Senior Electrician

at  Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC

LOCATION: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL, RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY HARWELL, OXFORDSHIRE

We are inviting you to join us and to pursue a career in the very work that drove you to be an engineer. At STFC, you will be encouraged to stretch your technical skills while building human understanding and promoting sustainability. Your work will ensure our world-leading scientists and technologists are able to conduct the research needed to improve lives in the UK and far beyond.
Put simply, join us and discover the impact you can make when you’re equipped, encouraged and inspired to perform to your very best.
We are looking to recruit a Senior Electrician within the ISIS Electrical Maintenance Section, which is part of the ISIS Electrical Services Group. Within this role, you will be working closely with the Electrical Maintenance Section Leader, technicians, apprentices and contract staff, maintaining low voltage systems and equipment throughout ISIS.
With the support of your team, you will be responsible for lighting, uninterruptible power supplies, generators and variable speed drives. You will have a demonstrated ability to work safely, on your own or as part of a team. This role requires a logical approach to fault finding, ability to read electrical schematic drawings and be capable of co-ordinating packages of maintenance work.

We are looking for someone with:

• Level 3 electrical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent experience.
• Latest BS7671 IET wiring regulations qualification.
• City & Guilds inspection & testing 2391 or equivalent.
• Proven experience in an electrical maintenance role.
• Health & safety training.
• Strong communication and organisation skills as you will have the responsibility to liaise with scientists and other engineering disciplines.What we offer

We are offering a permanent position with a whole host of benefits including:

• 30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days)
• Flexible working hours.
• An excellent defined average salary pension scheme
• Employee shopping/travel discounts
• Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!

UKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.
We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business-support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. They turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.
What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe’s largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover what’s possible.

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