Maintenance Electrician Job Southampton area,England UK,Trades / Skilled Labor

About The Company:

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Why Work for OCS?

Award-Winning

Employer:

Ranked 36th on Glassdoor’s Best Companies to Work For 2025 — we value and motivate our people.

Digital Learning:
The OCS Academy offers digital courses and resources to help you build skills and grow your career.

Retail Perks:
With our Hapi app, you can gain access to exclusive discounts, rewards and wellbeing resources.

Professional Growth: 600+ live learners across UK&I — Empowering colleagues with further development and qualifications!

Flexible Pay:
Access a portion of earned wages before payday with our Wagestream App! (Contract Specific)

About The Role:

Shift Pattern: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday EARLY SHIFT, Thursday & Friday OFF, Saturday & Sunday LATE SHIFT, Monday OFF, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday EARLY SHIFT. Pattern repeats

Location: Chessington World of Adventures

Maintaining equipment, infrastructure and facilities within the park, to a high standard of efficiency and availability and carrying out small repairs, installations and modifications as required, in accordance with all current legislation, including any electrical modifications, test & inspections, remedial work and completing statuary compliance tasks. Enhancing the experience and Health & Safety of our guests.

Job Purpose

To provide an efficient timed response to all maintenance issues, consisting of proactive, reactive, health & safety and emergency requests.
To minimise the downtime on all park related attractions and facilities.
To complete documentation relating to statutory safety checks and maintenance work on equipment and facilities as described in departmental procedures and HSE guidance notes.
To complete any electrical modifications, installations, test & inspections, remedial work and completing statuary compliance tasks as required.

Key Accountabilities

To develop professional and considerate relationships with both internal customer departments and external suppliers and consultants.
Communicate and feedback effectively to all customers & departments on their requests for maintenance and operational issues.
To provide and maintain a personal toolkit as appropriate to the professional and competent completion of maintenance tasks.
To participate in departmental meetings and propose improvements as appropriate.
To support the departments management team in fulfilling objectives and function.
To complete any electrical modifications, installations, test & inspections, remedial work and completing statuary compliance tasks as required.

Skills and experience required for the role:

Excellent communications skills
Comfortable carrying out manual duties
Enthusiastic, passionate and positive towards the company
Knowledge of the history of the CWOA site
Post apprenticeship experience within a relevant building services or engineering environment
Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems of work
Previous basic general trades experience(carpentry/plumbing)

Essential

Qualifications:

A craft qualification such as a recognised electrical apprenticeship such as or equivalent to City & Guilds 2350 NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation Engineering + AM2
Level 3 NVQ in electrics, AM2, 18th edition
The current wiring regulations qualification such as or equal to City & Guilds 2381-18 Level 3 Award (18th Edition)
Valid and in date Grade card/CSCS Card or equivalent qualification.

Desirable

Qualifications:

An Inspection & Testing qualification such as or equal to City & Guilds 2391-52 Level 3 Award in Initial and Periodic Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.