Electrician

Job Description: Electrician - Social Housing (Day-to-Day Repairs)
Job Title: Electrician
Sector: Social Housing
Type: Full-Time / Permanent
Reports to: Repairs Supervisor / Electrical Manager
Location: Leeds

Job details

To carry out day-to-day electrical repairs, maintenance, and minor installations across social housing properties. The role ensures tenants receive a safe, efficient, and customer-focused service, maintaining compliance with relevant electrical and health & safety regulations.

Key Responsibilities

Respond to day-to-day repair requests and diagnose electrical faults in domestic properties.
Carry out repairs, replacements, and installations including (but not limited to):

• Sockets and switches
• Lighting circuits and fittings
• Consumer unit components
• Extractor fans
• Shower circuits
• Minor rewires and remedial works
• Complete Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRs) where required and undertake remedial actions.
• Ensure all work complies with current BS 7671 Wiring Regulations and organisational safety standards.
• Maintain accurate job records using handheld devices or paperwork as required.
• Provide excellent customer service when working in tenants' homes, ensuring professionalism and respect at all times.
• Report safeguarding concerns, property condition issues, or tenancy-related risks to the appropriate teams.
• Work collaboratively with planners, supervisors, and other trades to deliver a high-quality repairs service.
• Participate in an out-of-hours emergency rota if required.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience working as a domestic electrician, ideally within social housing.
• Strong fault-finding skills and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills, particularly when working in occupied homes.
• Ability to use mobile devices to receive work orders and complete reports.
• Awareness of social housing environments and sensitivity when dealing with vulnerable tenants.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation or equivalent.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671).
• City & Guilds 2391 or 2394/2395 (preferred but not always essential).
• Full UK driving licence.

Personal Attributes

• Reliable, proactive, and well-organised.
• Customer-focused with a positive attitude.
• Able to work safely and follow procedures.
• Respectful when working in diverse homes and communities.

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