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Airworks Chief Rigger - Operations The Chief has the full responsibility in the Rigging team to deliver preventative maintenance across a wide range of structures. You are the Senior Rigger in the team and you have full responsibility for the resources working with you on site.

Salary: Up to £40,000 and comprehensive company benefits
Location: Covering mainly the Midlands .

Accountabilities:

• Creation of Planned work documents to ensure work is undertaken on time and in a safe manner.
• Creating Risk assessments and method statements, ensuring these get sign off from relevant stakeholders.
• Acts in a supervisory capacity to over see all safety aspects of work carried out on site.
• POC for safety and all rigging works in their Region.
• Supports the Rigging PM and Airwork’s Support Manager.
• Ensure all Rigging equipment is kept operational and any required maintenance is kept up to date.
• Responsible for the ongoing Technical/ personal development of the Rigging team in their Region.
• Create/ supports an environment to encourage both multi/cross skilling of other Field Ops activities both in and out of your team.
• Looks for ways to improve and drives a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance to other teams and contribute to project delivery.
• Maintain accurate records, documentation and reporting of actions taken.
• Generate maximum team efficiency through delivering bundled activities within skillset.
• Complete preventative and corrective maintenance to the mast and tower infrastructure
• Install, operate, dissemble winch systems to support work on tall structures
• Provide response to faults and technical issues, including emergency call out, to assist the Antenna systems team to provide corrective maintenance
• Complete support structure inspections and provide documented reports on findings
• Provide supervision to 3rd parties requiring access to specific Arqiva sites such as high-power UHF and MF sites.
• This role will have the responsibility for delivering all planned preventative maintenance on our top 100 sites. The Chief will be responsible for the sites in your area, but on occasions you might need to go out with your area to deliver the engineer inspections. You will work closely with the structural engineer responsible for the structures in your area Be responsible for organising and managing the engineer inspections for your area, making sure you keep to the monthly schedule. Be responsible for the delivery of the small works and repairs while carrying out the engineer inspections. Be responsible for checking-: leg flange pressure, leg clamps, chain dampers. Be responsible for requesting complex planned works to carry out engineer inspections. Be responsible for creating site specific RAMS. Be able to categorise faults on the structure and the associated risks. Be able to carry out detailed reports including sketches

Must have

• Driving Licence
• Experience of working at height
• Complex rigging experience
• Team and project management experience
• Extensive knowledge of Safety, Health and Environment legislation, standards and practices
• Extensive knowledge of mast and tower maintenance procedures, technical processes, standards and engineering practices related to area of expertise
• Experience working with 3rd party contractors – ensuring work is completed to the standards and specifications required.
  

More than anything, we want to work with people who are passionate about what they do and believe in our vision. So, if you think you have most of the skills and / or experience we are looking for, then please do apply for the role - we want to hear from you!

Who we are

Arqiva is at the heart of the broadcast and utilities sector in the UK and beyond.

Through our infrastructure we ensure media and data is taken from, and delivered to where it is most valued, whether that’s from broadcasters to your TV screen or radio, or from your smart meter to the utility company. Even if you haven’t heard of us before, the chances are you’re indirectly a customer of ours and our infrastructure is part of your everyday life!

We have a rich heritage and an exciting future ahead of us, and there’s so much more to us that we can’t wait to share with you.

What do you need to be the best version of you…

We have worked closely with our colleagues during the past 18 months to create Work. Life. Smarter. – our approach and commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture for everyone. Our approach gives our colleagues empowerment and support to work in ways that enable them to thrive in their role. We are very much on a learning journey at Arqiva, but through a balance of in-person and remote working opportunities, we are encouraging our teams to work together to put in place what works best for them, ensuring that they’re meeting individual, team and customer needs.

Our colleagues feel empowered by the opportunities available to them to ensure we all bring our very best selves to work, wherever that may be, and we welcome the opportunity to talk to you about how Work. Life. Smarter. could work for the role you are interested in, as well as formal flexible working requests such as part-time or job shares.

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For us, building a working environment that is diverse, inclusive and engaged, is a positive for both our colleagues and our customers. This is why we have invested in our partnerships with initiatives and organisations such as Tommy's Pregnancy at Work, Inclusive Employers and WISE (Women in Science and Engineering).

We also have active and thriving networks to support our colleagues like our Working Families network, Women at Arqiva and Diversity Ambassadors. Take a look at our LinkedIn Life page for more details - https://www.linkedin.com/company/arqiva/life

We are working hard to ensure that we are making exciting opportunities accessible to all, and that every employee feels valued, heard and respected so that we can continue to build a high performance, high engagement culture.

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