the company complies with BS 7671, Building Regulations, and NICEIC certification rules.

The main responsibilities are:

You will be fundamentally responsible for the quality and compliance of day‑to‑day electrical work carried out by the business.

This includes making sure:

• Work meetsBS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations).
• Work complies with applicable
  
  Building Regulations.

You must:

• Ensure verification results are accurately recorded on the correct NICEIC certificates or inspection reports.
• Validate, sign off and issue NICEIC certification promptly.
• Check that engineers’ and subcontractors’ electrical certificates comply with BS 7671 and NICEIC requirements.

You will supervise employees to ensure they are competent and adequately supervised, with supervision levels matched to the complexity and risks of the work.

This includes:

• Overseeing apprentices, improvers, electricians, and subcontractors.
• Ensuring workers understand safe isolation, installation standards, and applicable legislation.

You must have sufficient:

• Knowledge and experience of electrical design, construction, maintenance, verification, inspection and testing.
• Understanding of Building Regulations related to electrical work.

You will be the main point of contact during audits and must:

• Be available for NICEIC assessments.
• Maintain the company’s NICEIC registration.

If a QS leaves, the Principal Duty Holder (PDH) must notify NICEIC within 30 days.

Duties also include:

• Conducting site surveys to check installations meet BS 7671 and NICEIC standards.
• Reporting any issues and ensuring corrective actions are completed before handover.

You’ll have lead responsibility for monitoring, auditing and reporting on the quality and compliance of internal and external electrical works within the voids team. Audits will consist of checking the internal workforce and external contractors competency and ensuring the highest standards are always adhered to. This will be a hybrid role working between office and site. You will be engaging with trade staff and contractors on a daily basis, monitoring, auditing and investigating complaints and reporting findings back to line managers in a comprehensive manner.

You will take ownership of your workload which will include at times checking on Apprentices in the field and assisting Engineers on an Ad Hoc basis.

We need someone who is qualified to level 3 NVQ Electrical Installation or equivalent and holds 18thEdition Wiring Regulations and 2391 Testing & Inspection or Equivalent.

You will have good experience and knowledge of electrical installations, wiring regulations and testing and inspecting.

You will have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in a written format to establish excellent working…