Craft Attendant - Jointer

80360 - Craft Attendant Jointer

This craft attendant jointer will report to the field staff supervisor and will work within network operations based in our Crawley office. You will be a permanent employee in our UK Power Networks team.

You will attract a salary of £31,454 per annum. depending on experience and a bonus of 3%.

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

Close Date:. 16/02/2025

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 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, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers’ products
• Discounted gym membership
• 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.

Job Purpose:

The postholder is required to assist the jointer in their role regarding faults repairs, network alterations and new connection work which involves jointing work on the LV/HV distribution network. This will also include assisting in the restoration of LV supplies as part of fault working and system emergencies. This will be done by observing the work in progress to ensure correct procedures are being followed with regard to PPE and safe working practices for the task in hand.

You will be required to participate in a stand-by rota as part of a team to provide emergency response outside of normal working hours. You should also be prepared to study to obtain a City & Guilds 2339 (formally 2322) qualification and be prepared to undertake training to become a jointer.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Observe all work being carried out on:
• live LV apparatus with exposed conductors.
• Ensure safe use of equipment following health & safety procedures and network standards specifically that colleagues on site are also wearing the relevant PPE. (This forms part of the tasks 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 and 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 providing the vehicle to allow jobs to be carried out.
• Assist the Jointer when he/she carries out work on live 240/415v apparatus, conductors or equipment observing appropriate safety procedures.
• Use appropriate IT equipment such as an electronic job issuing system.
• Dig and aid in excavating holes safely and in doing so liaise with external contractors.
• Support the Jointer concerning 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.

Qualifications:

• Educated to at least GCSE level or equivalent.
• 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 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

Key Skills:

Customer focused with the ability to develop a good partnership with customers and form relationships with colleagues and members of the public

Working as a support to the Jointer the postholder has to be able to work under pressure, work effectively to schedules, work on own initiative concerning assessing whether a job can be undertaken within the allotted timescales and be self reliant.

Good team working ability in terms of being able to collaborate with others to ensure that work is undertaken to quality, cost and time requirements

Self-motivation including the willingness to stay informed about national regulations and network standards relating to health & safety and electricity distribution

The postholder has a positive attitude and a high level of energy. The postholder should also be flexible, adaptable and responsive to change.

Good communication skills so as to be able to establish strong informal relationships with colleagues across Networks and be able to interpret technical information and explain this to others.

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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