Electrical Qualified Supervisor

Location: Ealing

Salary: £59,739 to £63,159 per annum (inclusive)

The Role

The Council have an exciting new opportunity as Electrical Qualified Supervisor available on a full-time basis to be the qualified supervisor (QS) for the council’s NICEIC corporate membership, supervising the quality and compliance of all electrical work to ensure it meets the necessary requirements.

At the Council, they are committed to ensuring every family has a decent living income and can afford a genuinely affordable home. They strive to create communities where everyone can live a long, happy, and healthy life, full of pride and identity. They aim to create an environment where every child can reach their potential and achieve their dreams.

This is a position of technical authority and carries out a corresponding level of responsibility, and so they require the post holder to hold a valid qualification as supervisor (QS) for the council’s NICEIC corporate membership, to supervise the quality and compliance of all electrical work.

The post holder will support the NICEIC principal duty holder (PDH) in their role to ensure that the following tasks are carried out;

• Arrange safe systems of work.
• Check the competence of staff and contractors doing electrical works
• All electrical trade staff and contractors are fully briefed and supervised
• Create or supervise Risk Assessment and Method Statements
• To supervise electrical installation works undertaken by staff and contractors
• To assess the competence of all staff and contractors for electrical works
• To implement a program of skills development for all relevant staff
• To plan, implement, check and review all electrical works in the London Borough of Ealing Property Services portfolio
• To supervise staff and contractors and audit works to report areas of non-compliance or unsafe working practices
• To advise the PDH of any electrical system or competence improvements required
• To ensure that electrical work meets the requirements of the current BS 7671 and Building Regulations/Standards and other Health and Safety Legislation
• To foster and encourage a strong culture of positive health and safety and electrical compliance.

The qualified supervisor needs to be a personable character, able and willing to engage with different stakeholders, internal clients, colleagues, and contractors, to plan the electrical works, managing the access, availability, negotiating limitations, and ensuring a smooth implementation of works to achieve compliance and value for money.

This is an excellent opportunity for a person with senior technical knowledge and experience who wants to access a managerial level to exert a positive influence at a council level.

The Property Services department has an excellent team and resources to support this position.

Their CAFM /IWMS system is Concerto.

Skills and Qualifications

• The successful candidate will have a managerial style based on technical authority, humble but convincing style, able to adapt their communication depending on the audience.
• You will be engaging, methodical, a good listener and communicator, able to identify, structure and elaborate solutions to complex problems, and prioritise under pressure.
• Experience managing or as an advance user of CAFM/IWMS system will be valued.
• Successful experience managing teams of technicians, contractors, stakeholders, subcontractors, will be requested to evidence with samples.
• You will be proficient in a full range of MS Office applications, FM business IT systems such as Concerto (CAFM), Trend (BMS) and other building related control systems.
• You will have the authority level to plan, commission, supervise and report planned preventative maintenance of electrical certification and remedial work together with reactive maintenance up to an annual value circa £650k.
• You must have the right to work in the UK. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable Council, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://jobs.ealing.gov.uk/council_job/electrical-qualified-supervisor-2/

The Council is committed to creating good jobs and delivering on its connected communities’ agenda. They are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive.

They therefore welcome applications from all residents of the borough, they particularly welcome applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in their workforce.

Please note all applications will be determined on merit.

The Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Council follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.  The post holder will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

This post is subject to the Council’s enhanced vetting process.

This role is deemed customer facing and as such you must have a command of spoken English which is sufficient to enable you to effectively perform the role.  This requirement relates to Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.

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