Field Engineer in Colchester

Field Engineer will report to the Lead Field Engineer and will work within Network Operations based in our Colchester / Chelmsford / Braintree office. You will be a permanent employee. You will attract a salary of £54,166 - £80,574 per annum and a bonus of 3%. If you are successful, you will need to undertake a medical and DBS reference check.

We Also Provide The Following Additional Benefits:

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
• 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
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job Purpose:

To work as part of a team to deliver the connections delivery within the Eastern Region geographical area. Also, you will support Capital Programme, Maintenance, and Faults within the area. This includes liaison with customers, network operations and control, networks planning and management of field staff and management of contractors.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Ensure safety management throughout all responsibilities.
• Responsibility for delivery of all connections, construction and fault works to time, cost and quality.
• Ensuring staff comply with all procedures and work to a high standard of quality.
• Daily planning, co‑ordination and real‑time responsibility for the efficient utilisation of resources.
• Communicate with HV/LV control – submission of HV/LV switching log, complete HV/LV network operations in accordance to distribution safety rules and procedures etc.
• Ensure that the Asset Database – Ellipse, is updated with completed work etc. as needed by the system.
• Support and provide technical support to field staff.
• Manage and resolve any contract actual issues, with the support of Contract Management.
• Produce Risk Assessments and Method Statements for the safe delivery of projects work.
• Complete quality assurance checks of works completed and to rectify any quality issues identified.
• Communicate with and manage relationships with our customers to meet their expectations wherever possible.
• To be prepared to assist other sections e.g. organisational changes, system emergencies as determined by your skills, experience.
• Complete out of hours safety/emergency response (Standby).

From 1 October 2024 all new employees appointed to the Field Engineer roles within Network Operations will include a contractual requirement to undertake standby for a minimum period of 20 years, or up to the age of 55 whichever comes first.

Nature And Scope:

You will play an important role in the team to manage the delivery of all Maintenance, Capital Programme, Connections and Faults work within a geographical area. Together with the scheduling team, Field Staff Supervisor and Field Staff you will deliver an excellent service to the customer, ensuring we meet the requirements of our Guaranteed Service Standards.

Qualifications:

• LV Field Engineer / Trainee Engineer = £54,166
• HV Field Engineer with Full 11 kV SAP plus minimum of ONC = £65,241
• EHV Field Engineer with full SAP plus HNC = £80,574
• ONC Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• HNC Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• LV/HV and authorisation on the EPN network
• EHV (33kV) authorisation on the EPN network
• IT literate including Ellipse, SAP etc.
• Current valid driving licence

• NRSWA (City & Guilds) Supervisors certificate
• IOSH Managing Safely certificate
• Familiarity with MS Excel spreadsheets

• Organisational Awareness
• Customer Service
• Safety Management
• Flexibility

• Project Management
• Prioritisation/Scheduling experience

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. If in doubt ask!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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.