Electrician

The Role Fortem Solutions are currently recruiting for an Electrician to join us on our social housing maintenance team on the Stonewater Housing contract This will be covering a patch of social housing properties across Yeovil, Taunton, Bridgwater and surrounding areas.

The Client Stonewater Housing is one of our long-term Social Housing contracts. We look after over 7,500 properties in 4 different areas of the South-West, from Taunton and Yeovil, over to Bristol and Swindon and down to Salisbury and Bournemouth.

We currently deliver Repairs & Maintenance, Voids, Capital Works and an Electrical Service program. Duties & Responsibilities The Electrician's duties and responsibilities will include the following:

• Inspect & test electrical installations and have the ability to fill in correctly, the appropriate Electrical Certificate or Electrical Condition Report
• Carry out EICRs and remedial upgrades to properties and consumer unit changes
• Advising Supervisor in a timely manner when other trades are required.
• Working in partnership with other operatives to complete projects.
• Completing daily work sheets detailing work undertaken and materials used after each job undertaken.
• Working in a timely and productive manner to complete projects.
• Provide excellent customer service to both tenants and clients. What You Will Need Essential criteria:
• C&G 18th Edition Certificate
• Testing & Inspecting Certificate 2391 or C&G 2377
• PAT Certificate
• Full UK driving license with less than 6 points and no recent driving bans Desirable criteria:
• Previous experience working within a social housing environment Benefits
• We provide a company Van and Fuel card for work purposes PPE and Power Tools
• Eligible for bonus up to 5% per annum
• 25 days annual leave bank holidays & your birthday off (34 days total)
• Pay review every year
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms
• Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System and Fortem Advance schemes available for career progression
• 24/7 access to GP appointment for you and your immediate family from Day 1
• Private pension employer contribution 3-6% of your base salary into your pension pot
• Life Insurance, dental care, private healthcare insurance and eye care vouchers

Cycle-to-work scheme, mobile phone provider shopping discounts & more Who we are and why we are a great place to work! Fortem are Social Housing property experts. It is our sole focus, and the only sector we have worked in since inception in 2002.

We successfully deliver works across three workstreams - Repairs & Maintenance, Capital Works and Retrofit. Our mission is to raise the bar in Social Housing and help our clients provide safe, warm and decent homes for people to live in - because Every Home Matters. *Please note that we may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage early applications.

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