Electrician

Bedfordshire

Perm

Build Recruitment provides specialist recruitment services, supplying quality candidates on a temporary or permanent basis to leading organisations throughout the built environment - from executive to operative level.

With offices in London, Manchester and the Southwest, we specialise in Housing, Construction, Facilities Management, Property, Surveying, Health & Safety and Sales. We supply candidates from executive to operative level, and are currently working with a Housing Association, who are looking for an Electricians. 

 
Day to day duties for an Electrician 

• Responsive Repairs:
  Attending day-to-day electrical faults in occupied properties — no power, tripping circuits, broken sockets, faulty lights, immersion issues, extractor fans, etc.

• Planned Electrical Works:
  Carrying out scheduled maintenance such as emergency light testing, smoke/heat detector checks, and fixed-wire inspections across BPHA properties.

• EICRs & Remedials:
  Completing electrical condition reports, identifying C1/C2/C3 defects and carrying out associated remedial works (RCD installs, rewires, bonding upgrades, replacing DBs).

• Minor Installation Works:
  Adding new sockets, replacing light fittings, upgrading extractor fans, installing new circuits, and small rewires where required.

• Heating & Controls:
  Working on electrical components of heating systems — timeclocks, stats, boiler wiring centres, element changes and basic diagnostics.

• Social Housing Safety Compliance:
  Ensuring all work is carried out to BS 7671 standards, keeping properties safe and meeting BPHA’s compliance responsibilities.

• Occupied-Home Working:
  Communicating clearly with tenants, working cleanly, respecting the home, and keeping disruption to a minimum.

• Record Keeping & Certification:
  Filling out job sheets, uploading photos, certifying works, and updating BPHA’s CAFM system.

• Team Support:
  Working alongside other trades (plumbers, multies, gas engineers) and assisting with joint jobs where electrical input is needed.

• Emergency Call-Outs (if required):
  Responding to urgent issues such as no lights/no power, alarms, or unsafe electrics needing immediate attention.

Benefits for multi trader:

• Van fuel card provided
• Power tools provided
• Weekly pay every Friday
• Opportunity to go permanent after temp period

Please apply or contact George Masson  at Build Recruitment for further details. 07900 864144

We'll take the time to understand your career history and motivations for a new role. We'll also take references and may ask for proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

We work with a wide variety of clients in the public and private sector, and we will work with you to identify clients in which your skills, experience and personality will fit. Once we submit you for a role you will receive support and regular communication throughout the interview process.

From there our commitment to you is all about being your career partner. We'll identify suitable jobs, provide support, and career guidance and even provide regular salary benchmarking.

The ideal candidate for this position would have experience as a maintenance operative or multi skilled operative or multi trade operative or multi trader or carpenter or joiner or UPVC specialist or plumber or plumber multi trader or plasterer or plasterer multi trader or multi trade operative or multi skilled operative or maintenance operative or handyman , Electrician, Electrical installations with experience in social housing or housing associations or domestic properties or council properties or MOD (Minstry of defense)