Electrical Supervisor
Role Overview
Leads electrical delivery for retail activations, experiential installations, pop-up environments, displays, exhibitions, and bespoke retail fixtures.
Combines hands-on installation with leadership of a small team and coordination with project managers, designers, fabricators, and site installation teams.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Leads electrical delivery for retail activations, experiential installations, pop-up environments, displays, exhibitions, and bespoke retail fixtures.
Combines hands-on installation with leadership of a small team and coordination with project managers, designers, fabricators, and site installation teams.
Team leadership
- Manage, mentor, and develop electrical technicians and installers; allocate workloads and resources across projects.
- Promote safe working, conduct toolbox talks and safety briefings, and monitor productivity, quality, and deadlines.
- Support recruitment, training, and performance development.
Electrical production and installation
- Build, wire, test, and commission installations; install and maintain temporary and permanent 240V systems.
- Assemble and test low-voltage LED, RGB LED, DMX, power supply, interactive display, sensor, and activation systems.
- Carry out fault finding, diagnostics, testing, inspection, and PAT testing; develop safe cable-routing solutions.
- Support workshop manufacture and installations in the UK and internationally when required.
Compliance and technical delivery
- Comply with BS 7671 IET Wiring Regulations, Electricity at Work Regulations, health and safety law, and company procedures.
- Maintain testing equipment and certification records, prepare RAMS, and document and sign off installations.
- Review drawings and schematics, advise on power requirements, recommend components and methods, and support prototypes and proof-of-concept work.
Project delivery
- Plan electrical requirements, order and manage consumables and equipment, and track progress against programme deadlines.
- Support installation teams at critical milestones and troubleshoot site issues under tight deadlines.
Required qualifications and experience
- Qualified Electrician with NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
- 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
- Experience with 240V mains electrical installations.
- Strong understanding of temporary installations, retail display systems, LED lighting, control systems, power distribution, and relevant regulations.
Working environment
Additional hours outside normal working hours may be expected; the source states that paid overtime or time off in lieu is not provided.
The role requires flexibility, responsiveness, composure under pressure, and collaborative working in a fast-paced production environment.
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