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National Grid Substation Engineer in United Kingdom
About the role
Choose one of the most important jobs in UK engineering.
Our engineers are at the heart of what we do, at National Grid we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. We aim to empower everyone to take control and influence their career and will provide the right support along the way so you can succeed.
You’ll join our Teesside Team and start your journey gaining site experience and completing your core training, progressing with further classroom based and on-site training which means short periods away from home. Once you have the necessary safety authorisations in place which will roughly take 18 months you’ll then progress to become an SAP (Senior Authorised Person). Your salary will increase to £57,739 pa, due to the nature of the work you’ll be required for emergency call outs on a standby rota roughly 3 times a month. For this you’ll receive a standby payment plus call out fee and overtime, first hour during the week £118 and weekend £175.
You’ll lead on various projects within high voltage electricity substations, supervising teams of fitters and ensuring safe systems of work are followed. Sharing your knowledge and expertise you’ll ensure completion of maintenance, refurbishment or replacement works on a variety of plant and equipment including circuit breakers, transformers and protection systems. Your development and training will continue, you will be surrounded by a fantastic team of experienced and professional Engineers that will support your development and progression every step of the way. With the aim of progressing to a Commissioning Engineer, and eventually an Advanced Commissioning Engineer.
What are the requirements
Your minimum qualification is a Level 3 in Electrical Engineering. You are experienced with HV/LV plant and equipment; our tailored training programmes will be adapted to suit your level of experience. Substation experience would be desirable but not essential. You must be able to commit and attend training courses at our Eakring site in Nottinghamshire and other sites which will require short stays away from home. Full UK driving license. You will be available for standby rota providing reactive call outs for emergencies, due to this you will live within 30 mins of the Teesside/Middlesborough area
Pay and Benefits
Starting salary £45,521 - £49,572 PA + Excellent Benefits + Paid Overtime + Standby Allowance + Company Car
37 Hours per week Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm.
Enhance holiday package - 26 Days leave plus 8 statutory days.
The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum companycontribution of 12%, totalling 18%.
Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – relevant to your role.
Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
Access to apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing
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