Airworks Chief Rigger - The Chief has the full responsibility in the Rigging team to deliver preventative maintenance across a wide range of structures. You are the Senior Rigger in the team and you have full responsibility for the resources working with you on site.

Location:  Covering mainly the Midlands .
 

Total Package 

Up to £50K base salary  5% Shift Allowance  Company vehicle  6% pension contribution  Private Medical  25 days annual leave Access to our comprehensive flexible benefits including discounts on big brands, wellness and employee assistance programmes, gymflex, buy and sell annual leave, travel and dental insurance 

Must have

Driving Licence Experience of working at height up to 300 metres Complex rigging experience Team and project management experience Extensive knowledge of mast and tower maintenance procedures, technical processes, standards and engineering practices related to area of expertise Willing to travel throughout the UK  Prepared to stay away from your home location for periods of time

Accountabilities:

This role will have the responsibility for delivering all planned preventative maintenance on our top 100 sites.  Be responsible for organising and managing the engineer inspections for your area, making sure you keep to the monthly schedule.  Creation of Planned work documents to ensure work is undertaken on time and in a safe manner. Creating Risk assessments and method statements, ensuring these get sign off from relevant stakeholders. Acts in a supervisory capacity to over see all safety aspects of work carried out on site. POC for safety and all rigging works in their Region. Supports the Rigging PM and Airwork’s Support Manager. Ensure all Rigging equipment is kept operational and any required maintenance is kept up to date. Responsible for the ongoing Technical/ personal development of the Rigging team in their Region. Create/ supports an environment to encourage both multi/cross skilling of other Field Ops activities both in and out of your team. Looks for ways to improve and drives a culture of continuous improvement. Provide specialist advice and guidance to other teams and contribute to project delivery. Maintain accurate records, documentation and reporting of actions taken. Complete preventative and corrective maintenance to the mast and tower infrastructure Install, operate, dissemble winch systems to support work on tall structures Provide response to faults and technical issues, including emergency call out, to assist the Antenna systems team to provide corrective maintenance Complete support structure inspections and provide documented reports on findings Provide supervision to 3rd parties requiring access to specific Arqiva sites such as high-power UHF and MF sites. Responsible for checking-: leg flange pressure, leg clamps, chain dampers.  Be able to carry out detailed reports including sketches

Why join Arqiva? We are the undisputed leader in UK TV and radio broadcast and the UK’s leading Smart utilities platform . This means we have a strong heritage and foundation for future growth for you to grow your career with us.
 

Our journey is to transition global media distribution to cloud solutions , where we aim to double our revenue and continue to grow by being an innovator of scalable solutions for new connectivity sectors . We have opportunities in new technology applications and products, you will have opportunities to learn and develop with us.
 

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