Overhead Lines Advanced Apprentice

Role Overview Overhead Linespersons are overhead line engineers who work at height constructing, maintaining, testing, repairing and replacing overhead lines and equipment. You will represent National Grid and carry out work handed down by other areas of the business. Join us, and we’ll see you participate in craft skills activities on the live LV network, on dead LV, HV and EHV circuits (live HV circuits if part of a Hot Glove team). You’ll help with network operations, connect generators and services and organise your own projects. Responsibilities Construct and alter overhead lines, install pole‑mounted plant, run and terminate cables to plant and overhead lines. Carry out routine inspection, maintenance and repairs of overhead equipment. Record asset routes, details and positions. Record plant details. Locate and identify cables; test insulation, phasing and continuity on LV cables. Test earthing, voltage, phasing and phase rotation. Carry out switching operations on the LV network. Review drawings, instructions or information to understand the task (work instructions, wiring diagrams, design specifications, utility plans, online search documents). Prioritise and plan work with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost. Identify and organise resources to complete tasks (e.g. consumables). Identify apparatus to be worked on. Conduct plant or vehicle checks. Receive and clear a safety document (permit to work); brief a working party. Identify hazards and risks and apply control measures. Apply health and safety procedures in compliance with regulations, standards and guidance (e.g. safe access and egress, demarcation, working at height, confined spaces, COSHH). Respond in the event of an emergency or first aid situation involving electrical risk. Apply measures to leave power work environments in a safe and secure condition (e.g. anticlimbing guards, danger notices, barriers, lighting). Apply sustainability principles, such as minimising waste and segregating waste for reuse, recycling and transfer. Select, check, prepare, use or operate, and store personal tools and equipment. Use working‑at‑height equipment (mobile platforms, scaffolding, ladders). Select, inspect and use personal climbing equipment to access and manoeuvre to a work position at height. Fit and operate a rescue device at height. Record information. Identify areas for improvement (quality, cost, time, safety, environmental impact). Communicate with colleagues, customers and stakeholders. Apply team‑working principles. Report or escalates issues outside limits of responsibility. Produce or amend documents (handover notes, procedures, reports). Use digital and information technology; follow cyber‑security requirements. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities. Operate lifting equipment in overhead lines distribution and transmission work (cranes, winches). Carry out visual inspection to identify overhead services and buried utilities; use locating equipment. Mark the position of services and sub‑structures on the work site. Follow procedures for working on or in proximity to live apparatus. Select and use specialist LV live‑working PPE. Erect overhead lines plant and apparatus (poles, support mechanisms, stays). Install circuit main earths (CMEs) and additional earths; install fixed earthing conductors and carry out earth electrode testing. Install cut‑outs, conductors, insulators and ancillary equipment on overhead line plant or apparatus (including sagging, tensioning and termination). Install, connect and commission pole‑mounted plant and apparatus (transformers, pole‑mounted circuit breakers, switchgear). Dismantle pole‑mounted plant and apparatus. Conduct pre‑energisation tests; conduct post‑energisation (commissioning) checks. Perform testing procedures before and after switching operations; interpret results and take required action. Operate switchgear and fuses; recognise fault conditions and identify root causes. Replace components or resolve issues (e.g. high‑resistance joints, damaged conductors). Apply customer‑service techniques. Install access equipment (platforms, ladders, spacer trollies). Install high‑voltage temporary earthing equipment. Carry out conductor compression jointing; connect spacers to conductors; test compression joints. Qualifications & Skills GCSE in 2 other subjects (grade 4 and above). GCSE in English Language (grade 4 and above). GCSE in Maths (grade 4 and above). GCSE in Science (grade 4 and above). English or Maths (grade Pass). Communication skills. Attention to detail. Organisation skills. Customer care skills. Problem‑solving skills. Logical thinking. Team working. Physical fitness. Adventurous. Safety awareness. Resilient. Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know. Training Schedule and Apprenticeship The apprenticeship programme takes approximately three years to complete, and you’ll spend your first 12 weeks being inducted onto the programme at one of our Training Centres. You’ll earn while you learn and develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours to become a Power Networks Craftsperson, achieving a City & Guilds Level 2 Qualification in Electrical Engineering. Your training will include periods of on‑the‑job training and development, learning from an experienced and qualified Overhead Linesperson. Following a formal assessment of your knowledge, skills and behaviours, you’ll become a qualified Overhead Linesperson yourself. Company Overview We’re National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), the owner and operator behind the electricity distribution systems for the Midlands, the Southwest of England and South Wales. Serving communities of more than 8 million people, our expert teams deliver heat, light and power for homes and businesses, working outdoors with underground cables, overhead lines and substations that operate between 230 and 132,000 volts. Net‑zero targets are transforming the way we work and increasing the scope of the positive impact we can make. Right now, we’re looking for apprentices to join us. Our people in Network Services work across a number of teams to keep the lights on for our customers. They might be helping a customer who has lost supply or supporting a developer building a multi‑million pound project. They maintain a 24/7 service from faults and maintenance, asset replacement to new connections, working outdoors with underground cables, overhead lines and substations that operate between 230 and 132,000 volts, their work is critical to everything we do. Benefits 23 days annual leave + statutory holidays. Competitive pension scheme (double matched up to 12%). Sharesave options. Employee Assistance Programme. Protective clothing and safety equipment supplied. #J-18808-Ljbffr