PAT Tester - Darlington, United Kingdom - Mears Group PLC

Description

Pat Tester

Darlington - travel and working around North East postcodes

Full Time, Permanent, Monday to Friday 40 hours per week

Salary up to £28,000 per annum, plus, company van & fuel card

Mears provides temporary accommodation to asylum seekers whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northwest, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. At the end of May 2021 Mears had over 19000 service users across the three regions. Mears work in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs.

About the Role:

As a Pat tester within our Darlington branch, your main duties will include, carrying out coordination of Portable Appliance Testing of electrical equipment and tools in an office and workplace environment to a high standard in accordance with the current Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment. To produce and maintain robust records of all tested equipment high-lighting any equipment which is not safe for continued use.

• To ensure that all P.A.T. is carried out in accordance with the current edition of The Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment and in accordance with Mears Procedures and Policies.
• Coordinate Engineers, check and complete certification on MCM scanning paper copies . Sourcing Certificates for Landlords , Home office , Fire brigade and internal audits.
• Produce and maintain a branch inventory of all electrical equipment and appliances/tools using IT databases and spreadsheets and to ensure that planned maintenance schedules are kept to.
• Produce branch reports of test results and outcome of testing. These reports are to be sent to a nominated person within individual branches within an agreed time frame. These reports are to be entered onto Mears Plant and Equipment database and information added to the PAT database in the Technical Compliance Shared drive. To keep a comprehensive diary of all appointments and to inform the nominated person in individual branches of forthcoming appointments and any changes to the arranged visits in a timely manner so as to avoid unnecessary non-productive
• To highlight any Health and Safety concerns to the relevant manager or supervisor within the branch as early as possible to ensure they are aware of any issues that may have an impact on the safety and wellbeing of others

Role Criteria:

• PAT Tester qualified - hold an electrical qualification
• Knowledge of PAT testing procedures for ensure correct stages of testing ae undertaken
• God understanding of current legislation
• Ability to analyze given test results
• Experience in general repairs
• Flexible
• Team player and ability to work alone
• Excellent communication
• Full UK manual driving license

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
• Family friendly policies
• Company Van, Fuel Card and Uniform

As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a DBS & BPSS check, as well as Security Clearance. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.

If you feel you have skills and experience needed, please apply via the link below. If you have any questions regarding this role please contact Beth on beth.dunford . We look forward to hearing from you soon.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.