Electrician (Industrial)

Electrician – Industrial / Factory – Contract

Contract Duration: 6 Months

Location: Shoreham

Pay rate is £19.75 per hour PAYE (plus £2.87 per hour Holiday Pay)

37½ hours per week

Monday to Friday

8:00am to 4:00pm

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Site Electrician to work as part of an established team of site maintenance electricians, delivering safe, compliant, and reliable electrical support across a busy engineering site.

The role involves carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding, inspection, testing, and minor installations on a wide range of safety-critical, compliance-driven, and operational electrical and control systems.

This is a varied position requiring work in both office and industrial environments.

The Site Electrician will be competent in working on single-phase and three-phase electrical systems, including associated control systems, and will support site operations by maintaining critical infrastructure and responding effectively to electrical issues as they arise.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Electrical Supervisor, the Site Electrician will be responsible for carrying out electrical installations, inspection, testing, maintenance, and fault rectification across both office and industrial environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Electrical installations in office and industrial settings, including testing and inspection of own work.

• Planned and reactive electrical maintenance activities.

• Fault finding, diagnostics, and response to electrical breakdowns.

• Working on single-phase and three-phase electrical systems, including associated control systems.

• Working at height in accordance with approved safe systems of work.

• Management and coordination of electrical contractors on site.

The role covers responsibility for a wide range of site electrical and control systems, including:

• Electric gates and access systems.

• Transformers and substations.

• Backup generator and standby power systems.

• Control panels and associated control systems.

• Thermal imaging surveys and reporting.

• Intruder alarm power supplies and system interfaces.

• Fuel farm electrical inspections and compliance checks.

• Emergency lighting systems.

• Electrical Equipment Testing (EET)

• Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRs)

• Electrical support to test operations.

• Electrical faults and issues arising from building infrastructure.

These responsibilities include safety-critical, compliance-driven, and operational systems and require regular inspection, testing, certification, and preventative maintenance, alongside reactive fault response.

Essential Requirements

• City & Guilds 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) qualified.

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working as a Maintenance Electrician within an industrial environment.

• Proven experience in planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding, and electrical repairs.

• Strong understanding of health & safety procedures and safe systems of work.

• Competent in using digital systems for reporting, documentation, and compliance records

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• City & Guilds 2391 (or equivalent) in Inspection and Testing.

• Experience with three-phase motors and control systems.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word & Excel)

• Experience within a Facilities Management or multi-disciplinary environment.

• IPAF (Cherry Picker), PASMA, and relevant safety training (manual handling, working at height, asbestos awareness)