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Craft Attendant Jointers mate

Job details
Posting date: 27 November 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 December 2025
Location: London, London, E16 4ET
Remote working: On-site only
Company: UK Power Networks
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 81672_1764255523

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Summary

81672 - Craft Attendant Jointer's Mate

This Craft Attendant Jointer's Mate will report to the Field Staff Supervisor and will work within Network Operations based in our London-Bidder street office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £38, 434 per annum

Inner London weighting : £6, 048.81

Non canteen : £329

One network payment: £712.10

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

Close Date: 11th December 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

Nature and Scope:

  • The postholder, along with the Jointer, reports to the Field Staff Supervisor which forms part of the Network Operations department.

  • The Jointer is allocated work activity Via scheduling teams. This can range from one complicated piece of work each day to several work tasks.

  • It is the role of the Jointer to take hold of the work pack, looks at the work pack, assess by means of you own judgement whether you, in conjunction with the Craft Attendant, can undertake the work in accordance with the work pack. If there are any queries regarding the nature of the work or whether you feel able to undertake the work in line with the work pack, you can discuss such queries with the Field Engineer who has put the team to work.

  • The postholder has an Individual Performance Review meeting with the Field Staff Supervisor where goals are set and there is also a monthly team talk with the Field Staff Supervisor

  • In carrying out your role, the Craft Attendant may work with another Jointer if your regular Jointer is on leave for instance so the postholder must demonstrate flexibility and good teamwork ability

Measure of Success:

  • Support and achieve the goal of zero harm to oneself, colleagues, and members of the public

  • Understand and successful implementation of UK Power Network's procedures

  • Customer Guarantee Appointment standard

  • Jointer and Craft Attendants use materials and audit checks tools and materials ordered that they match the costs of the job. Although there is no limit to the amount that can be ordered, there is retrospective checking by the Field Staff Supervisor.

  • Tools and equipment are within test dates and calibrated

  • Jobs are signed off by completion of task instructions and are undertaken safely to quality, cost and time and completed to the correct specification and to guaranteed service standards.

  • Feedback from colleagues, customers, and other organisations as well as implementation of work activity demonstrate that policies and procedures are understood and successfully undertaken by the postholder.

  • Obtain a City and Guilds 2339 (formally 2322) qualification and train to become a craftsperson jointer.

Required Experience:

  • Customer-focused with the ability to develop a good relationship with customers and form relationships with colleagues and members of the public

  • Working as a support to the Jointer the postholder must be able to work under pressure, work effectively to schedules, work on own initiative in terms of assessing whether a job can be undertaken within the allotted timescales and be self-reliant.

  • Good team working ability in being able to collaborate with others to ensure that work is undertaken to quality, cost, and time requirements

  • The willingness to stay informed about national regulations and network standards relating to health and safety and electricity distribution

  • Establish relationships with colleagues across Networks and be able to interpret technical information and explain this to others.

  • Health & Safety dimensions - the postholder is competent enough to effectively use a particular piece of equipment

Principal Accountabilities:

  • Observe all work being carried out on:

    • live LV apparatus with exposed conductors.

  • Ensure safe use of equipment following health and safety procedures and network standards specifically that colleagues on site are also wearing the relevant PPE. (This forms part of the responsibility of care of all operational staff under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974)

  • To deter members of the public distracting staff while working on live equipment and ensure 'Do Not Disturb' signs are prominently always displayed appropriately and whilst live electrical work is in progress.

  • Set equipment up for the Jointer including preparation of work, laying out tools and equipment for a task and providing the vehicle to enable jobs to be carried out.

  • Assist the Jointer when you carry out work on live 240/415v apparatus, conductors or equipment following appropriate safety procedures.

  • Use appropriate IT equipment such as SAP Work Manager - an electronic job issuing system.

  • Dig and aid in excavating holes safely and in doing so liaise with external contractors.

  • Supports the Jointer in terms of uses own judgement to undertake risk assessment of a job in terms of feasibility, safety, knowledge of tools and equipment and timeliness and liaise with Field Engineer as and when appropriate.

  • The postholder undertakes a system emergency storm role where he/she carries out in accordance with network standards and safety requirements

Essential Qualifications:

  • Educated to at least GCSE level or equivalent.

  • Sound knowledge of electrical distribution

  • An understanding of the Electricity at Work Act including understanding electrical diagrams and maps i.e., points of isolation/earthing

  • New Roads & Streetworks Act (NRSWA) - Units 1, 2 and 3 achieved.

  • Training would initially be at a training centre for a basic grasp of policy and health and safety. Craft Attendants would be expected to learn on the job.

  • Trained in Emergency First Aid

  • Awareness of the policies relating to network standards and Health & Safety. The Craft Attendant must be aware of such policies but only enough to escalate if you felt there was a failure to follow a policy.

Full UK driving licence required

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