Electrician
Posting Start Date: 21 May 2026
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, GB, LE18 4TN
Company: Serco Plc
Serco: HMP Fosse Way, Leicester, LE18 4WS
Permanent, Full Time (Mon – Fri / 08:00 – 16:30)
£38,971 per annum + Benefits Package
Ready to impact a better future?
As an Electrician Grade 1 in our Justice and Immigration Facilities Management team, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining safe, compliant, and fully operational electrical systems within a secure environment. Your work will directly support the smooth running of critical services that impact lives and communities every day.
You’ll be part of a team trusted to deliver high standards of maintenance and reliability in a challenging but rewarding setting. From resolving faults to supporting new installations, your expertise will help create a safe and functional environment where colleagues and service users can rely on essential infrastructure.
What you’ll do as an Electrician Grade 1
You’ll be entrusted to:
- Carry out fault finding and defect rectification on electrical plant and equipment
- Deliver planned preventative maintenance to ensure systems remain compliant and operational
- Install and commission new electrical plant and apparatus
- Interpret and work from technical drawings and wiring diagrams
- Support investigations into equipment performance and provide recommendations
- Maintain accurate records of inspections, maintenance activities, and tools
Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…
- A recognised electrical qualification such as City and Guilds
- Completed a recognised electrical apprenticeship
- Qualified to BS7671 (current IEE regulations)
- At least five years’ relevant post-apprenticeship experience
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a secure environment
- To be a team member of the Facilities “Out of hours” call out roster.
Vetting and checks
An Enhanced Level 1 check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.
Discover all you need to keep growing
We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer
- 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.