Jobs in Watford, eng, uk

Cable Jointer

We have an excellent career opportunity with us at UK Power Networks! Our teams continue to grow through their achievements, and we want you to join our exciting role that provides job security and professional development.

We are the country's biggest electricity distributor! We make sure the lights stay on for more than eight million homes and businesses across London, the South East and the East of England.

As a jointer you will drive the fault response performance across the Borehamwood area. This will include speaking to customers, the central Network Operations team, and overseeing contractors.

You'll also work alongside engineers and others to ensure we can deliver 1st class service to our customers!

You'll also carry out all aspects of Jointing on both low and high voltages cables on the UK Power Networks distribution system.

Duties

• Fault finding on the Distribution network
• Connect new supplies
• Alterations to existing supplies
• The restoration of LV supplies in agreement with central control
• Test and switch on the LV network - and understanding the results of the tests
• Repair to public lighting services
• Supervise excavating teams
• Understand and provide updates for operational diagrams,
• Low and high voltage jointing
• Use appropriate IT equipment including TDR, LV Faults sniffer and electronic touch pad. Supervise Craft Attendant.
• Inspection and Maintenance

As main member of our team, our jointers play a vital role in the safe restoration of and connection of supplies. UK Power Networks is regulated by multiple guidelines, and you will ensure successful compliance with Customer Minutes Lost and Customer Interruption targets. As a jointer, you may work at any location within the UK Power Networks area, at first though within the Borehamwood area.

Experience

As an experienced Jointer, you'll also need these key skills for this role :

Personal Skills

You'll also have :

You'll also receive regular training

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