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Job description

The person appointed will be competent and responsible for all types of work associated to the trade, in respect of new build, planned and response maintenance to all buildings, sites and equipment under the control of the Council. The person appointed should be capable of working on own initiative and diagnosing and repairing faults as directed. Incumbents will have gained a knowledge of departmental operations and may act as a group leader or as an assistant to the regular supervisor as and when directed. Please refer to employer website for full job details & person specification..

Responsibilities

• Carrying out all types of work associated with the trade, including new work, emergency work, planned maintenance and response maintenance to all buildings, sites and equipment under the control of the Council.
• Have the ability to read drawings and be responsible for measuring and ordering all necessary materials.
• Responsible for all plant and tools within the trades persons workshop. Including carrying out regular checks to ensure that equipment is in good, safe working order.
• Responsible for reporting any defective equipment to a supervisor.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Must have served an apprenticeship in this trade e.g. City & Guilds qualification in electrical work or equivalent qualification.
• 18th edition electrical qualification or more recent.
• At least 2 years post apprenticeship experience working in an electrical maintenance environment.
• Must hold a full current driving licence Category B.
• Applicants must hold a current Construction Skills Registration Card or attain one within 3 months of appointment.
• To be comfortable working at heights.
• As manual handling is involved, the post holder must be of a satisfactory level of general fitness.
• Appointment will be subject to satisfactory completion of a pre-employment medical questionnaire including Drugs and Alcohol Screening.
• A driving assessment by Council will be a condition of appointment.

Desirable Skills

• Working at height in cherry picker type hoist / MEWP.
• Fork lift licence.
• MEWP Cherry picker with boom licence.
• BE or C1E driving licence.

Further Information

Applications for this post will be channelled exclusively through Council’s recruitment system. However, Council will consider requests for applications in hard copy and will provide alternative arrangements if possible. Local Government is committed to fair and equal treatment to all those seeking employment and in employment.