Electrician South West - 8018
Title: Electrician - Maintenance/Installer
Contract Type: 1 year FTC, full time, 40 hours per week
Salary: £43,000 - £46,500 per annum pro rata (based on qualifications & experience)
Grade: DM Tech 05
Working Location: South West region
Mobile Based Worker: contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident home, estates etc, with ad hoc office attendance as required
Closing Date: Monday 3rd August 2026 at 9am
Interviews - 6th August 2026
*Previous Applicants May Not Apply* - (if prior applications were regretted within 12 weeks)
With effect from February 2026, L&Q reserve the right to not shortlist applications from candidates with 3 or more unsuccessful applications within the last 24 months.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
Please click here for the role profile - Electrician - Role Profile.pdf
Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…
Join our Electrical Team at L&Q:
We are looking for an experienced Electrician to join of our in house Maintenance team covering our South West neighbourhood.
This is a rewarding and exciting opportunity to make a difference to our residents’ life and lead the way in delivering a customer centred service. Our Electricians are responsible for ensuring that all they do is with our residents’ satisfaction and best interests in mind. As an L&Q employee you will ensure that the you demonstrate our values consistently.
This role is on the front-line delivering service and has direct impact on L&Q’s reputation; the focus will be high quality work and on first time fix approach.
We are focused on meeting targets, both financial and customer related working to time frames and making sure that jobs per day are completed on time and within cost.
The team must have a firm knowledge and be ability to actively contribute to ensuring that the Direct Maintenance team’s KPIs are meet.
We are looking for experienced individuals with a good working knowledge in building and/or housing environment, particularly within social housing or local authority experience of working within domestic and or commercial Electrician role.
You will have a good knowledge, understanding and experience of Inspection & testing of electrical installations, including good ability to fault find.
As well as a customer service focus candidate will have a good understanding of the Health and Safety requirements and will act with resident safety in mind.
To be considered for this role, candidates must hold recognised qualifications in the following areas:
Core Technical Competence – All Electrical Works (EAS Table 4C)
Applicants must meet one of the following routes:
Route 1:
NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Apprenticeship or equivalent*
(including AM2 where required under the EAS Qualifications Guide)
Route 2:
Older Technical or Craft Qualifications*
(AM2 required where applicable)
Route 3:
Experienced Worker Qualification (Maintenance/Installation Electrician)*
or ECS Gold Card (Maintenance/Installation Electrician) or equivalent
*AM2 must be held when specified in the EAS Qualifications Guide.
Wiring Regulations (EAS Table 4D)
Level 3 Award in the Requirements for Electrical Installations (BS 7671:2018)
Desirable Qualifications
Level 3 Award in the Periodic Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations (QCF) or equivalent
What you'll bring:
To be considered for this role Candidates will be able to demonstrate and or have:
Maintenance experience preferably gained within Social Housing or a similar environment.
Excellent customer service with proven track record in delivering service to internal and external customers
Good knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety
Ability to work in a pressured environment under strict time constraints
Experience with completing electrical certification, including periodic inspections & testing.
Full driving licence
Candidates are required to have own hand tools (larger tools and specialist equipment will be arranged if needed)
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk
About L&Q:
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.
250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate Values and Strategy Behaviours.pdf, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.
When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!
Salary range
- £43,000 - £46,500 per year