Current Vacancies

Electrical Manager

£50,000 – £56,000

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic electrical manager to be based at our Chelmsford office. The ideal candidate will be: a self-starter, have strong leadership skills and excellent organisational and communication skills; be professional, personable and approachable, a real people person and enjoy building and fostering client and engineer relationships; will use your solid technical knowledge to ensure the company always delivers high quality electrical work.

Job Description

  • Managing a team of approximately 10 electricians
  • Monitoring engineer performance including reviews & disciplinaries
  • Identifying skills gaps, CPD requirements
  • Ensuring team follows electrical regs and company standards
  • Auditing engineer work & quality control
  • Leading monthly engineer meetings via Teams & face to face
  • Dealing with technical queries from clients and engineers
  • Preparing quotes using company software & templates
  • Ordering materials and equipment
  • Managing occasional project work in conjunction with the admin team
  • Ensuring profitability of jobs and identifying ways to increase revenues and efficiency.
  • Editing RAMS templates and monitoring engineer compliance.
  • Undertaking site visits across London & the South East
  • Maintaining client relationships
  • Investigating technical escalations and complaints
  • Working with tools as necessary day to day during emergencies and supporting staff
  • Staying up-to-date on industry trends, regulations, and best practices

Person Specification

  • Strong leadership skills
  • Excellent organisational & communication skills
  • Solid technical knowledge
  • Budgeting skills
  • Project management skills
  • Personable & approachable
  • NVQ Level 3
  • Testing & Inspection
  • Managerial experience – 5 years

Preferable qualifications

  • Design (C&G 2396)
  • ILM Level 3
  • IOSH Managing Safely
  • SMSTS

What we can offer:

  • Company vehicle & fuel card
  • Company phone & laptop
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Flexible working where schedule allows
  • Career progression & opportunity for growth in an expanding company
  • Friendly team atmosphere and support
  • Company events
  • Bike2Work Scheme

To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@drakeelectrical.com

 

 

Mobile Electrician

£42,000-£48,000

We are recruiting for an experienced mobile maintenance and installation electrician for work in commercial buildings, around London and surrounding counties. Working for a small, friendly company providing a high standard of fault finding, maintenance, repair and testing works to a high profile portfolio of sites.

The ideal candidate will be professional, approachable and well presented, communicating effectively with high profile clients, other engineers and the admin team; have solid technical knowledge and have a passion for providing high quality electrical work, with a good knowledge of the regs; have exceptional attention to detail, taking pride in your work and working hard to complete jobs to a high standard; have excellent fault-finding skills, using your experience to diagnose and rectify faults quickly and effectively.

The role includes:

  • Travelling to and working at a portfolio of commercial sites across London and the surrounding counties
  • PPM & reactive maintenance callouts to commercial buildings
  • Surveying for remedial works
  • Installation & repair works
  • Testing & inspection including EICRs
  • Completing paperwork in a timely manner (using our online job tracking software)
  • Completing electrical certificates (using EasyCert software)
  • Overseeing junior engineers where necessary
  • Fault finding and problem solving
  • Maintaining a high level of H&S & working knowledge of H&S systems
  • Liaising with contractors and end clients in a professional and polite manner, always projecting a positive image of the company.
  • Liaising with office staff and clearly communicating works undertaken and next steps to be taken

What we can offer:

  • £42,000 – £48,000 basic salary depending on experience (overtime, night work and weekend work also available) and travel is paid door to door in addition to time on site
  • 40 hours per week
  • Company van & fuel card
  • Company phone & laptop
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Flexible working where schedule allows
  • Career progression & opportunity for growth in an expanding company
  • Friendly team atmosphere and support
  • Company events

Essential requirements:

  • JIB gold card
  • 2391 (or equivalent)
  • C&G 2330 Level 3 (or equivalent)
  • NVQ Level 3 & AM2
  • 18th Edition
  • Full clean driving license
  • Experience of electrical installation, maintenance and repair in commercial buildings
  • EICR experience in commercial buildings
  • Strong fault-finding skills
  • Able to work independently and on own initiative, self-starter and self-motivated
  • Happy to travel across London & surrounding counties – lots of driving will be involved
  • Polite, friendly and professional & smart appearance
  • Solution focused with a strong work ethic & good timekeeping
  • Flexibility to work days, nights or weekends as required
  • Minimum of 5 years’ electrical experience after qualification

Preferred skills:

  • IPAF
  • PASMA
  • SSSTS / SMSTS
  • First aid qualification
  • Asbestos Awareness
  • 5+ years testing experience
  • EICR experience
  • Data experience (Cat5e & Cat6)
  • EV charge point experience
  • Knowledge of emergency lighting regulations (BS 5266)
  • Knowledge of LV panel & switch gear maintenance

To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@drakeelectrical.com