Trainee Craftsperson

**Salary**: £31,368

**Trainee Craftsperson - Workshops**

**Job details**

**Salary**:£31,368 rising to £41,645 when fully qualified

**Business Area**:Operations

**Location**:Exeter

**Contract Type**: Permanent (Full Time)

**Working hours/pattern**:7.75 hours per day, 38.75 hours per week Monday to Friday between our core working hours 7.30am - 5.30pm.

**Who are we?**

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

**What we’re looking for?**

We are looking for a Workshops Craftsperson to carry out the maintenance, inspection and modification of our plant and equipment associated with our operational departments. You’ll also provide technical support and control the supply and return of portable plant.

**We’ll trust you to**:

- Carry out all work on Portable Equipment safely and cost effectively, keeping up to date with current technical and industry standards
- Maintain accurate records to satisfy WWU, third party and legislative requirements
- Liaise with third party suppliers on technical matters relating to Portable equipment
- Assist with all new equipment, including recording stock levels, processing equipment requests and logging the shipment of equipment across WWU
- Carry out maintenance, modification, repair and calibration work in accordance with appropriate policies, procedures and statutory requirements to ensure optimum technical performance and reliability
- Arrange disposal of equipment via agreed processes

**You’ll need to have**:

- Previous relevant experience
- BTec National certificate / NVQ level 3 or equivalent
- Full valid driving licence

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role

**What’s in it for you?**
- A competitive salary starting of £31,368 rising to £41,645 when fully qualified
- A structured pay & competency framework which rewards skills, competence and enables development and career progression
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
- 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
- “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
- Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
- Enhanced pay for parental leave
- Retail discounts and cashback scheme
- Annual salary review
- Company Sick Pay
- In-house Occupational Health Team
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Comprehensive training
- Use of company pool vehicles (including vehicle insurance & fuel card), tools, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and uniform

**The way we do things**

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business - from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

**Interested?**

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you