Title: Electrician
Contract Type: Permanent 36.25hours
Salary: £37,200 per annum
Grade: 5
Reporting Office: Manchester, Trafford
Working Location: Manchester
Persona: Mobile/Field Based Worker: Contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident home, estates etc, with ad hoc office attendance as required
Working Pattern: 8 to 4 Monday to Friday. Call outs per rota basis
Closing Date: 29th June at 11pm
Interview Dates: 3rd July 2026
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…
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
*Previous Applicants May Not Apply* - (if prior applications were regretted within 12 weeks)
L&Q reserve the right not to progress applications from candidates with 3 or more unsuccessful applications/interview processes with L&Q in the previous 24 months
Join our Electrical Team at L&Q:
L&Q is one of the UK’s largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
L&Q are looking for a qualified Electrician to join the in house Maintenance team based in our reactive repairs service in the North West. Covering our Manchester patch.
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.
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
Your impact in the role:
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.
What you'll bring:
To be considered for this role it is essential you hold qualifications within one of the following qualification routes:
- NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Apprenticeship or equivalent (must include AM2 where required by the EAS Qualifications Guide)
-or-
- Technical or Craft Qualifications (must include AM2 where required)
-or-
- Experienced Worker Qualification (Maintenance/Installation Electrician) (must include AM2 where required)
Plus
- Level 3 Award in the Requirements for Electrical Installations (BS7671:2018)
Please note, it would be desirable (not essential) if you hold the following qualification:
Level 3 Award in the Periodic Inspection, Testing and Certification of in-service 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
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. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
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, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q – click here to read more.
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!