Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Mountsorrel Depot, Hawcliffe Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire LE12 7AH
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: £29,784 - £32,004 per annum plus Market Premia [10% of top of grade]
Working Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 21st April 2024
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
An opportunity has arisen for a Street Lighting Electrician to join our Operational Highways team at Leicestershire County Council, working as part of the team providing professional electrical support to service activities, undertake works on large scale installation programmes, support various projects including developer works, and other electrical schemes as instructed relating to street lighting, traffic signs and signals, and any other electrical signs and/or lighting as directed to meet programme and time targets.
Activities included in this role are: Electrical installations, Site Supervision, Estimated costing of repairs, Testing, Fault diagnosis and repair.
The nature of the work may involve you carrying out work outside of normal working hours and at different locations than your designated base.
About You
To apply for this post the candidate must hold or have:
1. New Roads and Streetworks Act (NRSWA) Qualification (Operatives), City & Guilds Parts 1&2 Electrical Installation, BS 7671, 16th Edition IEE Wiring Regs. or above, AM1 Practical Exam (Minimum), HEA/HERS registered, Mobile Elevated Work Platforms licence, Electricity at Work Act.
or demonstrable evidence of skills and experience with a commitment to attaining the essential qualifications.
2. Electrical experience, preferably in an electrical installation environment.
3. Extensive knowledge of street lighting and electrical specifications, materials, and workmanship requirements.
4. Extensive knowledge of safe working practices when using plant and machinery and of construction Health, Safety and Environmental requirements and safe working procedures.
5. Core communication skills both written and verbal.
6. Is able and willing to work with everyone in the team, use their own initiative in planning and prioritising and can respond confidently to customers & colleagues with understanding & diplomacy whilst maintaining an objective & professional stance.
7. is well organised and be able to prioritise own workload and is self-motivated and can use their own initiative
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role,