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Electrical Engineer / Electrical Tester – Defence Estate

Location: RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire – with occasional travel to RAF Welford

Salary: £40,000–£43,000 + On-Call Allowance + Overtime

Contract: Permanent | Full Time

Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm (40 hours per week) + On-Call Rota

The Opportunity

We are currently supporting a leading Defence facilities management and engineering provider in the recruitment of two Electrical Engineers / Electrical Testers to join an established engineering team supporting RAF Fairford and RAF Welford.

This is an excellent opportunity for qualified electricians looking for a secure, long-term position within a technically interesting environment, combining electrical testing and inspection, planned maintenance, reactive fault finding and minor installation works.

Based predominantly at RAF Fairford, you will help maintain electrical infrastructure across a varied Defence estate incorporating commercial buildings, operational facilities, aircraft hangars, domestic accommodation and specialist infrastructure.

The Role

Working as part of the site engineering team, you will be responsible for maintaining safe, compliant and operational electrical systems across the estate.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out planned preventative electrical maintenance across the estate.
• Completing Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRs).
• Undertaking fixed wire testing and inspection.
• Testing and inspecting distribution boards and associated electrical systems.
• Carrying out emergency lighting testing and maintenance.
• Diagnosing and repairing electrical faults.
• Completing minor electrical installation and remedial works.
• Undertaking both commercial and domestic electrical maintenance.
• Responding to reactive maintenance requests and electrical breakdowns.
• Ensuring electrical works are completed safely and in accordance with relevant regulations and site procedures.
• Accurately completing testing, inspection and maintenance documentation.
• Liaising with building custodians, site teams and other stakeholders.

The position also provides exposure to some particularly interesting Defence infrastructure. This can include electrical testing activities within specialist explosive storage environments associated with munitions and other Defence assets.

Experience working with Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) would be particularly advantageous due to the operational airfield environment, although this is not essential.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for experienced electricians with a strong background in electrical maintenance, testing and fault finding.

You should hold:

• NVQ Level 2 or above in Electrical Installation
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
• Relevant electrical maintenance, testing and inspection experience
• Strong electrical fault-finding capabilities

An NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation would be highly desirable.

A City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing qualification, or equivalent, would also be advantageous but is not essential.

Experience within commercial, industrial, Defence, aviation, critical infrastructure or large estate environments would be particularly beneficial.

Previous experience working within large buildings, hangars, operational facilities or other technically complex environments would also transfer well.

Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) experience or qualifications would be highly desirable but are not essential.

Experience or qualifications relating to ESTS 6 explosive storage environments would also be advantageous.

Due to the nature of the environment, applicants must also be eligible to obtain the required UK Security Clearance (SC).

Working Pattern & On-Call

The standard working week is 40 hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm.

You will also participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota, with the frequency dependent on the size of the engineering team. On-call cover runs from 4:30pm to 8:00am and includes weekends, with engineers required to respond to emergency callouts within one hour.

The on-call package includes:

• £150 allowance per on-call week
• Minimum 4 hours' pay per emergency callout
• Monday–Saturday callouts paid at time and a half
• Sunday callouts paid at double time

This provides additional earning potential on top of the basic salary.

Salary & Benefits

The position offers a salary of £40,000–£43,000, alongside:

• On-call allowance and enhanced overtime rates
• Company van and fuel card, with the option to opt in for private use
• Up to 6% contributory pension
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Volunteer leave
• One paid professional subscription
• Life assurance
• Employee discounts and reward schemes

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join an established engineering operation supporting critical UK Defence infrastructure, offering long-term stability alongside a more technically varied environment than a typical commercial maintenance position.

For an experienced Electrical Engineer or Electrical Tester looking for a permanent position combining testing, inspection, maintenance and fault finding, while gaining exposure to specialist Defence and airfield infrastructure, this represents an excellent next step.

Apply today for a confidential discussion about the position and the wider engineering team.