About the Role
You’ll play a vital role in maintaining the safety, compliance, and comfort of residents’ homes. Working across our housing stock, you’ll complete day-to-day reactive repairs, planned maintenance tasks, and occasional minor installation works.
With a strong pipeline of work and an established presence in the area, this is a great opportunity to join a growing team that makes a real difference to local communities. We’re looking for someone reliable, proactive, and committed to delivering excellent workmanship and customer care.
Electrical Duties
1. Carry out reactive and planned electrical repairs within domestic properties
2. Fault finding and repairs to lighting circuits, sockets, consumer units/fuseboards, and associated electrical systems
3. Inspect, test, and certify electrical installations to ensure safety and compliance with current regulations
4. Repair or replace faulty components including switches, sockets, light fittings, circuit breakers, and extractor fans
5. Complete minor installation works as required as part of maintenance or refurbishment programmes
6. Work independently or as part of a team to achieve daily repair and productivity targets
7. Communicate clearly and professionally with tenants or residents, explaining works undertaken and expected outcomes
8. Ensure work areas are left clean, safe, and tidy on completion
9. Accurately complete job records using relevant IT systems to manage and prioritise workload
10. Adhere to all health and safety policies, procedures, and safe systems of work
11. Deliver consistently high levels of customer service
12. Participate in emergency and out-of-hours call-out rotas where required
Role Criteria
13. NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installations (including AM2)
14. City & Guilds 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
15. Full UK driving licence with a clean driving record
16. Proven experience working in domestic properties, ideally within social housing or repairs & maintenance
17. Inspection & Testing qualification (2391 or equivalent – 2394/2395) desirable
Benefits We Can Offer You
18. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
19. Annual Mears Fun Day – a thank you from our Executive team
20. Volunteering Leave – paid time to support community initiatives
21. Mears Rewards – discounts on groceries, holidays, eye tests, Share Save scheme and more
22. Family-friendly policies
23. Company van, fuel card, uniform and PPE provided
All roles require candidates to have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not currently available.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged 21 or over, have held your licence for at least 3 months, and have fewer than 9 points.
Please note that all appointments are subject to relevant background, identity, and security checks prior to employment.