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Reporting to

Field Staff Supervisor

Location

Crawley, Brighton, Lewes

Function

Network Operations

Reference Number

71225

Employment Period

Permanent

Bonus

3%

Salary Range

£31, 414 – £38,253 per annum (depending on experience)

Closing Date

14/04/2023

All applications will be reviewed after the closing date.

We also provide the following additional benefits

Annual leave
Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Occupational Health support
Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
Supplier discounts, such as O2, EE, Vauxhall cars, Universal tyres
Discounted access to sports and social clubs
Employee Assistance Programme.

UK Power Networks

UK Power Networks is the country’s biggest electricity distributor, making sure the lights stay on for more than eight million homes and businesses across London, the South East and the East of England.

UK Power Networks continues to be listed in the Sunday Times’ Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For, as well as the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers, and made industry history by becoming first company to win Utility of the Year two years running (2015 and 2016, also 2012). The company is accredited in the Investors in People Platinum and Nation Equality Standard.

The company invests more than £600 million in its electricity networks every year, offers extra help to vulnerable customers at times of need, and is undertaking trials to ensure that electricity networks support the transition to a low carbon future. It also moves cables and connects new electricity supplies.

Job Purpose

To carry out electrical works which range from the connection of new supplies, diversion and alterations to locating and repairing faults.

Principal Accountabilities:
Location and restoration of faults on the LV underground Network.

Domestic connection of new/altered housing supplies and/or reinforcements.

Connection of diversions both HV/LV for developers or Local Authorities up to 33KV.

Responsibility for all aspects of Safety, Health and Environment in this role.

Delivery of the job to time and guaranteed service levels.

Efficient use of materials.

Completion of work to the correct specification.

To carry out risk assessments and maintain safe working practices.

Immediate supervision of Craft Attendant.

Use of appropriate IT equipment including TDR, LV Faults sniffer and FFE equipment

Supervision of excavating teams

Competencies:
Safety Awareness, Communication Skills, Quality/Customer Focus, People Skills

Nature and Scope:
Where appropriate, the post holder will work with the team to achieve the targets set out in the Performance Dashboard. They will be able to work under their own initiative and demonstrate the ability to carry out risk assessments in order to create a safe working environment.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
The following skills and attributes are important to this role

City and Guilds 2339 (formally 2322) certificate or equivalent

HAUC (NRSWA) qualification as a supervisor and operative

Flexibility and able to work in a team environment

Ability to problem solve in a practical way

Able to work under pressure

Must have a clean driving licence

Understanding operational and 1:500 diagrams

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used.

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.