Electrician at Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey

Electrician

Location: Godalming

Salary: Circa £40,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

Closing date: 27th of October 2026

Join our team as an Electrician and play a key role in delivering safe, efficient and reliable electrical services across a range of settings.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Electrician will be required to work efficiently and smoothly to deliver an excellent service to the Maintenance Department and the wider School community. He/she will be required to fully contribute the necessary skills and efforts to the Maintenance Department, allowing it to fulfil its function within the School

Overall Responsibilities

• To carry out a variety of electrical work including planned preventative maintenance on the Charterhouse estate and properties. This also includes compliance/PPM for commercial plant rooms.
• To possess the relevant and current trade qualifications to enable competency to a suitable trade skill level.
• To have a good understanding of relevant Health & Safety including NIC Regulations.
• To work in a safe, clean, and tidy manner around pupils, support staff and general public and generally protect the fabric of the school buildings.
• To carry out other non-electrical tasks as may be required from time to time by the Maintenance Manager and other Estates Department Managers.
• Whilst you will report to the Maintenance Manager, you may also work for other members of the Estate Department at certain times. Be able to plan ahead to ensure future work is planned and completed efficiently and within agreed timescales.
• Obtain materials and arrange all necessary access to undertake tasks in a timely and professional manner.
• Conduct Risk Assessments and COSHH assessments necessary for the performance of tasks and to operate machinery and equipment appropriate to those tasks.
• Ensure the Maintenance Manager is kept aware of your work progress and of any problems that may arise.
• Ensure proper communication with and the flow of information back to all members of the School community where required.
• Keep work areas and vehicle clean and tidy.
• Abide by and participate in Charterhouse’s Health and Safety policy.
• Undertake suitable training to enable the safe and effective use of equipment supplied to be able to undertake the proper performance required.
• The work may from time to time involve working at heights (training will be given in these circumstances), working in confined spaces and the use of specialist access equipment.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

• 18th Edition and relevant C&G/NVQ qualifications.
• Proven expertise and experience in working on electrical installations and appliances.
• Fault finding expertise.
• Experience of working in a construction / maintenance environment.
• Holder of a clean driving license.
• Proven experience of managing multiple projects and dealing with a wide range of size and type of building tasks.

Desirable Qualifications (but not essential)

• 2394 or 2391 City & Guilds Inspection and Testing and 2395 Periodic Test and Inspect.
• Experience of working within a schools Estates department.
• Experience and expertise on open protocol commercial fire alarm systems and emergency lighting.
• Experience and expertise in BMS systems.
• Experience and expertise in lighting control systems.
• IT skills including excel spreadsheets.

Working Arrangements
▪ Full-Time Monday to Friday 0800-1630hrs throughout the year although a willingness to be flexible within the working hours is essential

▪ Salary: circa £40,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

▪ 5 weeks paid holiday plus statutory English Bank Holidays. Subject to emergencies, the School is closed between Christmas and New Year.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Charterhouse, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.