Electrician

81405 - Electrician

This Electrician will report to the Field Staff Supervisor and will work within Network Operations based in our Bidder street, London office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £43,904 per annum

Phased Inner London weighting - £6,049.81

One network payment - £712.10

Non-canteen allowance - £329.00

Bonus of 3%.

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

Close Date: 25th September 2025

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

Job Purpose:

Nature and Scope:

The Fault Repair Service focuses on designing, building, operating and maintaining safe, sustainable electrical installations within the Primary & Secondary Substations together with customer's private installations. We are also the first response to LV electrical related faults within London and other internal Departments.

Programmed work for several UKPN Departments across London, including Facilities Management.

You will perform works across the whole LPN footprint and assist SPN and EPN with Neutral Faults

Job Purpose:

Safely install LV systems and associated equipment for the refurbishment and upgrade of Electrical Installations within Primary & Secondary

Substations and support the Fault Repair Service (FRS).

You will play an important role in the safe completion of the electrical installation works required for the projects undertaken by Network

Operations as well as LPN Faults / FRS.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Assemble, install, test and maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus and fixtures using hand tools, power tools and other specialist equipment
• Inspect, test and commission electrical systems with the ability to identify any hazards or malfunctions. Diagnose faults taking the necessary action to rectify any findings
• Undertake the installation of LV containment, earthing systems, remedial electrical repairs / replacements following a network faults.
• Undertake the installation of LV Sub Mains with SWA cable
• Attend Neutral Faults to perform internal electrical testing ready for supplies to be reenergised
• Work from plans and technical drawings
• Ensure that safe working practices are always maintained
• Ensure that activities are carried out.
• On site liaison with Field Staff Supervisors and clients to help ensure that operations on site are carried out
• Provide technical help/advice to the limits of individual's ability and qualifications.
• Perform other relevant tasks from time to time as and when requested by the Field Staff Supervisor
• Standby rota (Mandatory) for London Electricians (Weekday evening and weekends)
• Electrical LV surveys for Connections / FM / GE and other internal UKPN Depts
• Help identify material requirements to be procured by the purchasing department or by the Field Staff Supervisor and support distribution and efficient use

of materials on site

Essential Qualifications:

• 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) – desirable
• City and Guilds 2357 NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation or Equivalent
• IET Wiring Regulations BS7671 18th Edition (1st January 2019)
  • BS7671 Amendment 2 (March 2022)
• Health, Safety and Environment Awareness
• IOSH – Managing safety certification (desirable or willing to work towards)
• City and Guilds 2304-17 (formerly 2339) Level 2 Award in Electrical Power Engineering – Distribution and Transmission (or Equivalent)
• Electrical Systems Knowledge
• Manual Dexterity
• Team-Player
• Work to a High Standard within Agreed Timescales
• Distribution Safety Rules (DSR) Knowledge
• Clean Driving Licence

Personal Characteristics

• Team working
• 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.