Electrical Test & Inspection Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Test & Inspection Engineer

Location: Heathrow

Salary: £44,000 per annum + Overtime & Benefits

Shift Pattern: Fixed Night Shift - Sunday to Thursday (21:00 to 05:00)

About the Role

We are seeking a qualified Electrical Engineer focused primarily on inspection and testing to join our nighttime infrastructure team. Operating on a fixed Sunday-to-Thursday night schedule, the majority of your work will involve testing distribution boards, RCBOs, and downstream circuits to ensure compliance, safety, and reliability across airport facilities during non-peak operational hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver fixed wire inspection and testing (EICR) across commercial distribution boards, sub-mains, RCBOs, and general electrical installations.

• Carry out systematic fault-finding, verification, and component replacement (e.g., swapping out faulty RCBOs, breakers, and distribution components).

• Complete accurate test certificates and compliance reporting using digital testing software and handheld devices.

• Identify urgent electrical defects and perform remedial repairs during the shift to clear hazards before peak daytime operations.

• Strictly follow safe isolation procedures, issue Permits to Work, and adhere to airside Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS).

Essential Qualifications & Requirements

• City & Guilds 2391 (or 2392/2394/2395) Inspection & Testing qualification - Essential.

• Clean DBS check & 5-year checkable work history - Must be able to successfully pass background screening to secure an airside ID pass (Essential).

• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation (or C&G equivalent).

• BS 7671 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

skills

ability to follow job and safetry instructions,assembling furniture,assigning engineers,assiting contracts manager,attend client meetings,boilers,budgets/ wip management,building services,building maintenance,carpentry,carry out reports,changing lamps,client liaison,cleaning skills,closing down jobs,commercial,compliance,concept 500,concept evolution,contractor management,dealing with client and sub contractors,door closers,electrical maintenance,emergency lighting,fire alarms,general administration,geneva,hanging doors,hanging pictures/ noticeboards,h&s,kpi's,maintaining critical plant,maintenance schedules,manage ppm schedule,maximo,mechanical maintenance,office moves,orangise sub contract labour,oranise permits,organise labour and the procurement of materials and parts,painting and decorating,pipework,planet,p&l responsibility,plumbing,power distribution,ppm,previous cleaning experience,radiators,raising po's,reactive maintenance,reactive & planned maintenance,residential,risk assessments,service charge,showers,sinks,sla's,split systems,supervision of engineers,Team leadership,technical back up,testing and inspection,toilets,unblocking toilets,water treatment,wip reports,woodwork

qualifications

17th edition,1st fix, 2nd fix,ABIFM,ACIArb,asta power project,C&G 2391/ 2394/ 2395,C&G carpentry and joinery,C&G level 2 plumbing,C&G mechanical engineering,city & guilds electrical installations,city & guilds bms,city & guilds heating & ventilation,city & guilds pipefitting,city & guilds plumbing,CPCS,CSCS,driving licence,ECS,EHORB,FGAS,first aid,fit to work medical,HHSRS,HNC building services,HNC electrical engineering,HNC mechanical engineering,HNC quantity surveying,HND or HNC building services design,ICES,ICOB,ILM level 3,IOSH,IPAF,JIB Blue,JIB White,JIB Gold,Knowledge of 2D design applications,Knowledge of 3D design applications,L8,level 2 refrigeration air conditioning,LLM,MAPM,MBIFM,MICE,Microsoft Project,MIStructE,MRICS,NEBOSH,NVQ,NVQ level 2,NVQ level 3,NVQ level 7,primavera 6,PTS,RICS,Royal Town Planning Institute,shuttering, roofing,SMSTS,Software,SSSTS

education

asset degree,BA hons architecture,BEng civil engin