Electrical Team Leader

This is an exciting, brand opportunity for an Electrical Team Leader to join Your Housing Groups Repairs and Maintenance Division and provide a high-quality Electrical repairs and replacement service. Working for a Housing Association can be extremely rewarding, and we are lucky to have a hugely collaborative team of operatives, throughout all Trade professions, who work together to ensure that our customers are safe and warm in their homes. Reporting Directly to the Electrical Manager, the Electrical Team Leader will operationally manage a wider team of Electricians throughout the North-West of England, supporting them with the day-to-day operations, quality checks and managing the team's performance to enable a best-in-class service. We are looking for an experienced Electrician with a wealth of knowledge working within domestic properties, that can demonstrate sound problem-solving abilities to ensure the best results for our customers as well as provide continuous guidance to a team of electricians. If you would like to play a part in this talented and committed team, then it's a great time to come and get involved as the team is growing and evolving. What will my working week look like? Ideally you will live in the North-West of England and be able to travel to any required location to supervise the electrical team, carry out work and inspections when necessary. You will also need to live within a reasonable travelling distance of our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington to attend meetings and training courses when needed. What will I be responsible for doing? First and foremost, you will supervise a team of dedicated electricians providing guidance and support to ensure high standards of work and customer satisfaction. This is a hands-on role where you will be involved with the day-to-day operations including carrying out electrical work, quality checks, performance management and implementing a continuous improvement culture within the team. You will also have responsibility for completing Electrical Installation Condition Reports and associated remedial works in line with BS: 7671, as amended. One of the great things about this role is you can make a real impact in ensuring that our properties remain safe and compliant and that our customers have a safe and warm place to call home.

• A Full UK driving license.
• Electrical NVQ Level 3
• City & Guilds 18th Edition BS7671
• 2391 - 52 Electrical Inspection and testing Qualification
• Customer focused and ability to be able to drive effective customer service and supervise a team.
• The ability to build and maintain positive relationships with others to achieve results.
• The ability to complete tasks accurately and on time when working under pressure.
• Team Management Experience
Experience of any of the following would be of real interest to us but is not essential to apply.
• Relevant sector/Social Housing experience
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office applications and housing applications
• Principal Duty Holder Experience
This role is really suited to and experienced Electrician looking to take the next step in their career whilst maintaining some of the hands-on operational electrical repair's duties to ensure the best quality of service is delivered to each customer. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering the tight first time and have the drive and ability to motivate the team even during busy periods. This role also offers genuine progression opportunities, many of our operatives go on to gain further qualifications, take on secondment roles or managerial posts internally when they arise. So, if this sounds like a role that you would be good at, working within a team environment you would enjoy, then we would love to hear from you.

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford. As one of the North's sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by building over 100 new homes a year and continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties, tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play a huge part in delivering these services to our customers. We're an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'. As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

In return we offer £40,000 - £42,500 for a 40-hour week, and 22 days annual leave, plus 3 discretionary days between Christmas & New Year, plus Bank Holidays but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance. On top of this, we'll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 6%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn't just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.