Electrical Testing Engineer - Career Pathway

Electrical Testing Engineer - Career Pathway

Company Information

• Company: Denbighshire County Council
• Salary: £29,064 to £36,363 a year
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Denbighshire
• Working pattern: Field-based
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 28 Aug 2026
• Closing date: 14 Sept 2026

Summary

Electrical Testing Engineer - Career Pathway

Location: Denbighshire

Salary: Career Pathway, Grades 5 to 7 (£29,064 - £36,363 per annum)

Hours: 37 per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 14/09/2026

In this specialist role, you will be a qualified Electrician with experience of working on residential or commercial properties.

You will be an excellent team player, working with your colleagues to provide a range of building repair and maintenance duties. This role sits within our Housing Property Service, and we have a range of residential council houses, and public buildings to look after. The ideal candidate will therefore have good customer service skills, along with the ability to work to deadlines.

Along with other Services in the Council, our team operates an Emergency Out of Hours rota, for which staff receive a Standby Allowance, and the flexibility to participate in this is essential.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of the post, please contact Jason Jones (Principal Officer Housing Maintenance) on:

• Phone:
• Email: jones.jason@denbighshire.gov.uk

What is a Career Pathway?

A Career Pathway is a development plan for an employee to progress in their career. Employees on a career pathway are supported to develop their knowledge, skills, experience and potentially gain qualifications to progress in their career in a specific area.

Career Pathways have an entry level job description which will have a lower salary, and an end level job description which will have a higher salary. A development plan is set out which clearly shows the skills, experiences, knowledge and qualifications that are needed in order to progress through the grades until you reach the end level higher salary job description.

Make sure you clearly set out in the supporting statement of your application how you meet the criteria for the Grade you're applying for.

What makes Denbighshire County Council a great place to work?

• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 26 days (plus bank holidays) rising with length of service to a total of 32 days
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Focus on Employee Wellbeing and access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Lifestyle Savings via DCC Rewards Direct (high street shopping, holidays, days out etc)
• Car salary sacrifice scheme and car leasing scheme
• Family friendly policies

How to apply

To apply for this exciting vacancy, please complete our online application form via the website, where you can also view the full job description and personal specification:

www.denbighshire.gov.uk/work-for-us

Please outline on your application form how you meet all the essential criteria for this position within your supporting statement.

Candidates must complete an application form on our website to be considered. We regret that we are unable to reply to all applications. If you have not received a reply within three weeks of the closing date, you must assume that you have not been short listed for interview.

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

Denbighshire County Council is committed to Equal Opportunities and its Welsh Language Standards. We welcome applications in the Welsh Language and application forms received in the Welsh Language will not be treated less favourably than an application form submitted in English.

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In this specialist role, you will be a qualified Electrician with experience of working on residential or commercial properties. You will be an excellent team player, working with your colleagues to provide a range of building repair and maintenance duties. This role sits within our Housing Property Service, and we have a range of residential council houses, and public buildings to look after. The ideal candidate will therefore have good customer service skills, along with the ability to work to deadlines. Along with other Services in the Council, our team operates an Emergency Out of Hours rota, for which staff receive a Standby Allowance, and the flexibility to participate in this is essential.

Denbighshire County Council is committed to Equal Opportunities and its Welsh Language Standards. We welcome applications in the Welsh Language and application forms received in the Welsh Language will not be treated less favourably than an application form submitted in English.

A Career Pathway is a development plan for an employee to progress in their career. Employees on a career pathway are supported to develop their knowledge, skills, experience and potentially gain qualifications to progress in their career in a specific area. Career Pathways have an entry level job description which will have a lower salary, and an end level job description which will have a higher salary. A development plan is set out which clearly shows the skills, experiences, knowledge and qualifications that are needed in order to progress through the grades until you reach the end level higher salary job description. Make sure you clearly set out in the supporting statement of your application how you meet the criteria for the Grade you're applying for. What makes Denbighshire County Council a great place to work? We believe the hard work and commitment of our staff should be properly rewarded, so we offer a range of benefits to help our employees achieve a work/life balance, develop in their career, and we support them in their work.

• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 26 days (plus bank holidays) rising with length of service to a total of 32 days
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Focus on Employee Wellbeing and access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Lifestyle Savings via DCC Rewards Direct (high street shopping, holidays, days out etc)
• Car salary sacrifice scheme and car leasing scheme
• Family friendly policies