Mechanical and Electrical Fitter - Various Locations

National Grid • Permanent • Warwick, GB • £36.77k / year • 16m ago

Unlock your superpower and start your career in the electricity transmission industry.

You’ll be a key member of the team supporting the largest overhaul of the UK electricity grid in generations, essentially we’re upgrading the electricity grid so it’s fit for the future. Its BIG work and you will play a BIG part ensuring the lights stay on and society keeps moving.

£38,568 pa starting salary including allowance (London allowance is additional) + benefits package + Company Vehicle with fuel from home to work. Due to the nature of our work Mechanical and Electrical Fitters are required to live a 30 - 45 minutes from site location. We’re family friendly supporting a work/life balance with day work Monday to Friday.

Mechanical and Electrical fitters take on the responsibility of a wide range of duties on Substation plant and equipment. This work is predominately outdoors and includes installation of new equipment, refurbishment and maintenance of existing equipment, fault investigation and repair as well as routine condition monitoring in line with commercial targets. You’ll benefit from our industry-leading training at our facilities based in Eakring, Nottinghamshire and other substation sites, a training programme will be provided which will may require occasional stays away from home, with generous mobility and overnight allowances.

You’ll join a team of fitters and get to work on complex 275kV or 400kV circuit breakers, transformers, high speed on load tap changers and cable systems, plus all kinds of ancillary equipment such as DC battery systems, air compressors, diesels generators. Throughout the year there are some requirements for weekend work which overtime will be paid. We offer on-the-job and formal training opportunities for development.

We have vacancies at the following locations:
East Anglia Team – Norwich, Kings Lynn, Eyre, Dereham or Wisbech
West Anglia Team – Stevenage or Bishop Stortford
Lancashire Team – Preston or Lancaster
Manchester North Team – Stalybridge or Middleton
Manchester South Team – Carrington or Macclesfield
Chiltern Team - Abingdon, Didcot, Reading or Basingstoke
London South Team – Beddington, Chessington or Wimbledon
London North East Team – Tottenham
North Kent Team - Northfleet, Gillingham or Sittingbourne

What are the requirements?

•   A minimum Level 2/3 recognised apprenticeship in electrical or mechanical engineering OR an NVQ/Level 3 electrical or mechanical qualification with the relevant fitting experience is required.
• You will have good all-round engineering skills - Key skill areas we look for are Working to Safety Procedures, Mechanical Fitting, Electrical Fitting, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Working at Height, Lifting Operations, Panel Wiring, and Fault Finding.
•   A Full UK Driving Licence.
•   You can use a computer.
Desirable
• High Voltage engineering experience.
•   IOSH.

Pay And Benefits

•   £36,774 pa Starting Salary + £1,794 pa Seasonal Working Allowance - £38,568 pa.
•   London Allowance £4,500 - £10,000 pa (Living just outside and inside the M25 only).
•   Company commercial vehicle and fuel from home to work.
•   37 hours Mon – Fri, the weekends are yours.
•   26 days holiday plus 8 statutory days.
•   The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
•   Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. Totalling 18%.
•   Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – relevant to your role.
•   Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
•   Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
•   Access to apps that support health, fitness and wellbeing.

Visa and relocation package are not available with these positions

Advert closes 10 October.

Apply now for consideration.

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