Electrician

Title:

Electrician Contract Type:
Permanent 36.25hours Salary: £37,200 per annum Grade: 5 Reporting Office:
Manchester, Trafford Working

Location:

Manchester Persona:
Mobile/Field Based Worker:
Contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident home, estates etc, with ad hoc office attendance as required Working Pattern: 8 to 4 Monday to Friday. Call outs per rota basis Closing Date: 29 th June at 11pm Interview Dates: 3 rd July 2026 Role profile.doc Benefits include:
Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service  Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

* Previous Applicants May Not Apply* - (if prior applications were regretted within 12 weeks) L&Q reserve the right not to progress applications from candidates with 3 or more unsuccessful applications/interview processes with L&Q in the previous 24 months Join our Electrical Team at L&Q: L&Q is one of the UKs largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes.

We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of. L&Q are looking for a qualified Electrician to join the in house Maintenance team based in our reactive repairs service in the North West. Covering our Manchester patch. This is a rewarding and exciting opportunity to make a difference to our residents life and lead the way in delivering a customer centred service.

Our Electricians are responsible for ensuring that all they do is with our residents satisfaction and best interests in mind. As an L&Q employee you will ensure that the you demonstrate our values consistently. This role is on the front-line delivering service and has direct impact on L&Qs reputation; the focus will be high quality work and on first time fix approach.

We are focused on meeting targets, both financial and customer related working to time frames and making sure that jobs per day are completed on time and within cost. The team must have a firm knowledge and be ability to actively contribute to ensuring that the Direct Maintenance teams KPIs are meet. If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:
We are looking for experienced individuals with a good working knowledge in building and/or housing environment, particularly within social housing or local authority experience of working within domestic and or commercial Electrician role. You will have a good knowledge, understanding and experience of Inspection & testing of electrical installations, including good ability to fault find. As well as a customer service focus candidate will have a good understanding of the Health and Safety requirements and will act with resident safety in mind.

What you'll bring:
To be considered for this role it is essential you hold qualifications within one of the following qualification routes: NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Apprenticeship or equivalent (must include AM2 where required by the EAS Qualifications Guide)
-or
- Technical or Craft Qualifications (must include AM2 where required)
-or
- Experienced Worker Qualification (Maintenance/Installation Electrician) (must include AM2 where required) Plus Level 3 Award in the Requirements for Electrical Installations (BS7671:2018) Please note, it would be desirable (not essential) if you hold the following qualification:
Level 3 Award in the Periodic Inspection, Testing and Certification of in-service Electrical Installations (QCF) or equivalent What you'll bring:
To be considered for this role Candidates will be able to demonstrate and or have:
Maintenance experience preferably gained within Social Housing or a similar environment. Excellent customer service with proven track record in delivering service to internal and external customers Good knowledge…