Job Description
Stoke City Football Club is seeking a dedicated electrical Maintenance Engineer to support the day to day operations across the Club's extensive property portfolio. While based at the bet365 Stadium, the successful candidate will also work at other facilities as required, such as the Clayton Wood Training Ground, the Academy Dome and warehouses.
You will be at the heart of operations, ensuring infrastructure is safe, and capable of meeting the high-energy demands of a professional sporting organisation.
As part of a busy, collaborative team, the Engineer will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and upgrade of the Club’s properties and generation facilities. This role is vital in ensuring all premises remain fully compliant, while also providing essential electrical support for matchdays, including pre-match preparation and post-match requirements.
The position will be offered on a full time basis and requires a high degree of flexibility to cover evenings, weekends, hospitality events and match day fixtures as required
Main Responsibilities
- Delivering comprehensive electrical maintenance, repairs, and upgrades across all Club properties.
- Maintaining and servicing the Club’s generation facilities to ensure optimal performance.
- Ensuring all electrical installations and systems are fully compliant with current health and safety regulations.
- Providing essential electrical support for matchdays and other events as required, including pre-match preparation and post-match requirements.
- Working collaboratively within a busy team to resolve reactive maintenance issues and planned upgrades.
Key Skills and Experience
- Fully qualified with a Level 3 technical certificate (e.g. City and Guilds 2365 or equivalent).
- NVQ Level 3 qualification.
- City and Guilds 2382 (BS7671 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations).
- Completion of the AM2 exam.
- City and Guilds 2391 (Inspection and Testing).
- Full, clean driving licence is desirable.
- Proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to work efficiently as part of a team.
This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and DBS checks at the appropriate level will be obtained prior to employment commencing.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the Club changed its name to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. We are proudly the oldest professional football club in the world, and are one of the founding members of the Football League.
The Club's first, and to date only, major trophy was won in the 1972 Football League Cup Final, when the team beat Chelsea 2–1. The club have won the Football League Trophy on two occasions, first in 1992 and most recently in 2000. The Club's highest league finish in the top division is 4th, which was achieved in both 1935/36 and 1946/47. The Potters have competed in European football in 1972/73, 1974/75; and most recently in 2011–12 after reaching the FA Cup Final in 2011, finishing runners-up to Manchester City.
Stoke City's home ground is the bet365 Stadium, a 30,000+ all-seater stadium. Before the stadium was opened in 1997, the club was based at the Victoria Ground, which had been their home ground since 1878. The club's nickname is 'the Potters', named after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent. The Club's traditional colours are red and white vertically striped shirts, white shorts and stockings