Electrical Team Leader

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

We are looking for an oustanding individual who likes a challenge and has a proven track record of leadership and delivery within the electrical industry.

We now have a vacancy for a Electrical Team Leader within our Property Services Maintenance Team.

You will have a clear sense of responsibility and focus with a "can do" attitude whilst complying with the Council’s policies and procedures including (but not limited to) safeguarding, financial regulations, promotion of equalities, customer care, agreed audit actions and health and safety (ensuring that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons).

You will report directly to our Housing Compliance Manager.

What will you be doing?

To be responsible for ensuring the Council legally complies with its responsibities with regards to electrical condition of housing stock and undertakes its legal obligations.

To provide technical leadership to our electrical team of officers, electricians, admin staff and be responsible for the qualifying supervisor (QS) duites, on repairs, rewire installations, upgrades and electrical installation and testing.

Additionally, have experience of managing and monitoring contractors. A good knowledge and understanding of health and safety requirements in conjuction with the electrical role with the ability to write task based risk assessments and safe systems of work.

You will report directly to our Housing Compliance Manager.

About you

You would need to be suitably qualified and experienced to perform the qualifying supervisor role, having served a recognised apprenticeship in Electrical Installation and Maintenance, with minimum qualifications City & Guilds 2391, 2382 18th accreditation and City & Guilds 2396 Electrical Design and Installation or equivalent.

Able to produce clear, concise and persuasive written reports and letters on complex issues.

A commitment to providing excellent customer service, being responsive, flexible and dedicated to 'getting it right first time.'

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused

Respectful

Efficient

Supportive

Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)