Maintenance Electrician at Rydon Group Holdings, Weston-super-Mare

We now have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Electrician to join our South West based NHS repairs and maintenance team. You will join our highly regarded repairs team to provide reactive, planned and preventative maintenance. 

Rydon Maintenance Ltd provides hard facilities management services in partnership with a range of NHS Trusts. We provide reactive and planned maintenance to a number of NHS buildings and we work to strict timescales and safety requirements to ensure the comfort and safety of service users using these NHS facilities. With offices in the South East, to Bristol in the South West our experience has taken us across a variety of sensitive healthcare environments.

Job Purpose

As part of the role you will be required to undertake scheduled Planned Maintenance (PPM's) and reactive repairs across a number of NHS healthcare sites. The contract covers a number of healthcare properties in a patch spanning from Weston-super-Mare to Bristol, Salisbury and Swindon and the role will involve;

• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM's): Such as Emergency light testing and fire alarm checks.
• Reactive and remedial Electrical works: Fault-finding and repairs for lighting, power issues, replacing lamps, lights, sockets, switches and other general electrical problems.
• Assisting with other trades and completing other general building fabric repairs 
• Participate in the call-out rota to provide out-of-hours support. Normal working hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm.

What we can offer you;

• Competitive starting salary.
• Company van and fuel card.
• Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per annum
• Holiday Purchase Scheme: Buy up to an additional 5 days holiday
• On call standby allowance and overtime paid per call out.
• Pension Scheme: 4% contributory.
• Health Cash Plan: helping you spread the cost of essential healthcare
• 24/7 EAP Service: free advice, counselling and support for you and your family whenever you need it.
• Wellbeing and mental health champions readily available at work.
• Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
• Flexible benefits for you to choose from including Critical Illness, DenPlan and Cycle to work schemes.
• Employee Referral Scheme: recommend a personal connection to us and claim a cash reward for their successful hire.
• Eye care vouchers and Free Flu Vaccinations
• Full training, ongoing coaching and support
• Opportunities to progress your career across the business

Experience Required

• Previous relevant experience in the maintenance of buildings is essential, ideally within the NHS (or for a maintenance contractor providing services to the NHS). Alternatively, you will have worked for a maintenance contractor providing a planned/reactive maintenance service in a commercial setting (perhaps a hotel, school, supermarkets etc).
• Level 3 Electrical Installations qualification
• 18th edition
• 2391 Inspection & Testing - Desirable but not essential.
• Solid Health & Safety awareness
• Experience of using a handheld device (PDA) + Good IT Skills
• A full UK manual driving licence is required (no more than 6 points)

By joining Rydon, you become part of a talented, dedicated team and this is an exciting and varied role with an excellent opportunity to develop and grow within our highly regarded team.

Additional Information

As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits.

Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post. 

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