EV Electrician

Contract EV Charger Installer Electrician
📍 Location: Coventry, Warwickshire
💰 Pay Rate: £275 per day
📋 Contract Type: Self-employed / Contract
🕗 Hours: Monday to Friday
🎓 Qualifications: 18th Edition, AM2, 2391 (or equivalent)
About the Opportunity
Rock Recruitment is working with a well-established client to recruit skilled, self-employed electricians to join their network of contract engineers. Working on behalf of housing providers, they expanding their EV charging installation programme. You’ll play a key part in helping tenants and housing providers make the move to electric vehicles, delivering safe, compliant installations to a high standard.
The Role
Working Monday to Friday with no out-of-hours or emergency callouts, you’ll install and commission EV charge points across social housing sites and tenants’ homes, including:
* Installing domestic and communal EV charge points (wall-mounted and post-mounted units)
* Surveying sites and assessing supply capacity, earthing arrangements and cable routes
* Installing dedicated circuits, protective devices and consumer unit upgrades where needed
* Cable runs, including external and underground containment
* Testing, commissioning and handover of chargers, with certification completed in line with BS 7671
* Fault finding and remedial works on existing EV installations
* General electrical installation and upgrade work alongside EV jobs where required
You’ll often be working in or around occupied homes, so good customer service matters. That means treating tenants with respect, explaining how their charger works, keeping disruption to a minimum and giving clear, professional advice. All work must be safe, compliant and right first time.
What You’ll Need to Provide
* A fully equipped van
* Your own tools and test equipment (including a calibrated multifunction tester)
* Appropriate insurance cover (e.g. public liability)
About You
* Minimum 2 years’ experience as a qualified electrician, ideally in domestic or social housing settings
* City & Guilds 2365 Parts 1 & 2 (or equivalent), including the Level 3 Technical Certificate and NET AM2
* NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent)
* BS 7671 Wiring Regulations (City & Guilds 2382, 18th Edition)
* City & Guilds 2391-52 (or equivalent) for inspection and testing: highly desirable
* EV charger installation qualification (e.g. City & Guilds 2921-33 / Level 3 Award in Installing Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment, or equivalent): essential
* Hands-on experience installing EV charge points, ideally across a range of manufacturers: highly desirable
* Knowledge of smart charging requirements and DNO notification procedures: desirable
* Experience working in social housing or tenanted properties: desirable
* Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one): [confirm if required, as it’s usual for social housing
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed