Electrician

Who are Acis?

We are a welcoming and friendly organisation who own and manage more than 7,000 properties across the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, helping thousands of people in our communities every single day. This includes homes for affordable rent, homes for students and homes for older people. We even develop new homes to help people get on the property ladder. In addition to this, we provide Student accommodation. We support over 4000 learners a year with everything from entry level qualifications, arts and wellbeing courses through to employability support to help people fulfil their potential. This is through Riverside Training, our employment and skills team, and CLIP, an education provider.

This role will be part of our empty properties team and working on empty properties and the work you will be doing will mean they are for tenants to move in to.

Being part of the Acis team, you’ll get:

• Starting salary of £32874 plus Additional pay elements for call out & out of hours working- Minimum £1800
• Fully funded company van
• £100 allowance per annum for the purchase of hand tools.
• Generous holiday entitlement - At least 25 days annual leave every year, plus bank holidays
• Enhanced pension contributions up to 10%
• The opportunity to undertake professional training, funded by us.
• One days paid leave a year for volunteering work (in addition to your Annual leave entitlement)
• Staff benefits with Paycare - A health and benefits scheme giving you support and contributions towards various health benefits such as counselling, eye tests, vaccinations and much more
• Benefits with Acis Perkz - a discount scheme giving you savings off hundreds of schemes including discounts on your coffee, weekly shop, days out and much more!
• Employee recognition scheme, where we celebrate and award our Stars within Acis, including gift vouchers
• Long service awards for our loyal employees
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced sick pay scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity scheme to support you and your family
• Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential advice and support, when you need it
• Professional membership subscription to support your continuous professional development
• Death in service benefit

What a good qualified Electrician looks like to us:

• You’re City & Guilds 2360 qualified or hold an equivalent qualification (or you can evidence that you are working towards this), another practical qualification or proven experience.
• 18th Edition certification as a minimum standard and willing to learn new work streams - we’re all about cross-skilling our people.
• You’re happiest carrying out electrical installations, rewires, fault-finding and testing.
• Motivating, coaching and supporting within your team is one of your biggest drivers. Nothing makes you happier than seeing someone progress, knowing you helped them get there.
• You have at least 2 years’ experience working in the domestic Electrical field.
• You can demonstrate a good understanding of the requirements under the Electrical regulations.
• You can evidence good skillsets in the area of gas installations and repairs, and with this can provide evidence of past achievements in other similar roles.
• A full UK driving licence.

Your day to day may include:

• Undertaking all electrical repairs and renovations identified within Acis housing stock and any other properties as instructed in both tenanted and void properties.
• Ensuring that the correct materials are identified and used to complete the work at the required quality standard
• Completing Electrical Installation Condition Reports, installation and minor works certificates.
• Undertaking multi-skilled works as and when required.
• Using and completing work details by use of a PDA hand held electronic device.
• Liaising with tenants and your line manager concerning the timing and progress of work being undertaken.
• Ensuring the safe handling and storage of all plant and equipment, including regular checks for road-worthiness on vehicles for which you are responsible.
• Carrying out work activities in line with current Approved Codes of Practice and in accordance with Building Regulations, IEE wiring Regulations and the Electricity at Work Regulations 18th Edition.
• Carrying out work to localised risk assessments as your individual work task requires.
• Undertaking further training and qualifications as the job role and changing legislation demands.

Acis are committed to equality and diversity, are a proud member of disability confident and welcome applications from any applicant who feel they hold the essential skills to fulfil the role.

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