KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

The following skills and attributes are important to this role

• City and Guilds 2339, formally 232,
• IOSH Managing Safety or be willing to undertake a course of study to achieve this
• Streetworks qualification Units 1, 2, 3 and supervisor
• Flexibility and able to work alone and in a team environment
• Ability to problem solve in a practical way
• Able to work under pressure
• Must have a clean driving licence

JOB PURPOSE:

The position, working as part of the Croydon & Kingston Area team will be responsible for the restoration of LV supplies on the UK Power Networks LV distribution system, carrying out jointing repairs on the HV and LV cable networks. After a period of appropriate training, you will be required to carry out the full range of Troubleperson activities including first line response and permanent fault repair work at voltages up to 33kV.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Location of faults on the Distribution network
• The restoration of HV & LV supplies
• Testing and switching on the HV & LV network – and understanding the results of the tests and acting appropriately
• Any other relevant jointing duties
• Supervision of excavating teams
• Understanding operational and 1:500 diagrams
• LV and HV jointing
• Use of appropriate IT equipment including TDR, LV Faults sniffer and FFE equipment
• Immediate supervision of a working party

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 fully 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 particularly 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.
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The following skills and attributes are important to this role

• City and Guilds 2339, formally 232,
• IOSH Managing Safety or be willing to undertake a course of study to achieve this
• Streetworks qualification Units 1, 2, 3 and supervisor
• Flexibility and able to work alone and in a team environment
• Ability to problem solve in a practical way
• Able to work under pressure
• Must have a clean driving licenc

The following are important attributes for this role:

• Strong safety focus required
• Must be customer focused
• Must be willing to undertake standby dutie