Electrician – Domestic & Commercial
Dec-Elec Ltd | Aberdare, South Wales | Full-time, permanent £35,000 – £40,000 per year + van, fuel card and funded training
Most electrical firms will tell you they're growing.
We'll tell you what that actually means for you: steady, local, long-term work on contracts that are already signed, a van on the drive, your tickets paid for, and a route into solar, battery storage and EV charging when you're ready for it.
If you're a good spark who's tired of stop-start jobs, chasing wholesalers, living out of a Travelodge, or being treated like a number — read the rest of this.
About Dec-Elec
We're a South Wales electrical contractor based in Aberdare, with a team of around 22 working across domestic and commercial contracts.
We've grown quickly, and we've done it by being the firm that turns up, does the job properly and gets asked back. That reputation is the reason our diary is full — and it's the reason we're particular about who we take on.
Here's what it's actually like to work here:
The work is already won. We hold long-term contracts with local authorities and commercial clients across Wales. That's a diary that's full months in advance, not a scramble for the next job.
All our work is in Wales. Every contract we hold is on home soil, run out of our Aberdare unit. No living away in the Midlands, no Sunday night drives up the M6, no working for a firm that treats Wales as an afterthought.
You get paid, on time, every single time. No excuses, no "it'll be in Monday". If that sounds like a low bar, you've worked for the wrong people.
The office actually does its job. Quotes, RAMS, materials, scheduling and client calls are handled for you. Your job is to be an electrician — not a buyer, an admin clerk and a debt collector rolled into one.
We put our money into training. 2391 inspection and testing, EV charging, solar PV, battery storage — if you want the ticket and you'll use it, we'll fund it. We're not precious about it either; developing our people is how we've grown.
You're a name, not a number. We're big enough to be secure and small enough that everyone knows everyone. Your opinion on how a job should be done actually counts here — and if you flag a problem on site, it gets sorted, not filed. You also get your birthday off, paid, on top of your holiday. Nobody should be pulling cable through a loft on their birthday.
There's a genuine ladder here. Whatever your next step looks like, there's a route to it. Inspection and testing if you want the technical side. Supervision or estimating if you'd rather lead and plan. And if solar, battery storage and EV charging interest you, we do that work too and we'll train you into it. Tell us where you want to be in five years and we'll help you build the path.
The perfect candidate ticks these boxes
You don't need to be a superhero. You need to be the sort of electrician other electricians respect.
- Qualified and proud of it — NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation (or equivalent) and current 18th Edition
- A safe pair of hands — you can be dropped on a job and trusted to get it right first time, without someone stood over you
- Good with people — you'll be in occupied homes with tenants and on commercial sites with clients. You knock, you explain, you're respectful, you leave it clean
- Thorough with the paperwork — certificates and job sheets completed properly and on time, because the job isn't finished until they are
- Full UK driving licence — you'll have your own van
- Someone who takes pride in the finish — you notice the crooked back box. You care that the trunking's straight
Nice to have, but not essential:
- 2391 (or equivalent) inspection and testing — if you haven't got it, we'll help you get it
- Experience on EICRs and remedial works
- Any exposure to solar PV, battery storage or EV chargers
- Commercial installation experience
Above all: reliability. Turn up, do good work, be honest with us — and we'll look after you properly.
What a typical day looks like
You leave home in your own van and call into our unit in Aberdare on the way. Your jobs for the day are already on your phone, and your materials are picked and waiting for you — load up, grab a brew, a few minutes with the lads, and you're gone. No standing around waiting to find out where you're going, and no sitting in a wholesaler's queue because nobody thought to order.
On site for eight. First up, an EICR on an occupied property in Merthyr. You introduce yourself to the tenant, explain what you're doing and roughly how long you'll be, and get on with it. Testing done, observations recorded, everything back as you found it.
Mid-morning, a consumer unit change on a void property nearby. Straightforward work done properly — new board in, tested, certified, photos uploaded.
Lunch wherever suits you.
Afternoon, you're over to a commercial site to second-fix a section with one of the lads and an apprentice. Containment's already run, materials are on site because the office ordered them last week, and you crack through it.
Cert and job sheet done on the app before you leave site. Tools down at four, van on your own drive shortly after. Done.
Some days it's a full rewire — tenanted or void — with all the lads on it together, and those are usually the best days of the lot. Some days it's fault-finding that has you scratching your head until you crack it. If you've taken us up on the solar or EV training, some days you'll be on that instead. It's varied, it's local, and you're not stuck on your own in an empty house five days a week.
The nitty gritty
Pay
£35,000 – £40,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications
Hours
37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. On site for 8:00am, finish at 4:00pm
Overtime
Available and paid at time and a half — offered, never forced
Van
Company van, taken home with you — not left at the unit overnight
Fuel
Company fuel card
Holiday
20 days plus all bank holidays — and your birthday off, paid, on top
Pension
Workplace pension scheme
Training
Funded qualifications and ongoing development
Kit
Calibrated test equipment, PPE and specialist power tools provided
Location
Based at our Aberdare unit, working on contracts across Wales
Next steps
If you've read this far, you're interested. Let's make this easy.
Apply through Indeed with your CV — or if your CV's five years out of date and you can't face updating it, don't let that stop you. Send us a message with your name, your tickets and a quick line about what you've been working on, and we'll pick it up from there.
Want to ask a question first? Call or WhatsApp Katie on 07562 947035. A two-minute chat with no obligation is fine by us — we'd rather you knew what you were applying for.
What happens after you apply:
- We'll come back to you within 2 working days — every applicant, whether it's a yes or a no
- A short phone call to talk through your experience and answer anything you want to ask
- A face-to-face at our Aberdare office — come and meet the team and see how we work
- Offer, start date sorted around your notice period, van keys in your hand
We're hiring now and we'd like the right people on board as soon as possible.
Dec-Elec Ltd — proper work, proper pay, proper people.
Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company car
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
