Reactive Maintenance Electrician

Reactive Maintenance Electrician

Permanent | Full Time
Salary: up to £48,000 + Commercial Van + Fuel Card
Hours: Monday–Friday | 7:30am – 5:00pm
Location: RAF Benson (Wallingford, OX10 6AA) – covering the base and surrounding military sites

Our client, a leading provider of integrated facilities management and infrastructure solutions is hiring for a Reactive Maintenance Electrician to provide reactive and planned electrical maintenance across RAF Benson. This role is critical in ensuring the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of a wide range of facilities across the airbase.

You will work across diverse environments including: hangars, aircraft maintenance workshops, office blocks, accommodation, control rooms, storage facilities, canteens, and perimeter/utility buildings. Your work ensures that all electrical systems operate safely and efficiently in a high-security, operationally active environment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical PPM and reactive maintenance across base facilities.
• Fault-finding, testing, inspection, and repair of a wide range of electrical systems.
• Perform emergency lighting testing and remedial works.
• Inspect and repair distribution boards, sockets, switches, and lighting systems.
• Undertake minor rewiring and general electrical compliance tasks.
• Source materials/parts to complete repairs and remedial jobs.
• Support with minor mechanical, plumbing, and fabric repairs as part of a multi-skilled FM team (accounts for 20% of work)
• Accurately complete job sheets, compliance documentation, and CAFM updates in a timely manner.

About You

• Fully qualified Electrician – ECS Gold Card (essential), NVQ Level 3, and 18th Edition
• BPSS & SC Clearance – must have lived & worked in the UK for the last 5 years
• Proven experience in commercial or facilities maintenance environments (FM background preferred).
• Strong fault-finding, testing, and reactive repair capability.
• Comfortable working in a secure, operational environment around aircraft, workshops, and public/office spaces.
• Good understanding of compliance processes and accurate maintenance paperwork.
• Full UK Driver’s License (maximum 6 points, no drink driving offences).

Apply now and a member of our dedicated recruitment team will be in touch to discuss your application.