82738 - Ganger Mate
This Ganger mate will report to the Field Staff Supervisor and will work within Network Operations based in our Crawley office. You will be a permanent employee.
You will attract a salary of £42,015 per annum and a bonus of 3%.
If you are successful, you will need to undertake a medical and DBS reference check
Close Date: 24th July 2026
We also provide the following additional benefits
- 22 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
- Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
- 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, Season Ticket Loan
- Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
- Occupational Health support
- Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
- Discounted gym membership
- Employee Assistance Programme
Job Purpose: To perform excavation, backfill and reinstatement works on Faults, and Unmetered Connections work streams within the UK Power Networks SPN Distribution Licence area.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Responsibility for all aspects of Safety, Health and Environment relevant to this role
- To perform risk assessments and maintain safe working practices
- Be able to operate hand held IT equipment to receive job instructions and record site information
- Ensure quality of works meets with current procedures
- Perform works to meet guaranteed service standards.
- Ensure the security of vehicle, tools, plant and equipment
- To work on their own or as lead person in a 2-person excavation team
- Be prepared to undertake other reasonable responsibilities following the requirements of the Company
- Be an ambassador for UK Power Networks.
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Towing Licence
- Machine Operator ticket
Desirable:
- NRSWA Units 001-009
- CSCS Operatives card
- Emergency First Aid
- LV Support Person
- Experience working on electricity network
- Trench Support (deep excavation)
- Moling qualification
- Abrasive Wheel
- LV Support Person
- Sub-Station Entry
- Dumper Driver
Nature and Scope:
We will expect you to work in one of two roles. Either, they will be the lead person in a 2-person excavation team, carrying out planned works. Or, they will be part of a combined excavation & jointing team carrying out fault repair work.
We will require you to travel anywhere within the SPN and LPN Footprint of UK Power Networks and will have them participate in an out of hours standby rota.
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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