Electrical Technician

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Paradigm Housing

Working for yourself has its merits, but it’s a tough gig. If you’re feeling like you want all the good stuff without the hassle and need a change then read on to find out more about this role and our fantastic employment benefits.

If you (or someone you know) is/are an experienced Electrical Technician, then apply and we could be doing all of the stuff you hate, leaving you to do the things you’re really good at and that you enjoy!

Alternatively, you may be working for another business but would like to move to an organisation that is on firm financial footing, with excellent benefits and has a track record in promoting talent from within.

Due to growth in our business, a strong commitment to our customer care standards, health & safety aims, environmental and sustainability agenda, we have a number of vacancies within Our Direct Labour Operation (DLO).

As a Paradigm Technician working for our DLO, we’ll supply you with a fully equipped hybrid van (no insurance renewals or services to concern yourself with as we do that) and a fuel card to ensure you can get around easily. We’ll provide you with an electronic tablet where your you can see your scheduled jobs and access our intranet for the latest company news. You’ll also get a mobile ‘phone, work clothing and PPE and we’ll aim to book your jobs in your local area where possible. You will be the face of Paradigm and will deliver a quality service to our customers in their homes, so a friendly and polite manner is as important as competence and high standards of work in your given trade.

Paradigm’s compliance electrical team is an integral service required to ensure 100% electrical compliance on all of our properties. You will carry out day to day electrical maintenance work including EICR’s, installation, service, repairs, re-wires to domestic properties and carry out emergency lighting annual testing and other duties allocated to as the business may require. You will work unsupervised and in accordance with all Paradigm’s policies and procedures to achieve a ‘first time fix’ level of service whilst providing excellent customer service to our tenants.

Role specific requirements:

Extensive experience in all types of electrical work including domestic installation, periodic inspection reports, fault finding, service, repairs and re-wires

• City and Guilds 2365 level 2 and 3 (or equivalent)
• 17th Edition or 18th Edition
• Sound knowledge of relevant legislation and/or Codes of Practice i.e. construction, building regulations and health and safety
• A high level of literacy and numeracy to enable associated works to be completed
• Full valid driving licence
• An ability to make well-informed decisions in line with business interest by using own initiative
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to excellent standards in customer service

Paradigm employees more than 550 staff has over 16,000 properties, with an annual turnover of over £120million, we are a financially strong, safety conscious, and an environmentally aware social housing provider. We endeavour to make the best use of our resources in order to provide a cost effective and professional service to our customers, we aim to provide a first fix service where possible, with professional, polite and competent people delivering and exceeding on our Customer Care Standards.

We offer a very generous package including the following:

• Holidays – 25 days to start (this rises with service to a maximum of 30 days) PLUS x 3 paid days between Xmas and new year when we close, plus the opportunity to buy up to another 5 days – subject to condition
• Pension scheme: employee minimum contribution of 3% and Paradigm will contribute 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employee’s contribution rate.
• Car Leasing scheme (subject to conditions)
• Annual Bonus potential
• On-call potential payments (for some roles, depending on business needs)

• Family Friendly policies incl generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared parental and adoption leave, sabbaticals and more
• Health Cash Plan – worth over £1,800 p/a includes Dental, Optical, Prescriptions and Flu jabs, Physiotherapy plus much more
• Opportunities for career advancement – if that’s what you want, but it’s fine if you don’t
• Social events, such as Quiz nights, Xmas Party, Summer BBQ

We are a Best Companies 1 STAR accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and offer a welcoming and friendly environment. The organisation is clearly focussed on the delivery of its corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including improving our environment and sustainability targets to deliver quality homes to people who need them. We support flexible ways of working and welcome applications from all sections of the communities we work in.