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Jointer

Job details
Posting date: 24 September 2025
Salary: £39,283 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 08 October 2025
Location: Enfield, London, en1 1aa
Company: UK Power Networks
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 81503_1758715205

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Summary

81503 - Jointer

This Jointer will report to the field staff supervisor and will work within based in our Enfield office. You will be a permanent employee in our UK Power Networks team.

You will attract a salary of £39,283 + benefits and a bonus of 3%.

If you are successful, you will need to undertake a medical and DBS reference check

Close Date:.05/10/2025

We also provide the following additional benefits

  • 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.

  • Reservist Leave - Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid

  • 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, Season Ticket Loan

  • Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes

  • Occupational Health support

  • Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products

  • Discounted gym membership

  • Employee Assistance Programme

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 Lea Valley area. This will include speaking to customers, the central Network Operations team, and overseeing contractors.

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

  • You'll also manage 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

  • Connection of new supplies

  • Alterations to existing supplies

  • The restoration of LV supplies in agreement with central control

  • Testing and switching on the LV network - and understanding the results of the tests and acting appropriately

  • Repairs to public lighting services

  • Supervision of excavating teams

  • Understanding and providing updates for operational diagrams,

  • Low and high voltage jointing

  • Use of appropriate IT equipment including TDR, LV Faults sniffer and electronic touch pad. Immediate supervision of Craft Attendant.

  • Inspection and Maintenance

  • Required to undertake standby on a contractual basis

As key member of our team, our jointers play a vital role in the safe and timely restoration of and connection of supplies. UK Power Networks is regulated by various guidelines, and this role is particularly important in ensuring 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 Lea Valley area.

Experience

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

  • City and Guilds 2339 (formally 2322) certificate or equivalent

  • NRSWA qualification as a supervisor and operative m(or equivalent

  • A flexible approach to out of hours work

  • Be able to work in a team

  • Ability to problem solve in a practical way

  • Working calmly under pressure

  • A Clean driving licences

Personal Skills

You'll also have:

  • A strong safety focus

  • Customer focused

  • Potential to undertake shift working

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