Cable Jointer - Walkden, United Kingdom - ENWL

ENWL

Verified Company

Walkden, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Electricity North West is looking for an experienced Cable Jointer to join our inclusive and collaborative team in Walkden.

The role comes with a generous salary, many excellent benefits and the chance to progress your career at a thriving, progressive company.

As an authorised Cable Jointer, you will be required to work on the ENWL underground electricity distribution network under both live and dead conditions.

You will participate in repair, maintenance inspection and fault-finding activities commensurate with your level of authorisation. Based in Manchester, your day-to-day work will involve working as part of a two-person team.

In your first few weeks in this Cable Jointer role, you can expect to:

Address street furniture faults, replacing single and three-phase service terminations, finding and repairing customer services, restoring supplies to multiple customers including LV operations and repairing high-voltage cables
Complete Point of Work Risk Assessments and raise permits
Use disc cutters, breakers hand tools and mini diggers to excavate in accordance with Health and Safety legislation and company codes of practice to provide access to our network in readiness for all aspects of jointing work.

To succeed in this role, you will need an understanding of safety systems and the importance of risk assessments.

You will also need to be customer-focused with the ability to communicate clearly and be willing to work outside in all weathers with some anti-social hours.

In addition, you should be in possession of a full UK driving licence and be well-organised, self-motivated and happy working as part of a team.

Other essential requirements include:

Ability to complete paperwork relating to workbased activities
A minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent
Relevant City and Guilds level 2 qualification
Distribution Network Operator LV jointing authorisations.

You'll receive an excellent salary of up to £35,040.48 for your knowledge, expertise and flexibility.

We are committed to ensuring our people are supported and are proud of our excellent reward and benefits offer, which includes:

An annual bonus scheme
Twentysix days annual leave increasing with length of service
An employee rewards portal offering discounts on several wellknown brands
A marketleading contributory pension scheme
Employee assistance programme and opportunity for professional development through our L&D function.

We're champions of the North West, and we're proud that our electricity network connects communities and helps keep the electricity flowing every minute of every day, from when you wake up to when you fall asleep and all the hours in between.

A key part of the UK's journey to net zero carbon is the revolution of our electricity industry, and as the region's network operator, it's our responsibility to lead the way, help the North West to decarbonise and pave the way for the growth of renewable energy.

Together we have the energy to transform our communities. We are switched on. We are adaptable. We take pride.

Due to the nature of this role, the following pre-employment checks will be required, a Medical and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

**We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.