Electrician
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Job Location:
Milton Keynes - UK
Yearly Salary:
GBP 25001 - 40000
Posted on:
24-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We have an opportunity for an Electrician to join our WPS team within our Reactive Housing Maintenance Division. You will be working from our Milton Keynesoffice and covering the surrounding areas working on our social housing contract. The primary focus of this role will be to undertake all tasks to achieve first time fix and deliver a high standard of workmanship in a timely and productive manner always affording excellent customer service to the client.
Key Accountabilities will include:
- Undertaking repair/ renewal works within your Electricians remit and work with associated trades
- Ensure maintenance work is undertaken safely and in accordance with all technical standards
- Communicate effectively with residents scheduler and line manager
- Work safely and in compliance with Health & Safety and safeguarding requirements
- Remain up-to-date with technical and legal requirements of skill area
- Working in partnership with other operatives to complete repairs if required
- Completing time sheets work sheets detailing work undertaken and materials used after each job undertaken via a PDA
You must have:
- A full UK driving licence
- Level 3 Qualification
- 18th Edition
We are looking for a qualified and experienced Electrician who can utilise their skills to deliver small projects and repair works. You will hold a full UK diving licence be confident in managing your own workload and will ideally already have experience of the housing maintenance sector.
Given the nature of this position you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicants criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
To learn more about the checks included in this process please click on the following link: National Security Vetting
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UKs leading family-owned development building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose reimagining places for people to thrive and our three promises:
Thriving places working with customers partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable inclusive and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included invested in and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
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Key Skills
- Low Voltage
- Hand Tools
- Commercial Electrician Experience
- Construction Experience
- Electrical Experience
- Generator Repair
- NEC
- Schematics
- High Voltage
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Power Tools
- Troubleshooting
About Company
The Wates Group is one of the largest family-owned construction, development and property services companies in the UK.
