Electrician
Engineering


Makerfield Depot

Makerfield Way

Ince

WN2 2ER

 

Salary: Grade 6, £22,462 - £25,295 per annum.

 

37 hours per week

 

Your role:

 

The Electrician role forms part of the Infrastructure Maintenance Service, responsible for the maintenance and installation of all the borough’s highway network.  

 

As an Electrician you will be required to carry out all aspects of maintenance work for lighting columns, Christmas decorations and other installations.

 

You will also be required to work flexibly according to the standby rota to attend emergency call outs, both during and outside working hours, to provide assistance with any emergency event relating to the service within the boundaries of Wigan Borough.

 

About you:

 

Working within the parameters of The Deal and the Accountable Teams initiative, you will be supervising Street Lighting Operatives. The ability to build positive relationships with our customers is also a must. You will ensure quality services are delivered, fairly, courteously and responsively to our customers both internal and external. It is vital to the service that all work is undertaken in line with performance targets and you will be key in achieving this. Where you identify possible improvements in systems, processes and working methods we would expect you to share this with the team to drive forward performance improvements.

 

About us:

 

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGA Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough.  We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

 

Street Lighting are a high performing, award winning maintenance team covering over 1000km of highway. The multi-disciplinary team undertake vital work to keep Wigan moving and road users safe. Wigan is fast becoming a place of opportunity as it undergoes ambitious housing, employment and economic transformation, in line with Wigan Council’s vision for the borough to be a confident place with confident people.

 

As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.

 

For further information, please contact Heather Farmer on 01942 767326.

 

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below:

Job Specification
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Interview date: Wednesday 28 August 2019

 

Find out more about working for Wigan

 

Location
Makerfield Way Depot
Vacancy Description
 


Makerfield Depot

Makerfield Way

Ince

WN2 2ER

 

Salary: Grade 6, £22,462 - £25,295 per annum.

 

37 hours per week

 

Your role:

 

The Electrician role forms part of the Infrastructure Maintenance Service, responsible for the maintenance and installation of all the borough’s highway network.  

 

As an Electrician you will be required to carry out all aspects of maintenance work for lighting columns, Christmas decorations and other installations.

 

You will also be required to work flexibly according to the standby rota to attend emergency call outs, both during and outside working hours, to provide assistance with any emergency event relating to the service within the boundaries of Wigan Borough.

 

About you:

 

Working within the parameters of The Deal and the Accountable Teams initiative, you will be supervising Street Lighting Operatives. The ability to build positive relationships with our customers is also a must. You will ensure quality services are delivered, fairly, courteously and responsively to our customers both internal and external. It is vital to the service that all work is undertaken in line with performance targets and you will be key in achieving this. Where you identify possible improvements in systems, processes and working methods we would expect you to share this with the team to drive forward performance improvements.

 

About us:

 

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGA Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough.  We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

 

Street Lighting are a high performing, award winning maintenance team covering over 1000km of highway. The multi-disciplinary team undertake vital work to keep Wigan moving and road users safe. Wigan is fast becoming a place of opportunity as it undergoes ambitious housing, employment and economic transformation, in line with Wigan Council’s vision for the borough to be a confident place with confident people.

 

As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.

 

For further information, please contact Heather Farmer on 01942 767326.

 

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below:

Job Specification
Privacy Notice

 

Interview date: Wednesday 28 August 2019

 

Find out more about working for Wigan