The Vacancy
🔌 Electrician
📍 Location: Reading
🏢 Company: WPS / Liberty
Are you a qualified electrician with a passion for green energy and working in social housing? Join us at Liberty and help build a cleaner, smarter future 🌱⚡
What We Offer:
1. Work-Life Balance: Competitive annual leave + bank holidays
2. Health & Wellbeing: 🩺 24/7 GP access, mental health support, fitness programs
3. Training & Growth: 📚 Ongoing professional development
Your Role Includes:
4. Installing, testing, and commissioning solar PV systems (desirable)
5. Performing high-standard electrical works
6. Fault finding and interpreting technical drawings
7. Working with DC/AC circuits, inverters, isolators
8. Adhering to HSE protocols and reading RAMS
9. Communicating effectively and maintaining accurate records
What You’ll Need:
✅ Recognised Electrical Apprenticeship or full qualifications
✅ 18th Edition I.E.E
✅ 2391 or equivalent Testing & Inspection
✅ AM2
✅ ECS Gold Card
✅ Full UK driving license (under 7 points)
✅ Own tools
✅ Passion for sustainability 🌍
Desirable Skills:
10. Experience in solar PV or renewables (training available)
11. MCS Accreditation knowledge
12. PAS 2030 familiarity
13. G98/G99 understanding
14. Solar PV qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds 2399, LCL Awards, BPEC)
Why WPS/Liberty?
We’re a diverse, supportive team focused on personal development, wellbeing, and making a real impact in our communities. Join us for a rewarding career with industry leaders 💪
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Awards
BEST PROJECT
Inside Housing Development Awards
WINNER
2022 Construction News Awards Winner
GOLD AWARD
Investors in People 2022
GOLD AWARD
Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
TOP 50 EMPLOYERS
2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
WINNER
2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards