Classifications
Craft Technician Electrical
Appointment type
Permanent
Full time/part time
Full time
Job category
Trades
Location
Dounreay
Salary range
£37,147 to £45,168
Closing Date
24/02/2025
Reference
291/25
Job Description
Vacancies have arisen within the engineering group for electrical craft technicians. You will be responsible for delivering electrical installation and modification projects as well as supporting plant maintenance activities.
Key responsibilities:
- Carry out installation and commissioning activities associated with new builds
- Carry out delivery of electrical upgrades and modifications to existing electrical systems
- Carry out planned maintenance activities and defect rectification efficiently, includes defect investigation of causes and proposal of solutions
- Reinstate the work area after completing the maintenance of plant, systems, and components
- Utilise diagnostic techniques to identify faults in plants, systems and components
- Liaise with suppliers/manufacturers on technical issues
- Mentor apprenticeship development and may be an SVQ Assessor
- Identify and report common equipment performance issues
- Identify obsolescence and end-of-life issues
- Assess the effectiveness of maintenance procedures and provide required amendments and changes
- Produce fit for purpose job reports describing accurately the work that has been carried out
- Conduct safe and effective handover of plant and equipment to others and accept and confirm responsibility for the control of the plant and equipment within the work area isolation boundary
- Perform the responsibilities of management appointments relevant to the post and hold a relevant disciplined nominated appointment
Aptitudes and experience:
- Electrical apprenticeship plus HNC in Engineering or equivalent qualifications plus experience
- 18th edition wiring regulations or a minimum of 17th edition with a willingness to complete 18th edition within 6 months
- Good communications, self motivated and can work well as part of a team
- Please contact careers@dounreay.com if further details required for the post specific capability analysis for working conditions, capability and equipment for all elements of work encountered in this post
NRS attracts an excellent Benefits package:
- Standard full time working week with every third Friday off, equating to an additional 17 extra paid welfare days
- Paid overtime available
- Annual leave entitlement of 28 days, and in addition, 8 days statutory public holidays, 2 and a half days privilege holidays and 2 and a half days Christmas/New Year closure holidays
- Up to 13.5% employer pension contribution depending on individual contribution amount.
- Annual company bonus payment of up to 5% basic salary as at 31 March
- Dounreay recognises individual and team achievements or exemplary safe behaviour through the award of vouchers
- Maternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave and paternity leave that offers enhanced payments above the statutory minimum requirements for qualifying employees
- Additional paid time off for training purposes for local volunteer services such as the retained Fire Service, the Coastguard Rescue Service and Scottish Mountain Rescue. NRS also provide the same support to our employees in the Reserve Forces
- Access to our onsite Occupational Health Service and Aviva Digicare+ Workplace Health package which includes free annual health check, access to a digital GP, nutritional consultations, mental health consultations and second medical opinions
- Employee Assistance Programme including 24-hour telephone support & personal assistance service and access to an online wellbeing App
- Cycle to work and reduced gym membership fees
- Company sick pay scheme
- Access to training and development through the company performance management arrangements
- Various different employee networks supporting our inclusion, diversity and wellbeing mission at Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (NRS)
| Interviews to be held: | Week commencing Monday 3 March 2025 |
| If you require assistance with any aspect of the recruitment process, then contact careers@dounreay.com so that we can make any necessary reasonable adjustment. | |