Linesperson

79752 - Linesperson

This linesperson will report to the field staff supervisor and will work within network operations based in our Bury St Edmunds office. You will be a permanent employee in our UK Power Networks team.

You will attract a salary of £37,165 and a bonus of 3%.

If you are successful, you will need to undertake a medical and DBS reference check

Close Date:.27/10/2024

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.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose: The position will manage the delivery of network enhancement projects and restoration of electrical supplies on the UK Power Networks distribution system, carrying out repairs on the overhead lines  

Principal Accountabilities:

• Carry out all work in connection with the construction, maintenance and report of
  • Overhead lines and any associate plant and equipment, connections, and earthing, including cable laying and necessary excavation, backfill and reinstatement
  • Overhead line service lines, pilots and catenaries, service termination equipment and connections thereto
• Patrol overhead lines and reports defects and any work being performed in the vicinity of the line route.
• Carries out work on live 240/415v apparatus conductors or equipment, observing the appropriate safety rules.
• Carry out live line work on overhead lines up to and including 33kv.
• Installs and connects, or disconnects and removes, or re-sites whole current metering.
• Removes and replaces links and fuses on the 240/415v network.
• Use meters and instruments and record readings. 
• Assist in resistance, thermal and height measurements on overhead lines.
• Carries out rigging, erects and inspects pre-formed scaffolds and pole and clip scaffolds.
• Carry out tree felling and tree trimming.
• Drive vehicles, cleans them and carries out roadworthiness checks.
• Operate communications/data transmission and display equipment.
• Operate mechanical aids and use portable equipment.
• Switches, isolates and earths when authorised to do so.
• Undertake Standby Duties.
• Required to undertake standby on a contractual basis

  Nature and Scope

You will work with the team to achieve the targets set out in the Performance Dashboard.  You will work under their own initiative and demonstrate the ability to perform risk assessments to create a safe working environment.  

Qualifications:

• LV & HV Authorised
• EPN network competency certificate
• City & Guilds 232 certificate
• To be able to work on own initiative
• Able to complete self-risk assessments
• Ability to work as part of a team
• To be prepared to train and learn new skills to be able to carry out the full range of duties.
• To have previous experience/knowledge in the field of overhead line construction and maintenance.

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 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 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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