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Approved Electrician £33,500 - £36,445 plus £1,750 location allowance and excellent benefits including travel allowances. Based at Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes.
At FCDO Services (formerly known as FCO Services), we provide secure construction, digital, and logistics services to all sorts of government-level customers, including the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. Our projects are both vital and wide-ranging: everything from rewiring a centuries-old embassy to building secure communication sites overseas.
As one of our electricians, the installations you’ll be involved with will help protect the UK’s interests around the world. They will be geographically and technically diverse, keeping people, assets, and information safe.
Use your electrical expertise to lead teams into the future
This role offers a truly global platform for your technical and leadership skills. Working across the UK and in overseas missions worldwide, you’ll tackle everything from designing and planning electrical works to installing lighting, power, and security systems. This will see you leading and advising teams working on new builds, refurbishments, upgrades, and maintenance projects. You’ll also help us prepare for future projects by carrying out surveys and supporting the design process. You may spend up to 22 weeks each year on assignments overseas.
Apply your wealth of experience to handle any situation
With an IET-recognised qualification to BTEC (ONC)/AM2, working knowledge of BS 7671: 2008, and a broad base of electrical installation experience, you’re the expert we need. You’re a natural leader with the ability to deliver projects and keep teams on track, and you hold a valid ECS card. You’ll also help us uphold our customer promise: to be reliable, responsive, and build relationships. Ideally, you’ve worked with systems such as fire alarms, air conditioning, lighting, and security in secure settings before. Experience operating overseas in different environments is an advantage.
Stretch your abilities and perform at an international standard
Our customers look to us to respond with speed, agility, and innovation to their ever-changing security challenges. We’ll expect a lot from you, but we’ll give you plenty in return too. We’ll support you all the way, making sure you’re able to progress your career and realize your ambitions. You’ll enjoy brilliant job security and benefits, including a Civil Service pension. The importance and sheer diversity of our work will present you with unique challenges. You’ll be using your skills to maintain a business that helps protect people, information, and assets worldwide.
All our employees have to be security cleared before being appointed, so you’ll need to undergo a vetting process as part of your application. This role requires you to go through Developed Vetting (DV). You can find out more about vetting on our website.
Closing Date: 6th February 2023
The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues with different skills, backgrounds, cultures, and identities. We support every individual, so you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer and Employers for Carers. It’s how you know you’re joining an inspiring, inclusive organization.
Additional information: Employment type: Full-time
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