Senior Electrician

About the role

This role is a senior technical role within the University Mechanical and Electrical Team. The team is responsible for a wide range of compliance, reactive and planned maintenance duties plus small project work.

This role is highly technical and you will be responsible for the most complex works and projects within the University, with a requirement for regular interaction with other departments, members of staff within the estates DLO team, including the engineering department, contractors, suppliers, and the wider university.

This role will support the Mechanical and Electrical Senior Supervisor in realising standardisation benefits and best possible energy efficiencies for plant equipment across the portfolio.

You may from time to time be required to assist the M&E Senior Supervisor with certain management duties, or to deputise in the Senior Supervisor’s absence.

Upon completion of your probation period, you will be required to take part in the On-call Rota

The work pattern for this role will be 8am - 4pm Monday to Friday, with flexibility required at times to ensure Health and Safety standards are maintained, for example during the winter months when the gritting of pathways is essential.

Principal accountabilities

• Carry out all works to Joint Industry Board approved standards, compliant with relevant H&S and Statutory requirements pertinent to the electrical regulations.
• Undertake tasks assigned via the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system and ensure they are updated / completed appropriately and in a timely manner to meet Service Level Agreement (SLA) KPI’s.
• Identify and quantify materials required to undertake work requests with staff to ensure materials are ordered in a timely fashion.

Monitor plant and equipment stock to ensure that adequate stock levels are maintained, and report low stock to the Senior Supervisor promptly.

• Carry out regular plant and site checks in line with PPM schedules and ensure that adequate records are kept ensuring compliance with statutory obligations and are updated on CAFM.
• Attend weekly operational meetings to review and allocate workload collaboratively with other members of the Electrical team.

In the absence of direct line management, Senior Electricians or Senior Plumbers may be called upon to lead these meetings.

• Assist the estates team in the implementation process of the CAFM system and act as an ambassador for the system within the estates team.
• Support the Senior Supervisor with audits to ensure university Health & Safety aims are met and ISO 14001 Compliance. Where required, review risk assessments for staff / management consideration and awareness.

Deputise for the Senior Supervisor at department Health & Safety meetings as required.

Work collaboratively with other Maintenance teams to deliver and engage with toolbox talks’ to share updates relating to Electrical Maintenance, University of Derby Policies, Health & Safety guidelines etc.

If needed, ensure the Senior Supervisor is updated following these sessions to enable them to update learning records across the team.

• As directed by the Senior Supervisor, liaise with DSRL in reference to maintenance activities and ensure any works are managed in line with the SLA in the absence of line manager.
• Engage with university colleagues re appropriate times to undertake certain works, using own judgement, knowledge and experience to ensure that any disruption to students and staff is kept to a minimum.
• Liaise with both internal and external customers appropriately and promptly, to ensure those connected to or involved in your work are aware of progress and action taken or action required to rectify the identified works.
• Support the Senior Supervisor to maintain a programme of Building Management System (BMS) surveillance including daily / weekly BMS Plant inspections;

record all findings and identify system faults. Generate system reports highlighting BMS faults or potential improvements.

Raise CAFM tasks to engineering department OR contractor.

• Attend Appointed Person (AP) training and act as an authorised person for the issuing of high-risk permit to work areas.
• Exemplify the University’s Values and Behaviours. Actively encourage the University core values within your team to ensure the best possible service delivery.
• Any other duties as may be relevant to the post.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Qualifications

• City & Guilds 2365 Level 2 in Electrical Installations or equivalent qualification
• City & Guilds 2365 Level 3 in Electrical Installations or equivalent qualification
• City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing
• City & Guilds 2382-18 18th Edition BS 7671 wiring regulations
• Health & Safety in the Workplace
• Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment Principles

Experience

• Proven first-hand knowledge of working within in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Experience in working across a large estate, providing maintenance in residential, commercial, and industrial premises
• Creating and reviewing Safe systems of work (including Risk Assessments, COSHH Data Sheets and Method Statements)
• Experience of using software management systems. CAFM, BMS and Finance Systems

Skills, knowledge & abilities

• IT literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
• Strong technical / working knowledge of relevant statutory legislation that govern the facilities maintenance and operation of electrical systems
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Have ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels of management and workforce in a timely manner
• A full range of maintenance and installation abilities, with a proven ability to independently assess, diagnose and solve problems
• Excellent customer care skills with a commitment to providing a quality service to the University
• Ability to operate effectively in a team, contributing positively to team operations and working relationships

Business requirements

• Completed Enhanced DBS with Barred List Check
• Hold clean Driving License as inter site travel is essential part of the job for maintenance and refurbishment works in the works vehicles
• Respond to emergencies in and out of normal hours including being on an out of hours rota
• Be flexible to working hours start times as may be required by Management for Health & Safety reasons or to cover University events
• Be available for the electricians on call rota

Desirable Criteria

Qualifications

• ILM level 3 or equivalent supervisory training
• PASMA, IPAF
• Ladder Association, User & Assessor
• Manual handling etc
• Asbestos awareness training
• IOSH trained
• NEBOSH Certificate H & S Qualified
• First Aid in the workplace
• HVAC certificate / training
• Line Management Certificate NEBSM, ILM or equivalent qualification

Skills, knowledge and abilities

• A working knowledge of a range of systems found across a commercial / domestic estate
• Self-motivated and able to organise and conduct workload independently
• Ability to balance a busy workload

Benefits

As well as competitive pay scales, we offer generous holiday entitlement. We also offer opportunities for further salary progression based on performance, and the opportunity to join a contributory pension scheme.