Electrician DCD

82029 - Electrician DCD

This Advanced Electrician will report to the Project Engineer and will work within Network Operations based in our Ipswich office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £39,283 and a bonus of 3%.

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

Close Date: 15th March 2026

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• 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

Below are the minimum required competencies for this role:

• C&G Technical certificate at level 3
• Formally 2330 or now 2365, or equivalent qualification specialising in electrical installation works.
• Wiring regulations
• An 18th edition
• C&G Test and Inspection
• Someone formally covered everything, but now they split the qualification, so you need both 2394 & 2395.

Job Purpose:

Safely install LV systems and associated equipment for the refurbishment and upgrade of Electrical Installations within Grid, Primary & Secondary Substations, UKPN Depots and Offices and to assist with service alterations within customer properties.

Distribution Capital Delivery will ask you to play an important role in safely completing the electrical installation works required for the projects they undertake.

Although you have no budgetary or staffing responsibilities, they will have a direct input to the financial budget regarding for a vehicle plus other plant, material, and equipment. This includes a van, test instruments, power tools and personal protection equipment, and we deliver the work.

We allocate jobs depending on the nature of the work. From the receipt of the work with electronic toughpad, the Advanced Electrician will determine what needs completing and will order materials and stock items to undertake the work.

Advanced electricians will demonstrate a responsible and safe approach to unplanned hazardous situations. You will deal with members of the public, emergency services and local authorities when representing UK Power Networks in all situations.

Demonstrate a history of being able to manage jobs from the start through to completion, including managing team members, materials and testing and inspection.

Have a working knowledge of the NICEIC the UK's leading certification body for the electrical contracting industry and wider building services sector.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Ensure that safe working practices are maintained.
• Ensure that activities are carried out.
• Electrical installation works following BS7671 18th Edition Regulations.
• Test and Inspection following BS7671 18th Edition and UKPN policy and procedures.
• Complete work to the correct specification.
• To perform risk assessments and maintain safe working practices.
• The Project Engineer, Technician, and clients carry out on-site operations with the help of a liaison.
• Help identify material requirements to be procured by the purchasing department or by the Project Engineer, Technician and Business Support and support distribution and efficient use of materials on site.
• Provide technical help/advice to the limits of individual's ability and qualifications.
• Assemble, instal, test and maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus and fixtures using hand tools, power tools and other specialist equipment.
• Work from plans and technical drawings
• Undertake the installation of LV containment, earthing systems, remedial electrical repairs / replacements following defect faults.
• Inspect, test and commission electrical systems following BS7671 18th Edition with the ability to identify any hazards or malfunctions. Diagnose faults taking the necessary action to rectify any findings.
• Perform other relevant tasks from time to time as and when requested by the Project Engineer and Technician.

Nature and Scope:

You will focus on designing, building, operating and maintaining safe, sustainable electrical installations within the Grid, Primary & Secondary Substations, UKPN Depots and Offices together with customer's private installations.

Qualifications

• Health, Safety and Environment Awareness
• Electrical Systems Knowledge
• IET Wiring Regulations BS7671 18th Edition.
• City and Guilds 2365 Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations (or Equivalent)
• City and Guilds 2391-52 Level 3 Award in Initial Verification and Periodic Inspection & Testing (or Equivalent)
• Fault finding on electrical systems.
• Work to a High Standard within Agreed Timescales
• Clean Driving Licence

Personal Characteristics

• Team working
• Order and Quality
• Influencing
• Performance
• Flexible on Work Patterns.(Area/Time)
• Willing to develop skills/training for future requirements.

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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If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.