Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer (University Campus)

Reading

£35,000 - £45,000 OTE + 39 Days Holiday + 36-Hour Week + £2,700 On-Call Allowance + £600 Skill Payments

Looking for an Electrical Maintenance role within a diverse University Campus offering market-leading company benefits including excellent holiday entitlement and lots of salary enhancements to boost earnings?

This is a permanent, in-house Senior Electrician position within a large University estate - offering predictable hours, structured workload, strong long-term security and additional earnings through skill payments and on-call.

With a 36-hour week, 39 days' leave and circa 7% employer pension contribution, this role is built around stability and work-life balance - not constant commercial site pressure.

The Role

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• Deliver planned and reactive electrical maintenance across campus buildings
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• Carry out fault finding, testing and compliance works
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• Ensure statutory electrical compliance and safe systems of work
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• Join the on-call rota after initial period (£2,900 annual allowance)
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The Person

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• NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation (or equivalent)
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• 18th Edition
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• Strong electrical maintenance and fault-finding experience
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• 2391 Testing & Inspection (additional £600 payment if held)
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• JIB Gold Card (additional £600 payment if held)
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This role suits a maintenance electrician seeking stability, structure and improved work-life balance over commercial site work.

Package & Benefits

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• 36-hour week (Monday-Friday)
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• 39 days total leave (including bank holidays & closure days)
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• Circa 15% employer pension contribution (USS scheme)
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• University Grade 5 salary scale up to £35,608 (before enhancements)
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• £2,700 annual on-call allowance
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• £600 per recognised additional qualification (where applicable)
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• Structured overtime
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Keywords

Senior Electrician, Maintenance Electrician, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Estates Electrician, University Electrician, 18th Edition, NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation, 2391 Testing and Inspection, JIB Gold Card, Electrical Fault Finding, Planned Preventative Maintenance, PPM, Reactive Maintenance, Electrical Compliance

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