Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 3 years
Play a key role in the effective running of the city’s street lighting and traffic sign operations.
Public lighting has become a high profile and relied upon service by the citizens of Leicester. We are a team of specialists responsible for the effective running of the city’s street lighting and traffic sign operations and this is a fantastic opportunity to join our site operations team, to use your electrical knowledge and skills to provide the support needed to continue our goal of providing an effective and efficient delivery of the Public Lighting operation.
You’ll be a valued member of the operations team which includes both street lighting electricians and street lighting assistant electricians and you’ll be provided guidance to any non-electrically tasks by a qualified team member. You’ll provided with the vehicles, tools and plant needed to ensure you can carry out your role efficiently and safely. You will be required to work towards HERS/HEA accreditation and attend any relevant courses as required
Based at St Margaret’s Depot, you’ll be part of a team that works at sites throughout in the city installing, commissioning, and maintaining all aspects of public lighting infrastructure, including a comprehensive annual festive decorations programme
This is a Full-time, fixed term post working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. On occasions you may be required to work additional hours according to the needs of the service.
What you’ll be doing
Your primary role will be to gain knowledge through practical learning to maintain, commission and install street lighting equipment including lighting columns, traffic signs, highways furniture and festive decorations. You’ll be assisting with diagnosing and repairing electrical faults on all aspects of our new and existing electrical installations, including fault finding and jointing of underground network cables. You’ll be required to complete relevant test certificates and documentation in compliance with the current regulations. You’ll ensure all equipment is operated safely and in accordance with local policy and procedures and Health and Safety responsibilities.
What you’ll need
You’ll have experience of providing a service to others, maintaining successful relationships, and persuading actions to secure desired outcomes. Experience of working on the Highway or Health and Safety plans that include risk assessments, is desirable but not essential, and full training will be provided through your apprenticeship.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Aaron Blackwell (Public Lighting Manager) aaron.blackwell@leicester.gov.uk
Interviews / Assessments will take place on week commencing 20th of April
