Electrician

Bristol, Somerset
Amey Limited

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Electrician to join our Severn Bridges account in Bristol, BS35 4BT. This is an onsite role.

The salary for this role is between £26000 and £32000, depending on your skillset, qualifications and experience.

The Severn Bridges account is working in partnership with National Highways on the Specialist Bridges Inspection & Maintenance contract to inspect and maintain three bridges in Southwest England over a 15-year period.

Our roads and bridges are among the safest in the world and our partnership supports maintenance to high standards across all three bridges and provides the best possible quality of service to road users.

The Electrician plays an important part in maintaining the network, installing all electrical equipment, street light columns, bollards, signs, and feeder pillars.

The standard hours of work are Monday – Friday days, 37.5 hours per week.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Install all electrical equipment conforming to ASLEC and IEE 17th Edition wiring regulations
• Attend to routine street lighting faults
• Diagnose and replace failed components
• Carry out electrical inspection tests and install electrical equipment
• Excavate for bollard and sign foundations
• Block clean and change Make off SWA/PVC insulated cable
• Record test results using hand held computer
• Commissioning of new lighting columns/bollards/lit signs
• Take part in out of hours emergency services on a call out basis

We want to hear from you if you have good all round project management knowledge with excellent communication skills, being able to manage stakeholders at all levels. You will be able to work at heights of up to 12 metres. It is essential for you to hold a valid UK driving licence for this role.

Ideally you will have experience in street lighting installations and associate maintenance supported by your manual work including some elements of hand excavation.

In addition to this, it would be desirable if you have relevant electrical technical competencies to help you hit the ground running, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development you need to bring you up to speed.

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program.

• Career Development – Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays – Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices – Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey – Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value – You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planetare protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.
• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!