79249 - Jointing Supervisor

This Jointing Supervisor will report to the Senior Jointing Agent and will work within Network Operations based in our Kent / surrey / Sussex region. You will be a permanent. employee in our Powercare team.

You will attract a salary of £56,606 and a bonus of 1%.

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

Close Date: 12th July 2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

22 days Annual Leave

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

Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Occupational Health support

Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.

Discounted access to sports and social clubs

Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

To work as part of the Powercare jointing team within the South East Region geographical area delivering Distribution Capital Delivery Projects, Small Services, General Enquiries, Unmetered Connections and Small projects. This includes direct management of jointing teams, management of contractors and liaison with customers, network operations and control and network planning.

The Jointing Supervisor will manage a team of jointers and ensure that all projects are undertaken.

The Jointing Supervisor must promote the UK Power Networks Stay Safe Currencies and work toward zero lost time injuries.

You will forecast resource and material requirements, monitor project costs and delivery, manage contractor performance and provide regular reports.

The role also includes liaison with Asset Management, Distribution Capital Delivery, Procurement, and Supply Chain.

Principal Accountabilities:

Complete projects from creation to completion to time, quality, cost maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management

Responsibility for all people management aspects of their team, including performance management, team development and employee engagement

Undertake construction assurance through site safety audits on quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, compliance with testing and commissioning procedures and safety and environmental procedures. Ensure that the required project completion data is compliant with policy and submitted within specified timescales for processing

Produce delivery plans and ensure provision of direct/contract resources, materials and services to ensure that project programs are maintained

Communicate with important partners such as DCD, Supply Chain, Procurement to ensure that works are managed from creation to completion

Ensure that all work is carried out to provide very high levels of Customer Service e.g. minimise CI's & CML's

Ensure that all workers engaged in the works are aware of all safety and environmental requirements

Be prepared to undertake other reasonable responsibilities following the requirements of UK Power Networks.

Qualifications:

Essential:

LV Operations UG Authorisation

Experience working with CDM regulations

NRSWA Qualification (Units 1-3 minimum)

Current valid driving license

Experience working on electrical distribution networks

Desired:

An ONC or equivalent qualification

Authorised – LV Switching.

A safety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely

NRSWA Supervisors Qualification

Knowledge of Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, word and access) and project management techniques.

A working knowledge of SAP

(Candidates not meeting the above requirements, but willing to undertake a development plan will also be considered for the position.)

Nature and Scope:

The Powercare Jointing team is part of the Network Operations directorate. The team is responsible for program delivery of Distribution Capital Delivery works, Small Services, General Enquiries, Unmetered Connections and Small Connection works.

The Jointing Supervisor will ensure that main functions of the project delivery are in place. These include scopes of work, procurement processes, financial approval, resource planning (materials and people), putting people to work, project delivery, reporting and review. Deliver works may be by colleagues in Network Operations Powercare or by contractors, or in some cases a combination of both.

The Jointing Supervisor will report to the Powercare Senior Jointing Agent and will work within the South East Region, although there may be some requirement to work across regions depending on the type of work being managed. The Jointing Supervisor will have autonomy, but is required to support the team requirements and may therefore have priorities reassigned by the Senior Jointing Agent.

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 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 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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