Our Values

Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

R&M is a service area within Coventry City Council which provides repair and maintenance services to Coventry City’s operational, commercial and school portfolio.  We have a dedicated team with over 30 years’ experience of completing emergency and responsive repairs, planned preventative maintenance schedules and property improvements and refurbishments. 

The R&M team is multi-disciplined providing building works, refurbishments, general maintenance, gas servicing, maintenance and installations, electrical works and a 24 hour a day, 365 days a year emergency call out service across all trades.

The service area aims to:

• Ensure that the all statutory compliance with industry standards, British standards and relevant Approved Codes of Practice are achieved.
• Repairs are carried out swiftly and to a high standard
• Projects are delivered on time and on budget

We are seeking positive, experienced, enthusiastic, talented and driven professionals who care about the development of our great city to join our busy, top performing, forward thinking Regulation services.

What is the job role?

Coventry City Council has an exciting new vacancy for a Maintenance Engineer (Electrical) to join their Repairs and Maintenance team within the Facilities Management Division.

If you are commercially minded, empowered and motivated to contribute and SUPPORT the smooth running of planned and reactive ELECTRICAL TASKS, this could be the role for you!

This is an exciting time for you to join our team.

In this role you will be expected to provide a site based, practical solution to a variety of building services related customer needs including, planned maintenance, reactive repairs and minor works. You will work under the direction of the Facilities Manager to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and to budget to a high standard.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include:

• Responsible for carrying out all work in compliance with industry standards, British standards and applying all relevant Approved Codes of Practice.
• Carry out planned maintenance and reactive repairs effectively and efficiently within target timescales given.
• Responsible for ensuring that all work issued is completed by due date and reporting full details of exceptions including liaison with customers.
• Compile competitive and accurate quotations / estimates in an expedient manner upon request for both new projects and remedial works.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

Your duties will include but will not be limited to -

• Planned and reactive maintenance
• Fault finding
• Testing of electrical equipment

Work can be in a variety of industries including schools, residential and commercial settings.

You will need:

• Recognised Electrical qualifications.
• 3 - 5 years' experience gained working within facilities environment.
• Experience of using computer systems.

The successful candidate must have the ability to communicate in English as well as comprehend written instructions. Previous work experience in a factory environment would be beneficial.

A driving licence is essential. 

Please ensure you have the relevant experience and qualification of working as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer prior to applying, to include -

• 18^th Edition
• 2391 testing and inspecting
• Call out experience

When applying for this role you will be asked to write a personal statement, in addition to the above, please include the following information in your application: 

• Confirmation of the above qualifications
• What areas of expertise you have
• What personal qualities relevant to the role you can offer
• What specialist or transferable skills you can offer

Our typical working pattern is Monday to Friday and offer a flexible working pattern,  normal start and finish times are  7.30am - 4pm Monday to Thursday and 12.30pm finish on Friday.

However, flexibility in your approach is key as some weekend work and / or call outs may be required.

In return, we can offer you an interesting and varied fixed term contract for 2 years where you will gain and be able to upskill a wealth of experience working in a public sector environment.

If you would like to have a conversation regarding this role, please contact Garry Webb in the first instance at garry.webb@coventry.gov.uk.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

About Coventry

Coventry is a lively, multicultural city, which embraces old and new. Around the modern city centre there are traces of history everywhere – in the old city walls, the timber-framed buildings and the reconstructed medieval Spon Street. But Coventry has always had an eye on the future, and is now firmly focused on regenerating and re-inventing itself to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. With major developments and new projects taking place right across the city, Coventry City Council is the place to be!

There's a huge buzz about the city – Coventry ranks as the 8th best city to live, work and do business in the UK, and is the UK City of Culture 2021 ! We believe this will help put Coventry on the map for all the right reasons. You can feel the sense of local pride throughout the city as we build towards this momentous year. It also offers a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to those joining us to play their part in it.

We genuinely believe that Coventry City Council is a special place. You will be joining Coventry City Council during an exciting time to become part of a team that contribute to achieving our visions for the city. We have made our council a place where we look after our people, making sure you're happy in your work and given everything you need to succeed. We've created friendly, welcoming workplaces where everyone is working towards the same cause, providing the best possible services for the city of Coventry.

As a Council with improvement at its heart, we’re committed to making life better for the people who live and work in Coventry. We’re equally concerned with the quality of life enjoyed by our people, so by joining us, you won’t just be helping the community, you’ll be helping yourself too.

Not only do you get to work alongside great people that are helping to improve services for our community we offer great benefits too! For your valued contribution we will provide a fantastic benefits package including;

• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous annual leave allowance starting at 27 days and rising to 32 days
• Pay progression through multiple increments
• Outstanding local government pension scheme
• Learning & Development with access to certified courses.
• Access to an award winning Occupational Health Team
• Vibrant employee networks 

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