Job Description:

82618 - Craft Attendant Jointer

This craft attendant jointer will report to the field staff supervisor and will work within network operations based in our Canning Town East London office. You will be a permanent employee in our UK Power Networks team.

You will attract a salary of £40,144 + benefits and a bonus of 3%.

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

Close Date: 19/07/2026

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

Principal Accountabilities:

• Observe all work being carried out on:

  • live LV apparatus with exposed conductors.

• Ensure safe use of equipment in line with health & safety procedures and network standards specifically that colleagues on site are also wearing the relevant PPE. (This forms part of the duty 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 equipping the vehicle to enable jobs to be carried out.

• Assists the Jointer when he/she carries out work on live 240/415v apparatus, conductors or equipment as required in accordance with appropriate safety procedures.

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

• Digging and aiding in excavating holes safely and in doing so liaise effectively 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.

• Jointing Competency

• 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 successfully achieved.

• Training would initially be at a training centre for a basic grasp of policy and health & 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 to the craft Person if he/she felt there was a failure to follow a policy.

• Full UK driving licence required