Jointers mate

Reporting to

Field Staff Supervisor

Location

North London

Department

Network Operations

Reference Number

76696

Employment Period

Permanent

CiP/Bonus Level

3%

Salary

£34,303 - £40,956 (dependant upon knowledge, skills, qualifications & experience) + benefits

Closing Date

02/06/2023

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.

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.

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

Principal Accountabilities:
Observe all work being carried out on:
Live LV apparatus with exposed conductors.

Ensure safe use of equipment in line with health & safety procedures and network standards specifically that colleagues on site are also wearing the relevant PPE. (This forms part of the duty of care of all operational staff under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974).
To deter members of the public distracting staff while working on live equipment, and ensure ‘Do Not Disturb’ signs are prominently displayed appropriately and at all times whilst live electrical work is in progress.
Set equipment up for the Jointer including preparation of work, laying out tools and equipment for a task and equipping the vehicle to enable jobs to be carried out.
Assists the Jointer when he/she carries out work on live 240/415v apparatus, conductors or equipment as required in accordance with appropriate safety procedures.
Use appropriate IT equipment such as Field Force Enablement (FFE) – an electronic job issuing system.
Digging and aiding in excavating joint holes in a safe manner, ensuring compliance with NRSWA 1992
Supports the Jointer in terms of uses own judgement to undertake risk assessment of a job in terms of feasibility, safety, knowledge of tools and equipment and timeliness and liaise with Field Engineer as and when appropriate.
The postholder undertakes a system emergency storm role where he/she carries out in accordance with network standards and safety requirements.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
The following skills and attributes are important to this role
Sound knowledge of electrical distribution
An understanding of the Electricity at Work Act including understanding electrical diagrams and maps i.e. points of isolation/earthing
New Roads & Streetworks Act (NRSWA) – Units 1, 2 and 3 successfully achieved.
Training would initially be at a training centre for a basic grasp of policy and health & safety. Craft Attendants would be expected to learn on the job.
Trained in First Aid
Awareness of the policies relating to network standards and Health & Safety. The Craft Attendant has to be aware of such policies but only enough so as to escalate to the Fitter if he/she felt there was a failure to follow a policy.
Full UK driving licence required

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.