Power Engineer

Electrical / Mechanical Engineer – Newcastle or North East

Posting Date: 20 Feb 2025

Unit: Networks

Location: Hadrian TSC 2 Melbourne Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Function: Engineering
Salary: Competitive with Great Benefits

Our Electrical Power & Cooling Engineers are at the heart of keeping BT’s networks operating 24/7 365 days a year. Utilising their expertise and knowledge in both Low and High Voltage systems, generators, emergency lighting, cooling, alarms and UPS they ensure that the BT estate continues to work no matter the circumstances.

A comprehensive technical training pathway is assigned to cover the maintenance activities required in the role, this will be a mixture of face to face, virtual, internal and external delivery methods and may involve some overnight stays and travel.

As part of the role you will be required to contribute to out of hours callout by joining a Formal On Call Framework (commonly a 1 in 4 attendance with a varied requirement subject to local/geographical nuances) to support 24×7 service as needed by the business.

A full UK manual drivers licence is needed for this role.

Key Purpose of The Role

An important part of Network Engineering is leading by example, sharing knowledge and supporting new individuals. As a member of the Networks Field Engineering team you are expected to uphold our BT values.

Key Decisions:

• Identification & proactive reporting of HSE/Compliance/Design issues.
• Ownership of designated patch and sites to contribute towards area, regional and unit objectives.
• Sharing of best practice, supporting colleagues in applying new ideas, technologies or processes.
• Responsibility & ownership of critical and urgent network repair/provision/maintenance activity.
• Execution of prioritised work items ensuring alignment with wider team priorities.
• Risk assessment for health and safety.
• Raising of issues / risks to more senior individuals.
• Proactively take opportunities to increase own skills to support the team’s work.
• Monitor, action, and meet all required compliance.

What You’ll Bring

Must be able to fulfil the physical requirements of the role i.e. able to bend, stretch, kneel and crouch. Also must be able to climb, work at floor and ceiling level inside buildings, lift heavy drums/cables and recognise coloured wiring.

Mandatory experience/qualifications:

• Electrical competency City & Guilds 2360 parts 1+2 or equivalent NVQ.
• BTEC Electrical Engineering Level 3/HNC/HND/MOET Level 3/ET Level 3 or equivalent.

Preferred experience/qualifications:

• 18th Edition Regs – or current electrical regulations.
• Experience with Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS).
• F-GAS category 1.
• Demonstrable experience of repairing and maintaining Air Conditioning Split systems.
• Experience of working with DC power systems.
• Coaching/mentoring/supervisory experience.

Benefits:

• 22 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service.
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan.
• World-class training and development opportunities.
• Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet. We value diversity and celebrate difference.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

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