Electrician

Maintenance Electrician

North East & Carlisle / Cumbria

£36,804 Basic Salary | 40 Hours Monday to Friday | Door-to-Door Travel | Company Van & Fuel Card with Unlimited Personal Use | Overtime | 5% Pension Match | Private Healthcare

We're recruiting for a Maintenance Electrician to join a specialist building maintenance team covering a portfolio of prestigious National Trust properties across the North East and Cumbria.
This is a varied mobile role working across historic and heritage buildings, carrying out planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs and minor installation work. If you enjoy working on unique sites where quality workmanship matters, this is an opportunity to work on some of the UK's most recognisable properties.
Experience working within listed or protected buildings would be an advantage, while knowledge of MICC (Mineral Insulated Copper Clad) cabling would be beneficial.

The Role

Working Monday to Friday on a 40-hour week, you'll carry out electrical maintenance across multiple sites with flexible start and finish times to suit operational requirements.
The role involves both planned and reactive work, ensuring electrical systems remain safe, compliant and fully operational while working within the strict preservation standards expected on heritage sites.
You'll also support basic mechanical maintenance where required and work closely with other engineers to deliver a first-class service.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on electrical systems.
Diagnose faults and complete reactive electrical repairs.
Complete minor installation and remedial works.
Support colleagues with electrical and basic mechanical maintenance tasks.
Ensure all work complies with current regulations and site-specific procedures.
Accurately complete job reports and update the Mercury CAFM system.
Maintain company tools and equipment to a high standard.
Travel across the North East and Cumbria portfolio as required.
Deliver excellent customer service while maintaining high standards of workmanship.
Work safely and achieve agreed service levels and KPIs.

What You'll Need

NVQ/SVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installations or a recognised electrical apprenticeship.
18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance within commercial buildings.
Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
Full UK driving licence.
Experience working within heritage or listed buildings would be advantageous.
Knowledge of MICC cabling would be beneficial.
Testing & Inspection experience or the 2391 qualification is not essential but would be an advantage.

What's On Offer

Basic Salary: £36,804
40-hour week, Monday to Friday
Flexible start and finish times
Door-to-door paid travel
Company van with unlimited personal use
Fuel card included
Overtime paid at 1.5x Monday to Friday and 2x weekends
Call-out rota of 1 in 4
No standby requirement
5% employer pension match
Private healthcare
Life insurance
33 days annual leave
Company tablet and mobile phone
Full uniform and PPE provided
Ongoing training and genuine opportunities for career progression

About the Business

This business delivers planned and reactive building maintenance across a portfolio of heritage and commercial properties throughout the UK. Engineers are trusted to work independently while maintaining exceptionally high standards, with long-term contracts providing stable work and ongoing investment in training and development.

Apply

If you're a qualified Maintenance Electrician, Commercial Electrician or Building Maintenance Electrician looking for a Monday to Friday role with paid travel, regular overtime and the chance to work on some of the UK's most historic buildings, we'd like to hear from you.

Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business