Electrician Grade 2

Location: HMP Thameside, London

Salary: £36,000 plus £6,200 annual London weighting allowance, with excellent benefits

Schedule: Full-time, Monday to Friday, overtime and a 1 in 7 on call rota expected with additional payments

Ready to impact a better future?

As an Electrician in our Facilities Management team at HMP Thameside, you’ll play a vital role in keeping a secure environment safe, reliable and operational. Your work will directly support the smooth running of essential services that touch lives every day.

You’ll be part of a skilled on-site team responsible for maintaining and improving critical electrical systems. Working in a challenging but rewarding environment, your expertise will help create safe, compliant spaces that support colleagues, residents and the wider community.

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on electrical plant and equipment up to 240V AC
• Fault find, diagnose and rectify electrical defects efficiently and safely
• Install new electrical plant and apparatus in line with specifications and regulations
• Read, interpret and work from technical drawings and wiring diagrams
• Maintain accurate documentation, records and reports to support compliance and performance
• Support and collaborate with other members of the maintenance team as required

• A City and Guilds Electricians Certificate in safe isolation and safe electrical working (or equivalent)
• Current qualifications to BS7671 (IEE Wiring Regulations)
• Strong working knowledge of low-voltage electrical systems and distribution networks
• The ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining high standards
• A safety-first mindset and a proactive, team-focused approach

This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments.

You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Pension:
  Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Training and development:
  Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing:
  Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime Health Line, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts:
  Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity:
  Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks:
  Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds

We will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge. We are also a Disability Confident Leader employer and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard.