Electrician

Job Introduction

HMP Forest Bank are recruiting for an Electrician to join the Maintenance Team. If you are an experienced electrician to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer opportunities for career progression. As an electrician, you will install, maintain and repair electrical control, wiring and lighting systems within the prison.

HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.

Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.

For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice

Role Responsibility

• Install, maintain and repair electrical control, wiring and lighting systems
• Read technical diagrams
• Perform general electrical maintenance
• Inspect circuit breakers and other electrical components
• Troubleshoot electrical issues using appropriate testing devices
• Repair and replace equipment, electrical wiring or fixtures
• Install, maintain and repair electrical control, wiring, and lighting systems.
• Ensuring compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements by directing or coordinating installation, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, documentation, support or testing activities.
• Ensuring that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements by preparing electrical systems specifications, technical drawings or topographical maps.
• Establishing construction, manufacturing or installation standards or specifications by performing a wide range of detailed calculations.

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

• Completion of electrician apprenticeship.
• Experience working as an electrician.
• I.E.E. 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
• Valid driver's license.
• Electrical system and maintenance and repair knowledge.

Package Description

Salary £30,000 per annum

What we offer

• Free meals
• Free parking
• Bupa Healthcare Cash Plan – claim towards costs such as prescriptions, dental and optical treatments for you and your children
• Life assurance
• Access to 24 hour GP service for you and your children
• Subsidised gym membership
• Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)

Normal working day 0800 - 1600

You will be required to work 1 weekend in 7 which you then receive the Friday off after the weekend of work.

You will be on call 1 week in 14 start time 0930 - 1800. Call out allowance plus 4hrs at time and a half if called out and there is regular overtime available.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.