Electrician Grade 2

Electrician Grade 2

Location: HMP Thameside, London
Salary: £36,000 plus £6200 annual London weighting allowance, with excellent benefits
Schedule: Full-time, Monday to Friday, overtime and a 1 in 7 on call rota are expected with additional payments

Ready to impact a better future?

As an Electrician in our Facilities Management team at HMP Thameside, you’ll play a vital role in keeping a secure environment safe, reliable and operational. Your work will directly support the smooth running of essential services that touch lives every day.

You’ll be part of a skilled on-site team responsible for maintaining and improving critical electrical systems. Working in a challenging but rewarding environment, your expertise will help create safe, compliant spaces that support colleagues, residents and the wider community.

What you’ll do as an Electrician

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on electrical plant and equipment up to 240V AC
• Fault find, diagnose and rectify electrical defects efficiently and safely
• Install new electrical plant and apparatus in line with specifications and regulations
• Read, interpret and work from technical drawings and wiring diagrams
• Maintain accurate documentation, records and reports to support compliance and performance
• Support and collaborate with other members of the maintenance team as required

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• A City and Guilds Electricians Certificate in safe isolation and safe electrical working (or equivalent)
• Current qualifications to BS7671 (IEE Wiring Regulations)
• Strong working knowledge of low-voltage electrical systems and distribution networks
• The ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining high standards
• A safety-first mindset and a proactive, team-focused approach

Vetting and checks:

This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

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

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Training and development: 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
• Health and wellbeing: 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: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: 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 j&icareersUK@serco.com. 

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 j&icareersUK@serco.com to discuss.