Electrician

Wates Smartspace


Date: 2 hours ago
City: Walton-on-Thames
Contract type: Full time
The Vacancy

Electrician Opportunity – Join the Wates Team!

Location: Walton-On-Thames & Surrounding Areas

Division: Reactive Maintenance – Social Housing Contract

We’re looking for a skilled and qualified Electrician to join our dedicated team at WPS. Based out of our Walton-On-Thames office, you’ll be working across the surrounding areas, delivering high-quality maintenance and repair services in void properties.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Full electrical testing and production of EICRs
  • Fault finding and rectification
  • Installation of fans, including core drilling where required
  • Replacing and cleaning accessories as needed
  • PAT testing of appliances and tools
  • Delivering a first-time fix approach with excellent customer service
  • Working safely and in line with Health & Safety and safeguarding standards
  • Collaborating with other trades to complete repairs
  • Completing job records and material usage via PDA

What You’ll Need

  • Full NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation
  • Inspection & Testing qualifications (2391 or equivalent)
  • 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
  • A full UK driving licence

What We’re Looking For

A confident and experienced Electrician who can manage their own workload, deliver small projects and repairs, and ideally has experience in the housing maintenance sector. You’ll be proactive, reliable, and committed to delivering top-tier workmanship.

If you’re ready to make a difference in social housing and work with a supportive team, apply today and power up your career with Wates!

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard 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 applicant’s 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

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Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s 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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