About the role
We’re looking for a skilled and safety‑driven Substation Fitter to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business. You’ll play a key role in the installation and maintenance of high‑voltage (HV) plant and apparatus across a range of voltage levels from 33kV to 400kV.
This is a site‑based role, primarily located on the Lochay Transformer Project, but you will be expected to travel to support works across various Power T&D projects in Scotland. You will be part of a team that ensures high‑quality installation standards, strong safety performance, and seamless coordination with project and site management.
What you'll be doing
- Installing HV equipment including busbars, transformers, grounding systems, connectors, and mechanical components.
- Carrying out hot tinning, mechanical bending/forming, and assembly/erection of aluminium and steel structures.
- Supporting cable installation works and ensuring all components are aligned, secure, and ready for energisation.
- Completing routine maintenance on mechanical and plant equipment.
- Working closely with project managers, site managers, and supervisors to ensure works progress safely and efficiently.
- Coordinating with supporting functions to ensure materials and equipment arrive on site as planned.
- Ensuring all accidents, near misses, and incidents are reported promptly and accurately.
- Completing all documentation and reporting requirements within project timeframes.
- Helping maintain a strong safety culture, ensuring safe working practices are always followed.
Who we're looking for
Essential experience and qualities:
- Competent in HV installation works and site installation procedures.
- Experience working in high‑voltage substation environments.
- CPCS (or similar) training.
- Ability to work at heights.
- Strong awareness and promotion of safety culture.
- Good communication skills, able to engage across various levels of the project team.
- Ability to ensure personnel are trained and competent for required tasks.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
Desirable experience:
- SSE, SPEN or National Grid authorisations.
- MEWP, Telehandler or ROTO licences.
- Experience in transformer and HV switchgear installation and alignment.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK17778
