Street lighting electrician
Job description
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Street Lighting Electrician
IPAF required but training can be arranged
Installation lanterns , SWA cable jointing and connection
Panel wiring
Fault finding maintenance
Vehicle provided
Ability to work on initiative multiple location throughout North East
40 hrs per week + overtime available
well established family business 26 years
Small team
Key skills
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your IPAF licence prominently at the top of your CV under a 'Key Certifications' section — the advert lists it as the primary requirement.
📊 Quantify your maintenance and installation experience: e.g. 'Installed and commissioned 200+ street lighting columns across 12 local authority sites over 3 years'.
🎯 Specifically mention SWA cable jointing and panel wiring as distinct skills in your skills section, as the advert calls these out individually.
🌐 Emphasise your experience working across multiple locations or sites simultaneously, as the role covers multiple locations throughout the North East.
🤝 Note any experience working in small, close-knit teams and operating independently with minimal supervision, reflecting the family business environment described.
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- •Installed and commissioned 150+ street lighting lanterns across 8 local authority sites in the North East, completing each installation to BS 7671 standards within agreed programme dates.
- •Diagnosed and resolved over 40 street lighting faults per month across multi-site networks, reducing average fault-to-fix time from 3 days to under 24 hours through systematic fault-finding procedures.
- •Performed SWA cable jointing and panel wiring on 6 new street lighting feeder pillar installations, ensuring all connections passed third-party electrical inspection with zero remedial actions required.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Foxcover Limited's street lighting electrician role in South Tyneside is a strong match for my hands-on experience in SWA cable jointing, lantern installation, and electrical fault finding across public highway infrastructure. Having worked across multiple sites in the North East, I understand the demands of keeping street lighting networks operational to a high standard.
My background in street lighting maintenance and panel wiring has equipped me with the practical skills to work independently across dispersed locations. I hold a current IPAF licence and have consistently delivered fault diagnosis and installation work to programme, often managing several sites within a single working day.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Can you walk us through your process for jointing SWA cable on a street lighting installation?
- ›How do you approach fault finding on a street lighting circuit that has multiple columns out?
- ›What checks do you carry out before operating an IPAF platform at height on a public highway?
- ›Describe your experience with panel wiring — what types of distribution boards or control panels have you worked on?
- ›What safety procedures do you follow when working on live or isolated street lighting equipment?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to diagnose and resolve a complex electrical fault with limited information.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to manage your own workload across multiple sites in a single day — how did you prioritise?
- ›Give an example of when you identified a safety risk on site and explain the steps you took.
- ›Tell me about a time you worked as part of a small team and had to step up and take the lead on a task.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to adapt quickly to an unexpected problem while working remotely from your base.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to diagnose and resolve a complex electrical fault with limited information.
Describe a situation where you had to manage your own workload across multiple sites in a single day — how did you prioritise?