Senior Maintenance Electrician

Closing Date: 9th January 2026 at 23:59 (GMT)
Role Type: Full time, Permanent (x2 Senior Maintenance Electricians)

Interview and practical assessment date: 19th and 20th January 2026

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Salary Package in region of £43.6k based on a basic salary G5 up to £35k plus call out standby on average £2.75k and overtime average £2.75k plus potential additional responsibility payments for specific qualifications, skills and /or experience up to £2.5k.

We are seeking to appoint two highly motivated and flexible Senior Maintenance Electricians to join the Campus Operations team, within Estates, offering a reactive maintenance service maintaining the University’s low voltage electrical network and associated equipment in university owned properties.

You will need the confidence and ability to carry out reactive and planned maintenance on the university’s LV electrical systems, investigating, fault finding and seeking solutions to electrical faults and failures.

The post holder will provide an effective and prompt customer focussed, professional and efficient service to the University in accordance with its requirements, aims, objectives and Service Level Agreements using prior knowledge and experience.
You will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload; updating the CAFM system and customers as required and carry out all work in a safe manner in accordance with university policies and procedures, safe systems of work, and current legislation.

Our team operate a 36 hour working week and the successful candidates will be part of our on-call rota offering a 24/7 service to the University. The call out duty attracts a generous stand by allowance and overtime payments for all call outs.

Please apply via the Jobtrain site (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button), and clearly demonstrate how you meet the key recruiting criteria in the person specification.

When completing the application you should match your qualifications, training, skills and experience to the job description key recruiting criteria giving full details and filling in all sections.

The University of Reading aims to create a fair and transparent reward strategy; ensuring staff are paid a competitive salary and are recognised and rewarded for their contribution.

Members of staff have the opportunity to join a pension scheme sponsored by the University. The University has a range of family friendly policies.

We have a strong commitment to health and well-being and staff can benefit from discounted membership at the SportsPark, an Employee Assistance Programme and a Health Cash Plan. The University offers generous holiday entitlements which include public holidays and paid closure days.

Contact Details:
Contact Name: Arthur McCartney
Contact Job Title: Reactive Maintenance Manager
Contact Email Address: a.mccartney@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Guneet Bhatti
Alternative Contact Job Title: Interim Head of Reactive Maintenance
Alternative Contact Email Address: g.k.bhatti@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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