Job Title: PAT Tester
Responsible to: Area Manager
Responsible for: PAT and function testing across Reuse shops
Location/departments: Wastesavers Charitable Trust - Reuse Shops
Salary: £27,305 per annum pro rata and mileage between shops
Hours of work: 22.5 hours per week
Location of work: Roseheyworth and New Vale (Blaenau Gwent)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 28 days holiday per year (inc BH) rising by 1 per year to 33 days at 5 years service, birthdays off, 5% employer contribution pension scheme
Detail
Wastesavers is a Third Sector group that delivers a range of services based in and around the Circular Economy across South East Wales. We are an environmental organisation established in 1985 and we are proud to have the same aims and objectives today, as we did 40 years ago; to use waste as a resource for change within our community.
We run the kerbside recycling service for Newport, commercial recycling services across 4 local authority areas, have a chain of 10 reuse shops, run repair cafes, an IT recycling department and a nappy library, as well as hosting PEAK our alternative education provision. We currently have over 170 staff working at multiple across South East Wales and are in an expansion period.
Person Specification
As part of our charitable work, we run a several reuse shops, dealing with the reuse of furniture, IT, electrical equipment and other household items. Currently we have shops in Newport, Cardiff, Llantrisant, Treherbert, Aberdare, Merthyr, Abertillery, Penallta and Pontypool, with a new shop opened in May 2026 at New Vale (Ebbw Vale). We are looking for a PAT tester to join our team to help with the testing, processing and management of electrical items donated primarily at our shops in Abertillery and New Vale.
The successful candidate will be educated to good standard, with strong literacy and numeracy skills. They will be highly organised, motivated and competent, and an excellent communicator who is able to interpret behaviour and communicate with different groups of people, including colleagues, volunteers and members of the public
All PAT testing equipment will be provided.
Job Role
The role requires you to undertake the following duties and responsibilities:
- Test electrical appliances in line with current codes of practice
- Ensure work is carried out in an efficient and timely manner
- Ensure all relevant documentation is completed
- Travel to sites as requested
- Able to carry out minor repairs to portable appliances
- Liaise with Shop Managers to organise workload and route planning
- Adhere to all relevant Wastesavers procedures and policies to ensure a high standard of security, health and safety and equal opportunities
Other Responsibilities
- Be able to work independently and as part of a team
- Report to the management team
- Take part in team meetings
- Any other reasonable management requests
Essential Skills
- Understanding of electronics and interest in learning
- Excellent level of written and verbal communication
- Strong literacy and numeracy skills
- Previous experience of work in an administration/back office role
- Good level of IT literacy and experience using Microsoft Office packages
- Clean driving licence and access to own transport
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent rapport and interpersonal skills with different groups of people
- Strong organisation skills and competence
- Able to work under own initiative and take a proactive approach
- Flexibility and adaptability, including occasionally working outside of normal hours
- A willingness to learn and improve own performance and skills
Desirable Skills
- A PAT Testing Qualification or willing to work towards
- Knowledge and understanding of the charity retail sector
- Experience of working with volunteers
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £14.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
Application question(s):
- Do you have a full clean driving license?
- Do you have access to your own vehicle?
- Do you have a PAT test qualification?
Work Location: In person
