Job Description

HAREWOOD ESTATE

JOB DESCRIPTION

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JOB TITLE:

Senior Electrician

Part time, ideally 32 hours week across 4 days.

Background

The Harewood Estate spans some 4000 acres and lies nestled between Leeds and Harrogate, set in the sweeping Yorkshire landscape designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown 250 years ago. The Estate has a diverse range of business interests including commercial units, residential properties, holiday cottages, arable and livestock farming, forestry, renewable energy generation, food production and hospitality.

The Estate has many Listed Buildings and features, a mix of tenants and is visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year. Recent years have seen landscape and heritage restoration and regeneration projects which are restoring damaged and degraded historic structures, ecosystems and natural processes, creating new habitats, encouraging greater biodiversity and enhancing natural capital functions. We are constantly working to protect our past while staying relevant for the future.

The grounds team ensures the grounds and gardens are maintained to a high standard across the Estate including holiday cottages, entrance routes, commercial office units, car parks, private gardens and the Emmerdale film set. We are looking for self-motivated, inspiring, skilled and dedicated people with a passion for the environment, conservation and the outdoors, who want to play a part in maintaining and improving our landscapes for future generations.

Role Profile

Where you fit in:

As an Electrician you will be required to work unsupervised and be accountable for the completion of planned and reactive electrical tasks within agreed timescales, quality and cost parameters. Candidates will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload effectively. Adhering to the Health and Safety policy and standards actively identifying hazards, providing mitigation and reporting to Health and Safety Officer.

You will be required to supervise the existing Electrical Apprentice as well as approved Contract Partners, providing risk assessments and method statements where permit to work is required for a given task. Assist in the supervision, development and training of apprentices as well as less experienced members of the team. Installation & commission new plant and equipment to relevant standards is essential. Diagnosing and repairing faults on systems.

The successful candidate will have the ability to specify parts and equipment required and place orders from our established suppliers. The candidate will be a friendly helpful and considerate personality, self-motivated and manage your own time to deadlines. They will be required to keep account of the in-house stock store.

Punctual, honest and reliable with good attention to detail. Works well in a small team to complete a variety of different sized projects across residential and commercial properties.

The successful applicant will be a member of the Facilities Department reporting to the Maintenance Manager.

Skills and Experience Required

It is an essential requirement that you hold a recognised Electrical Craft/Technician Apprenticeship and either a City & Guilds/ ONC/ BTEC/ NVQ/ HNC/ HND or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Eng Tech.

It is desirable that you hold the following qualifications:

IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (City and Guilds 2382-18)

CompEx 1 - 4

HNC Electrical/Electronic Engineering minimum Level 3

It is a mandatory requirement that you can demonstrate experience and knowledge in:

Safe isolation to the current IET regulations

As a time served industrial electrician

Fault finding on control circuits up to the PLC

IT literate e.g. MS office

Ability to produce maintenance reports

Experience of fault finding on LV control circuits

Knowledge of EV Charging and Solar/Biomass Energy

What We Offer

Competitive salary (35,000 - 45,000 FTE) depending on experience

24 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Use of a company van on site - full, clean Driving Licence required

Discounts and benefits with selected Harewood businesses and retail

Standard pension scheme (up to 4% company contribution)

The opportunity to develop within the role via formal training and on the job learning

There will be some weekend working so we have a TOIL system in operation or there is the opportunity for overtime where agreed in advance

Roles are offered on a 2-year fixed term contract initially with the possibility of extension depending on opportunities and funding at the end of this time

To apply please send a cover letter, along with your CV, to recruitment@harewoodestate.co.uk by 5th January 2026. Interviews will take place in January with a view to starting soon thereafter.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From 35,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 32 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount On-site parking
Work Location: In person