Electrician

The Vacancy

WPS Responsive is looking for a qualified and reliable Electrician to join our team supporting social housing properties across Redditch. If you’re passionate about delivering safe, high-quality electrical work to tenants and communities, we’d love to hear from you.

🔍 Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out electrical repairs, maintenance, and installations in occupied and void social housing properties.
• Respond to reactive call-outs and scheduled works, ensuring minimal disruption to residents.
• Diagnose faults and provide effective solutions in line with safety regulations.
• Maintain accurate records of work completed and materials used.
• Communicate professionally with tenants, housing officers, and team members.

✅ Essential Qualifications:

• City & Guilds 2301 (or equivalent)
• Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Electrical Installations
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671)
• Experience working in social housing or domestic environments.
• Full UK driving licence.

💼 What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company vehicle and fuel card
• Uniform and PPE provided
• Ongoing training and development
• Supportive team culture and career progression

Join WPS Responsive and help us keep homes safe, warm, and well-maintained for our communities.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.