Bristol City Council
Electrical Trade Manager
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Permanent, Full Time. Your working days will be Monday to Friday 8.00- 16.00.
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We're looking for an experienced and motivated electrical professional to join Bristol City Council as our Electrical Trade Manager.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a long-established and highly experienced team delivering electrical repairs, maintenance, compliance testing and improvement works across our housing stock.
You'll be joining a service with knowledgeable supervisors, quality control engineers, electricians and apprentices already in place, providing a strong foundation of technical expertise and operational support. Whether you're an existing manager or an experienced supervisor ready to take the next step, this role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership skills while making a real difference to residents across Bristol.
Working alongside colleagues across Housing and Landlord Services, you'll help shape the future of the electrical service, driving improvements in safety, compliance, customer satisfaction and service delivery.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading an established in-house electrical service delivering repairs, maintenance, compliance testing and improvement works.
- Supporting and developing supervisors, electricians, apprentices and technical staff.
- Driving service improvements to enhance safety, quality and customer satisfaction.
- Working with colleagues across Housing and Landlord Services to deliver excellent outcomes for residents.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, regulations and industry standards.
What We’re Looking For
We're seeking someone with a strong electrical background and experience of leading people, projects or operational services.
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Most importantly, we're looking for someone who can motivate teams, build positive working relationships and drive continuous improvement.
You'll Bring:
- Experience in electrical repairs, maintenance, compliance or installation services.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to support and develop others.
- A collaborative approach and a commitment to excellent customer service.
- Sound knowledge of health and safety responsibilities within an electrical environment.
- The ability to solve problems, make decisions and manage competing priorities.
This role could be ideal for an experienced supervisor, contracts supervisor or team leader looking to progress into a broader management role with support from an experienced senior leadership team.
Why work with us?
At Bristol City Council, we're proud of the work we do and the people who do it. We offer:
- A supportive and experienced team environment.
- The opportunity to influence and shape the future of electrical services.
- Leadership and professional development opportunities.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements where operationally possible.
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of Bristol residents.
Join us and be part of a team that’s working hard to set new standards in compliance, safety, and service excellence.
How do I apply?
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To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
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We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
Shortlisting will take place on the 6th of September.
Interviews are expected to take the week commencing the 14th of September.
If you would like any more information after reading the job advert along with the attached Job Description and Person Specification then please contact Tom Nipper
Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised, Disabled and Female candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.
The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.
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