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Electrical Testing and Compliance Project Manager

Job introduction

Do you have experience of managing a team of direct reports and contractors who deliver electrical upgrades and testing programmes for domestic and communal installations? Do you have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate and influence both colleagues and customers? Do you have a strong customer focus to deliver projects to time and budget?

If so, our role for a talented and motivated Electrical Testing and Compliance Project Manager within the busy Repairs and Maintenance Department may be of interest to you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Mikila Beck - Operations Manager on 07553 030 601 or [email protected]

About the role

Are you an electrical Qualifying Supervisor (or equivalent)? Do you have experience of managing projects across multiple sites with a high volume of tasks? Do you have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate and influence both colleagues and customers? Do you have a strong customer focus to deliver projects to time and budget? Do you have experience of contractor management and and performance monitoring?

You will be working alongside 6 other project managers as part of the Repairs and Maintenance Service. You will be responsible for delivering the electrical testing and upgrade programme in Housing properties across the city. You will have excellent customer service skills and an understanding of the needs of our diverse staff and customers and be able to tailor delivery accordingly while satisfying all safety, quality, compliance and cost control standards.

You will play a key role in programme production and management for the testing, reporting and upgrading of communal and domestic installations throughout the Brighton and Hove Housing stock. You will need to proactively drive compliance to achieve a 5 year testing programme and motivate the teams to achieve targets and deadlines to realise these goals.

Delivering these projects requires resilience and determination and our focus on customer service makes this work rewarding as we are able to deliver housing improvements to residents across our city.

In return for your skills and hard work, we offer:

• A standard working week of 37 hours per week plus 5.5 hours of contracted overtime (Monday – Friday 08.00 – 17.00). Part-time hours are also available.
• A full induction with job shadowing and on-going mentoring and development
• Paid annual leave
• Pension scheme

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is term-time only. For part time applicants, where your working week is less than the council’s basic 37 hour week, contracted overtime rated pay will not form part of your working hours. This is because overtime rated pay is payable for hours worked in excess of the council’s basic 37 hour week. Your starting salary will be pro rata based on the basic annual salary elements of pay between £43,516 & £46,549.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.