Maintenance Fitter - Wickford, United Kingdom - National Grid

National Grid

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Wickford, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Maintenance Fitter - Essex:

Location: Wickford, GB, SS11 8TZ
Division: CEN South Anglia
Job Type:
Requisition Number: Department: Electricity Transmission
Operations
Job Function: Electric Maintenance and Construction
How do you start a career in the electricity transmission industry?:

£31,654 to £35,378 pa including allowance + Benefits package, training and development

It's a great opportunity for a Maintenance Fitter to work in the Essex Team

We'll keep you local, around the Rayleigh area for this role you will need to live 30 mins from site.
Job Security, substations are a crucial element of electricity supply in this country.
Job satisfaction, working in the Electricity Supply Industry is a very rewarding and fulfilling career.
We'll challenge you with a diverse workload covering a wide range of asset types, age, technical complexity, and skillsets utilised.
Safety Culture, HV Transmission Substations are inherently hazardous environments, National Grid has extremely high safety standards that team members generally find comfortable working to.

You'll generally be working in a team of 2 to 10 people and be involved with maintenance, refurbishment or replacement work on the UK Transmission System substations.

This could be from single asset replacements such as circuit breakers and transformers to maintaining/repairing aging high speed on load tap changers or complex 400kV circuit breakers.

We also work on all kinds of ancillary equipment, DC battery systems, air compressors, diesels etc.

What you'll need:

A minimum requirement for the role is a Level 3 Apprenticeship in an Engineering Field.
Full UK Driving Licence
Can use a computer

Substation experienced

Desirable

IOSH

Desirable

Pay and benefits:

A competitive salary from £31,654 to £35,378 per annum + Benefits Package.
Seasonal working allowance £1,555 per annum.
25 days annual leave (increasing to 26) plus eight statutory days
The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
Generous contributory pension scheme we will doublematch your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. Overall 18%.
Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave so long as it's relevant to your role.
Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
Family care benefits including a backup care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
Access to apps that support, health, fitness and wellbeing

More Information:

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At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people.
Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications,
the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. **We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.