Electrician

Gateway Housing has been supporting communities to thrive since 1926. We are an ambitious London based housing association with over 3,000 homes in the heart of London's East End. We provide social rented homes, shared ownership, and sheltered housing. We develop new homes too and are part way through an exciting programme to deliver another 250 homes by 2025. We also run our own in-house maintenance service, Gateway Homeworks. Our vision is that People will want to live in a Gateway home and People will want to work at Gateway.

You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time and be a key member of a dynamic team that wants to deliver great landlord services and strengthen our links to the local community.

Our values add up to P.A.C.E. Passionate, Accountable, Connected, Excellence. As a community housing association based in the East End for nearly 100 years, we're proud of the work we do to address the housing crisis through building and managing great homes.

We are looking for an experienced Electrician to be a part of a multi-disciplined works team within the housing repair's function. You will undertake electrical repairs and installation works in occupied and vacant homes across the day to day and planned work streams.

Your duties will include but not be limited to:

• work independently, or as part of a team, to carry out electrical repair and installation works to occupied and vacant properties either as a stand-alone repair or in conjunction with other trades.
• be aware of his/her responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and ensure safe working systems and procedures are adopted at all times including the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Where the work involves materials and/or equipment which do not appear in their van stock, to attend the authorised merchant and/or hire centre in advance to obtain materials in accordance with purchasing procedures.
• use a company issued PDA where provided to carry out the job role e.g. receiving instruction's, accurately completing works orders, general communications and logging all materials used.
• complete the repair works as rapidly as possible ensuring that a quality job is done and, wherever possible, completing the job correctly at the first visit. If this is not possible, the property should be left clean and tidy, a follow-on appointment agreed with the resident, and the computer system amended accordingly.
• If issued with a company van, ensuring that it is driven in accordance with Gateway's safe driving policy. Also to ensure that it is kept clean and in good tidy condition and carrying out weekly maintenance tasks such as checking oil and water levels and tyre condition and pressures.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

• NVQ Level 3 Award (with 2391 or 2394/2395 certificate) in the requirements for electrical installations (18th Edition) or equivalent through apprenticeship or training programme
• Current full driving licence.
• Experience of carrying out a wide range of electrical work to a good, professional and workmanlike standard
• Current CSCS card demonstrating the health and safety component.
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in the most effective, efficient, and economic way in accordance with laid down priorities.
• Good awareness of health and safety at work, including risk assessment, the need to follow safe working procedures and willing and able to wear and/or use appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Be physically fit, capable of lifting 25 kg and carrying and operating a range of hand and power tools.
• Strong customer focus, proactive and committed to customer involvement.

If you have the confidence and enthusiasm to work in a challenging but supportive working environment, we would like to hear from you.

Our benefits package includes:

• Annual Leave: starting at 28 days, plus Bank Holidays.
• Subsidised Health and Wellbeing Membership.
• Simply Health - help towards the costs of dentist, optician, and private medical appointments.
• Employee Assistance Programme - including free legal, financial and counselling advice.
• Pension - up to 10% employer contribution.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 2 May 2024

INTERVIEWS: TBC

Please note that on some occasions where we have received sufficient applications, we will close the vacancy earlier than the closing date advertised.

GATEWAY is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community