Electrician

Kinetic are currently searching for an Electrician for a leading Manufacturing business in Portsmouth! Job Title: Electrician Location: Portsmouth, Salary: £34,640.00 Overtime & £1400 Shift Allowance Main contract hours: Mon - Thur 07.30 to 16.15, with 45 min unpaid lunch, Fri 07.30 to 12.30 Who we are: Working alongside 40 electrical fitters & 30 apprentices within a supportive and dynamic team. You will be providing support to the nautical fleet through upgrades, maintenance, and support periods. There is the potential for national and international travel in line with the role demands. As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home. What you'll be doing: * Reading/Interpreting Electrical Drawings, MDS and Guidance information * Carrying out Electrical Testing on 12v, 24v, 110v, 240v & 440v systems * Executing various crimping techniques and soldering * Carrying out electrical installation, maintenance, and defect rectification in accordance with the project schedules to meet customer quality expectations * Installation, testing and maintenance of communications equipment such as VHF radios, Intercom, GPS, and AIS * Fault diagnosis and defect rectification * Carrying out detailed inspections and be fully conversant in the use of all measuring equipment's * Using of calibrating measurement equipment Your skills and experiences: * Completed an appropriate trade apprenticeship or naval equivalent qualification * Understanding of electrical installation drawings * Clear understanding of SHE Risks Awareness * Understanding of manufacturing processes * Must be comfortable working in confined spaces and or at height * Safety certification i.e., SHE Induction, COSHH Awareness, working at height etc * Background in Marine, Offshore, Construction or Manufacturing environment highly desirable Annual leave: You are entitled to 25 days increasing to 26 days after the 5 year and to 27 days after 10 years of service. The Company additionally recognises eight Public (Bank) Holidays each year. Main contract hours Mon - Thur 07.30 to 16.15, with 45 min unpaid lunch, Fri 07.30 to 12.30 Flexible Working Scheme FWS this is a yearly contract that runs alongside your main contract Flexible Working Scheme (FWS) (compulsorily for new starters) contract hours (which you are available for, if the company stands you up) Mon - Thur 07.00 to 17.30 Fri 07.00 to 13.00 Stand up/down & Shift work is allocated by the TL in discussion with the schedules requirements he needs to fulfil , so this means the TL will discuss with his/her team who want to go on either early shift or back shift to ensure fair use of FWS to ensure the work load is met. This is done on a weekly basic at the tool box talk each Friday so in accordance with the scheme everyone is given 5 working days' notice, so if you work with the TL they will work with you to try & keep everyone is content and working within the FWS. Early shift is Mon - Thur 06.00 to 15.00, Fri 06.00 to 13.00 with OT undertaken afterwards, this includes 30 min lunch break paid & 15% uplift on hourly rate Back shift is Mon - Thur 13.00 to 22.00, Fri 10.00 to 16.00 with OT undertaken prior to shift start time, this includes 30 min lunch break paid & 25% uplift on hourly rate. Any Over Time is voluntary and worked as above this is paid the following month, we are paid on or near the 15th each month. Kinetic plc is a Recruitment Consultancy with over 40 years of experience of delivering staffing solutions to the engineering, manufacturing and technical industries. Kinetic plc treats all applications with a high degree of care, we review all submissions and will attempt to contact applicants who match the job profile. Those that do not meet the specification may not be contacted but their CV retained to be considered. S&T1