AmcoGiffen

Yard Electrician

Company
Location
Barnsley, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/21/2025
Description
Compound Setup, Installation & Maintenance

Location: Barnsley (Travel throughout the UK required)

Join Our Growing Team and Make an Impact. Are you a skilled Electrician with a passion for delivering high-quality electrical installation and maintenance services? Do you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy travel? If so, AmcoGiffen has an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our national team, supporting site setup, compounds, and infrastructure projects across the UK.

About Us

AmcoGiffen has established a reputation for innovative solutions and exceptional delivery in civil engineering and infrastructure. Our expertise spans maintenance frameworks, capital projects, and complex civil engineering works—including bridges, environmental infrastructure, and more. Our diverse portfolio includes:

  • Rail infrastructure maintenance and improvements
  • Bridges & Structures
  • Highways & Roads
  • Flood Alleviation & Repairs
  • Earthworks & Embankments
  • Aviation
  • Power & Energy
  • Canals & Rivers
  • Environmental Infrastructure

Collaborating with clients such as Local Authorities, Network Rail, energy firms, and environmental organisations, we foster a vibrant, collaborative environment committed to excellence.

The Role

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Electrician to lead electrical installation and maintenance across our head office and site compounds nationwide. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Installation of emergency lighting systems
  • PAT testing and electrical safety inspections
  • Wiring and re-wiring of site compounds and infrastructure
  • Fault diagnosis and repairs
  • Maintenance of small power tools and equipment
  • Supporting site set-up activities to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operations

Day-to-day, you will:

  • Review live and historical asset data
  • Configure electrical systems and software
  • Upload/download firmware and software updates
  • Conduct fault-finding, troubleshooting, and repairs
  • Connect instrumentation and update firmware
  • Participate in a call-out rota, providing support across multiple sites

What we’re looking for: This role requires a candidate with prior experience in electrical projects, maintenance, repairs, and installations, combined with a flexible attitude and willingness to travel.

  • Recognised Electrical Installations Qualification – City & Guilds 2365 Level 2 or equivalent
  • 18th Edition Wiring Regulations certification
  • Proven commitment to high standards of Health & Safety
  • Willingness and ability to travel across the UK
  • Valid Full UK Driving License

What We Offer:

  • Competitive pay rates
  • Transport provided for travel between sites
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with increasing entitlement)
  • Company contributory Pension scheme
  • Life Insurance
  • Westfield Health Cash Plan & Rewards
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth with ongoing training and development
  • A safe, inclusive working environment
  • Employee forums that give you a voice and influence

Ready to Power Up Your Career?

Join AmcoGiffen and be part of a team that values your skills, supports your growth, and makes a difference across the UK’s infrastructure landscape.

Apply now and help us build the future!

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

[email protected]

Recruitment Manager
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